This coming Friday the 13th will mark the 35th anniversary of the infamous night that 23-year-old Ronald DeFeo Jr. stumbled into a bar near his home asking for help and stating that he thought his parents had been shot. He assembled a small group of people and led them back to his family's house. A horrific scene awaited them -- not only had his ( Read more... )

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On June 27, 2003 former nurse's aid Chante Mallard was sentenced to fifty years in prison for the death of Gregory Biggs. The case for which she had been tried is infamously known as the Windshield Murder. On October 26, 2001, Mallard struck Biggs with her vehicle. The unfortunate victim became lodged in the winshield of her car. Under the ( Read more... )

112 years ago on this date, Henry "Bub" Meeks was arrested in Fort Bridget, Wyoming.  While initially charged with a robbery charge, the authorities were more interested in Meeks for a crime that had been committed in the state of Idaho.  Just under a year before his arrest, it was alleged that Meeks, together with Wild Bunch gang members Butch ( Read more... )

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Three years ago today, the FBI searched the Charles Kreischer House for evidence of a murder committed on the property. The historical mansion has long been the site of reported paranormal activity. Mysterious disembodied sounds are said to be heard echoing through the Kreischer mansion's halls in the darkest hours of the night. People have ( Read more... )

In 1923, two men were out fishing near Holbourne Island in Queensland, Australia.  To their surprise, a ship emerged from a distance that was on course to pass the island.  They described it as a passenger steamship that was covered in barnacles and rust.  When it passed the island, the men waited for the steamship to emerge from the other side, ( Read more... )

On this date in 1938, the state of West Virginia carried out the execution of kidnapper/murderer, Orville (sometimes spelled Arvil) Paul Adkins, at the West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville.  He was led to the gallows inside a building known as North Wagon Gate and the trapdoor was sprung... not once, but twice.

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