Is a Case Ever Cold Enough? | M.P. Pellicer

From 1980 to 1991 several children were kidnapped and killed. Some cases were solved after many years, and some remain open and unsolved.

The first child to disappear was Suzie Bombardier, a 14-year-old honor student who was kidnapped, raped and stabbed to death on June 22, 1980.

Five days after her disappearance, she was found floating in the San Joaquin River east of Antioch, California by a fisherman. This was about 100 miles from where she lived. The girl was taken from her sister’s home while babysitting, leading her family to believe she knew her abductor.

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He Said He Killed Her for Love | M.P. Pellicer

There are persons who are never meant to hold positions of trust, and Hans B. Schmidt was one of them. Some are just untrustworthy, others are deadly.

Hans B. Schmidt was born in in the Bavarian town of Aschaffenburg; one of ten children. His mother Gertrude was Catholic and his father Heinrich was Protestant, but it was probably the beatings he received at the hands of his father that shaped the man he would become. He also witnessed domestic violence between his parents, brought about because Heinrich did not want her to practice her faith. Perhaps it was also a deep streak of mental illness that ran in his family.

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Serial Art | M.P. Pellicer

Why does death row inspire the artist in killers? The world may never know.

John Wayne Gacy spent 14 years on death row, before his final adieu. His artwork, if not for his name could be attributed to a grade schooler. After his execution in 1994, his pieces have increased in value. However it is a narrow audience that wants artwork produced by a hand that killed, sometimes in the most vicious and sadistic ways.

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Evil Moments | Interview with Larry Lawson | Stories of the Supernatural

The Killing of Kathleen | M.P. Pellicer

What is the perfect opportunity for a killer, than to find another murderer to blame for their deeds?

Kathleen Kimberly Robinson wasn't identified until November 26, 1977. The 17-year-old had been found in a parking lot not far from a brushy area of the Wilshire district, near the corner of Pickford Street and Curson Avenue. She'd been strangled but not sexually molested.

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A Nod to the Left Hand Path | M.P. Pellicer

Sister Margaret Ann Pahl was stabbed to death on April 5, 1980, Holy Saturday and the day before her 72nd birthday. There was nothing random about the identity of this victim, or when she was killed.

In 1968, Sister Annunciata became Sister Margaret Ann Pahl. Only two years before the Sisters of Mercy had allowed the nuns to use their baptismal names. She had taken the habit over 50 years before.

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Murder at the River Rouge | M.P. Pellicer

On a frigid, winter day in 1879, a burlap sack floated underneath a vessel at the Springwells dry dock. It turned out to be the burial shroud of woman who was bound and gagged.

The woman's body was well preserved by the icy waters of the Detroit River.

V. Giest & Son's Undertakers allowed the public to view the girl, hoping someone would know who she was. A description of the body, her clothing and the articles in her pockets were listed and sent to the surrounding towns, hoping to solve the mystery of her death. At one point, it was thought she was a woman known as "The Spanish Doctoress." However this woman turned up very much alive and living in Ludington.

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A Real Lady Killer | M.P. Pellicer

Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir, 50, was charged with smothering to death 18 elderly women over a two-year crime spree, but he insisted he was a “very innocent man from a good family.”

Chemirmir, was born in Kenya, Africa, the son of a village chief.

In October, 2022, he was convicted of capital murder for the death of Mary Brooks, 88, found dead in 2018. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. He is accused of killing at least 24 older women in north Texas.

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When Your Lover Wants Your Heart, Along with the Rest of Your Organs | M.P. Pellicer

What's that saying about if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Blanca Arellano found this out in the most horrendous way.

Blanca Arellano, 51, met Juan Pablo Villafuerte, a med student 15 years her junior, online via a gaming app. Blanca who lived in Mexico was hooked, and on July 27, 2022, she completed a 3,000 mile trip to Huacho, north of Lima, Peru to meet the man of her dreams.

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A Fascination with Darkness | M.P. Pellicer

What would you do if your 8-year-old daughter was inspired by the movie The Omen, and waited with bated breath for the sequel titled Damien?

The girl's name was Kim Goytia, and she lived in Sacramento, California. When The Omen premiered in 1976, viewing the film kicked off a fascination with the devil. She went on to collect several copies of the novel, based on the screenplay. Two years later, the sequel Damien was released, and she was still enthralled with the dark side. According to her mother Carol Sommers, her daughter went goth before it became a thing, dressing in black, growling like an animal, and performing satanic rituals in her room.

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The Business of Stolen Body Parts | M.P. Pellicer

Did a robber who broke into a truck parked in Denver's Central Park neighborhood realize they were making off with human remains?

In March, 2022, a medical truck used to transport body parts for medical research was considered not the usual mark for thieves. What was taken was a white carboard box measuring 20 x 15 x 18 inches marked with "Science Care" on the exterior which is the company that accepts bodies donated to science. There was another label “Exempt Human Specimen”. Inside the box were human heads.

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Ten Miles to Nowhere | M.P. Pellicer

It was Saturday, the day before Halloween, 1926, when Marvin Aaron Clark, one-time marshal from Linnton, Oregon, took a motor stage to Portland. He's never been seen since.

Clark was born in Iowa in 1852. Along with his wife Mary Ann Leach née Lewis, a young widow with two young children they ended up in Linnton, Oregon, where he worked as the marshal of the small lumber town.

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If Walls Could Talk | Interview with David Oman | Stories of the Supernatural

David Oman owner of the Oman House located on Cielo Dr. which is notorious due to the Tate-LaBianca murders committed by the Manson family in 1969. David describes his experiences living in this house for over 20 years, and the unique geomagnetic anomalies of the land where the structure is situated on and which appear to be the catalyst for the supernatural events produced and witnessed by David, and others who have come to experience contact with otherworldly beings.

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Sarah's Sins | M.P. Pellicer

Most people are familiar with the notorious murder committed in Fall River, Massachusetts by the axe-wielding Lizzie Borden in 1892. However there was another crime just as heinous that occurred 60 years before.

In 1832, Sarah Maria Cornell, 30, died from what was assumed to be suicide by hanging. She was found fastened to a stake-pole used to dry hay. Her reason for ending her life was thought to be the shame of being pregnant and unwed. She was buried, but didn't stay there for long. 

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The Curse of the Clown | M.P. Pellicer

If eyes are windows to the soul, then what are paintings produced by a human? What if that human is a killer?

 Many murderers have turned to producing art during the time they are incarcerated. Mostly the art is bad, and only the notoriety of their names brings it any attention. In some instances whether knowingly or subconsciously they give a glimpse into what feeds their souls. 

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The Phantom of Bel-Air | M.P. Pellicer

Ethel Allen disappeared, and eventually many believed justice failed her, but justice can be served in many ways.

The Volstead Act was repealed in 1933. The production of illegal alcohol, and the money tied into the vices found in speakeasies still flowed through the backwaters and scrub hammocks of Central Florida. A raid on the Blind Tiger, a pool room in Rockledge yielded 12 gallons of moonshine and case liquor. Authorities found more 160 proof hooch at the owner's house.

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Ghosts of South Florida: Abandoned Hospital and Biltmore Hotel | M.P. Pellicer

In North Miami off 441 at the Cloverleaf Interchange, where the Palmetto Expressway joins I-95 for over two decades a crumbling, graffitied building decayed while traffic whizzed below it. It was once a hospital, and it developed a reputation for being haunted.

Parkway Regional Hospital opened its doors in 1974, with enough room for 300 patients. There was a psych ward on the 7th floor, with a separate entrance for patients brought in due to a Baker Act.

There was a morgue in the basement.

As time passed the area became crime ridden, and the hospital closed in 2002. The empty building became more derelict as the years passed. It was demolished in July, 2023 after more than 20 years where, it stood untenanted, by the living that is.

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Death of a Fortune Teller | M.P. Pellicer

In 2005, Ha "Jade" Smith and her daughter Anita were murdered. Was it a case of superstition or greed?

Tanya Nelson, 52, believed in fortune telling. She was a Vietnamese immigrant who came to the United States in 1979. Her family had done well in the Vietnamese community in Orange County, California, however in 2005, the mother of four had a downturn in her business.

She went to see Ha "Jade" Smith, a well-known fortune-teller known as "Miss Ha", who she had been consulting with for several years. The fortune teller drew clients from across the country, and was known to command a fee of $15,000.

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The Gribble House Axe Murders | M.P. Pellicer

On December 10th, 1909, Eliza Gribble and her daughter Carrie Ohlander were discovered beaten to death inside their home located at 401 West Perry Street, in Savannah, Georgia. Not too far from them Maggie Hunter was found clinging to life, she was also beaten and her throat was slit. She died three days later at the hospital.

The house stood on the outskirts of Savannah in an unsavory neighborhood called Frogtown, close by the railroad tracks. Later some theorized the killer could have been a railroad worker who committed the deed and then left the area. 

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Murder in the Low Country: The Murdagh Family Killings | M.P. Pellicer

Murder in the Low Country: The Murdagh Family Killings | M.P. Pellicer: On June 7, 2021, Maggie Murdaugh and her son Paul were gunned down on their property on the outskirts of Islandton, South Carolina. In the months to come the senseless crime sprouted more ugly heads than a hydra.