GHOSTS: Mandy the Doll

 

In 1991 a woman donated a doll to the Quesnel & District Museum in Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada. She told them that she received it from her grandmother and it had been in a trunk for many years. The doll was fragile as it was around 100 years old and it gave her a weird feeling so she donated it immediately. 

The doll was named Mandy, and her first day there was surprising to the crew. Her photo was taken and was added to her collection. She was left in the lab overnight. In the morning The crew would find the lab in disarray as if a small child had a temper tantrum. She was given a lamb toy with her inside in her case and it was found outside of it later. 

It is said the Mandy gives off a feeling. She is also said to follow people with her eyes. 

Silvia Bowne, a medium, stated that the doll belonged to a set of twins. The Twins would unfortunately pass from polio. This would cause the mother to severely grieve her children and it was implanted in the doll this is the energy.

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Quesnel & District Museum

Murder of Eliza Mary Bowen

 In 1898 or 1899 Richard Wigley, a butcher, would meet Eliza Mary Bowen. In June of 1900, Eliza had gone to live in a man's home and while there became really close with Richard Wiggle. Eventually, he would procure lodgings for her in Shrewsbury, England. At the time the reason he gave was in order for Eliza to be able to have a place to mend her clothes and get her things together until she moved on to another place. By then 54/53-year-old Richard had been separated from his wife and would frequently visit 27/28-year-old Eliza. 

However, the 28-year-old  had left that home and moved back to the Red Lion Inn in Westbury. She was trying to break off things with Richard. It was said that they were still on friendly terms.

On November 30, 1901, Richard got up early and walked 10 miles from his home in Shrewsbury to The Lion Inn where Mary was. Eliza was a barmaid for the Inn and when Richard arrived he drank. She would serve him several glasses. 

He would eventually be seen with his arms around and Eliza cried out, "Man, what do you mean?" She would then ask a servant to fetch a policeman, but she successfully released herself from him so no one went to get an officer. 

She would then go and retrieve some wine. Richard would follow her and she would call for the servant to take the alcohol. Richard would place his left arm around her neck and with his right, he pulled out a knife he had hidden in his pocket to her neck. 

The other servant girl witnessed this and ran to get help. When she and a blacksmith got back to the hotel Eliza was on the doorstep with her throat bloodied. Richard would come out and say "I've done it, lads, for love." He may have left a note for Eliza's sister in the kitchen stating the same that he did it for love.

When the police came he stated the same thing that he had done it for love. When asked for his plead he stated " I don't know what I was doing that morning." To which the judge took as a plea of not guilty. During the trial, he was found guilty and was set for execution.

On March 18, 1902, 54-year-old Richard Wigley was executed. He showed penitence for the murder even stating he had no idea how he could have done it. He had eaten a good breakfast and walked steadily to the scaffold. 

SOURCES:

British Executions

Murder Research

Liver Pool Daily Post December 2, 1901

Western Gazette December 11, 1901

The Uttoxeter New Era, and General Advertiser December 11, 1901

Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser February 18, 1902

The Wells Journal March 06, 1902

The Nottingham Evening Post March 18,1902

UNIDENTIFIED: November 24, 1910 South Fork Township, Iowa John Doe

Thanksgiving Day on November 24, 1910, a body was found in the brush along the highway on the Charles J. Murray farm in South Fork Township, Iowa. It was the body of a man whose remains were being feasted on by wild animals. Only a portion of his right leg was intact.

He was shot with a .22 caliber bullet in the right temple. At first, it was believed it was suicide because he was not robbed but other evidence proved otherwise. He had been dragged and hidden where his body was found and no weapon was found.

The man was well dressed with several items on himself including an Elgin watch. The man's description and his items were put out into the newspaper and a possible lead came. a Ms. Gearheart of nearby Hopkinton came forward stating she had given the man the prayerbook he had.

He had stopped at her home on Labor Day which was September 5th and the same day as the Woodman World annual picnic in Hopkinton. The man was wearing the clothes he was found in and would ask for something to eat and she gave him food. They spoke while he was there. She either did not remember his name or did not give it. She did remember him telling her that he was walking to Dubuque to visit a nephew and was married but did not have children. Before he left she gave him the prayer book.'

This lead how however did not lead to his identification or his murderer.

John Doe was wearing a soft brown felt hat, a black and gray striped suit of durable material, and good shoes. He had $15, a large jack knife, an empty notebook, a prayer book, an Elgin pocket watch case numbered 138033 and a movement numbered 1024613, two medals with one marked "Whitcomb", several handkerchiefs, and a watch chain charm.

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Iowa Cold Cases

GHOSTS: La Sayona

 

La Sayona (Sack-Cloth Woman) is a ghostly woman who appears to men working in the jungle in Venezuela. She manifests when men talk to their coworkers about sex or about the women they left behind in their hometown. She appears as a beautiful woman or a specific woman that the man is thinking of. She is typically wearing a sack dress. She will lure them into the forests show a beast-like or rotting-like appearance and may have sex with the man and mangle and devour the man. She will then leave them for others to find. This young woman used to hold the name Casilda before her curse.

Casilda was the most beautiful girl in her small town on the plains of Venezuela. She would marry a great man and the two would have a baby boy. Even though her husband was caring and loving there was some doubt in Casilda's heart.

Casilda would bathe alone in the nearby river unknowing that a man was watching her do so. One day Casilda would catch the man staring at her. She would demand the man to leave. The man caught decided to lie to get out of the situation. "Your husband and mother are having an affair." 

This would enrage her and she would run back home. Seeing her husband sleeping with the baby in his arms filled her with rage at his betrayal. She would be blinded with rage and set the fire killing her family. While villagers could hear the screams and tried to help the father and son Casilda went to her mother's home. 

Her mother was sitting on the patio. Her mother not knowing what was going to happen saw her beautiful daughter. Unfortunately, it wasn't a pleasant visit as Casilda was determined to end those who wronged her. Casilda would use a machete striking her mother in the stomach. With her mother's last dying breath she would curse her "From now on Casilda you will have to avenge all women by killing their unfaithful husbands."

This was when Casilda became La Sayona.

SOURCES:

Villians Wiki

Urban Legendpedia

Moon Mausoleum

UNIDENTIFED: November 13, 1945 Porter County, Indiana

  On November 13, 1945a hunter would find the skeletal remains of a woman in the dense woods near Quakerdom School in Jackson Township about 1/2 mile south of S.E. 6.5 miles east of SR 49 and 1.5 miles west of La Porte county line. She was fully clothed laying on her back with her arms placed evenly along the sides, her legs lying straight with her feet together and her head resting on a tree root.  Near her body was a box of rotting clothing and a pocketbook.

There was no cause of death found other than she did not have any signs of violence on her bones. It was believed she may have been dead for 8 to 15 months. It's also believed with how she was positioned she did not die where she was found.

from articles at the time, it was believed that she was 30 to 45-years-old, but NamUs lists her as pre-60. She was 5'6" and around 135 to 150lbs.  She has brown hair and a gold tooth filling. She was wearing a red, blue, and grey tweed coat with a blue and red plaid lining, nylon stockings, size 8 1/2 black leather, and open-toed shoes with little wear. 

In the pasteboard box was a pair of canvas wedge-type shoes, a size 38 black dress with a zipper on the side and black, and a tan purse with a brass clasp containing a handkerchief. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Doe Network

Vidette-Messenger of Porter County November 13, 1945

The Star Press November 14, 1945

Linton Daily Citizen December 6, 1945

Tomb M12 and the Murdered Man

 

Credit Qian Wang

In 2002 an ancient cemetery was discovered in the Ningxia region of Northern China. 12 tombs would be excavated. The last one was M12, which featured an 18m2 burial chamber containing the remains of a man, a woman, and a child. The tomb was of a high-ranking family from 2,000 years before as they were buried with many grave goods, and of course, many of the goods were eventually robbed. 

The family however were not the only people buried at the tomb. A skeleton of a man in his 20's was found halfway down a looter's shaft. It was at first believed that the man was a looter who fell into the shaft and died. However, it was found that he was likely not a looter, and his death was not accidental.

The man had died between 640 to 680 AD and the family died around 700 years earlier. The looter's shaft had naturally filled in before his death. He had been slashed at and stabbed. He had 13 sharp force wounds on his bones, He had cut marks on the top of his head, the back of his skull, and ribs. The right side of his face was almost cut off. It's believed that the puncture in the ribs is what killed him.

 It's believed that after or during the brutal attack, he was thrown into the looter shaft, and was likely still alive. His right hand is still raised in a protective gesture over the right side of his face. A sword blade was found above him and may have been the or one of the murder weapons.

Buring his body may have done it in a way of "hiding in plain sight" type of concealment.

SOURCES:

Archeology

Ancient Orgins

News Network Archeology 

The Past January 14, 2022

The History Blog

UNIDENTIFIED: November 8, 1577 London, England Poor Unknown Woman

 On November 8, 1577, a poor woman died in the streets of London, England. Her name and where she was from was unknown, but some believed she may have been Welsh. She was buried in the Bedlam Burial Ground.

SOURCES:

Find A Grave

MISSING: John McInnis

 

On November 5, 1911, 54-year-old John McInnis was on a boat in Port Townsend Bay in Port Townsend, Washington. He was a police officer and was searching for deer poachers at the time. He and his boat were caught up in a bad storm and the next day his boat was found floating upside down inside Marrowstone Point. His body was never recovered. 

He had worked for the Sheriff's office for the last 4 years.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave
Doe Network

Officer Down Memorial Page

International Missing Persons Wiki

CRYPTIDS: Drekavac

 

Created Using Art Breeder

A Drekavac, Yeller, Drek, or Drekalo is a creature in Slavic Mythology (Serbia, and Bosnia). They are a boogeyman creature used to warn children. It is said that the Drekavac comes from Unbaptised children who've died. It usually resides in a graveyard or outside a home crying for salvation. They are usually solitary creatures, but are sometimes found in packs and will live together in a cave or tunnel.

Sometimes A Drekavac will come in different appearances such as an infant with a thin body and large head and animals. If it's in the form of an infant it's said that it's an omen for death and if it's in the form of an animal it's something like cattle disease.

Its scream is horrifying. They are usually asking for a baptism all night bothering the cemetery or the persons in a home. If it's screaming outside of a home at least one person in the home is going to die. The creature may fall on a person or allow its shadow to cross a person cursing them to die soon. Their fur is usually long in animal form and if stepped on it'll yelp in pain.

Sometimes a Drekavac will enter the dreams of those who wronged them and do the same. They will strangle the person as they sleep.

To avoid a Drekavac it would be wise to get a dog. Dogs are something that they fear. They also either cannot be in sunlight or dislike it. This is why it's usually heard at night. It's believed if you baptized the child then it would stop and move on.

They are usually solitary creatures, but are sometimes found in packs and will live together in a cave or tunnel.

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