On April 21, 1911, a man died in a car accident in Northbridge, Massachusetts. It is assumed he committed suicide. It stated that he was killed by cars meaning he was likely not driving. There is little information in this case.
Sunday, April 20, 2025
Thursday, April 17, 2025
UNIDENTIFIED: April 18, 1930 Perry County, Pennsylvania
On April 18, 1930, a man was found in Perry County, Pennsylvania. He had committed suicide by hanging about 15 hours before discovery.
He was a white male around 55-years-old.Monday, April 22, 2024
GHOSTS: The Gelin
These women are typically a harbinger of death similar to a banshee. She can sometimes haunt a family line or sometimes she rides a white horse in a graveyard. In the graveyard, she attracts men and kills them if they make contact.
Sunday, March 3, 2024
MONSTERS: Dearg Due
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
GHOSTS: The Golden-Haired Girl
Pine Barrens, New Jersey holds many legends. One includes a blonde-haired girl wearing white mourning her lover's death. She is usually seen staring out at the sea by herself, but after a while, the Jersey Devil sometimes joins her.
Friday, June 23, 2023
William Zinsmeister Shoots up a Picnic
On June 23, 1923, 35-year-old William Zinsmeister would question his son-in-law. He would inquire where his daughter, 15-year-old Mamie, was attending a picnic for the St. Williams Catholic Church in Louisville, Kentucky. He would then ask who she was attending with and if it was the boy he disapproved of. He would then call a taxi to come get him at his soft drink stand at 1:30 p.m.
Before leaving he would tell his son-in-law that he "I'm going to kill 5 kids this afternoon". His son-in-law would try to make it to the river before him. He left in the taxi with two revolvers and over 75 rounds. The taxi would bring him to the picnic area of the Ohio River. There was nothing unusual about how William was acting in the taxi.
When they arrived William would leave the vehicle and walk towards the river. The Taxi driver would stay and chat with someone. He would then walk down to his daughter who was sitting on a log next to the water. 18-year-old Thomas Mullaney and 16-year-old Sarah Connolly were in the water near her.
William would be greeted by Mamie saying "Hello Daddy." He would then ask his daughter "What are you doing out her Mamie?". She responded with something along the line of to have a good time and her father's response was "Well I'm going to kill you." He then pulled out and began shooting.
Mammie died almost instantly with two shots to the head. He then began shooting at those in the water. 16-year-old Sarah Connolly would be shot and killed. 16-year-old Gertrude Franconia, and 18-year-old Charles Eifler would be injured. Thomas would be able to get one of the revolvers from William and received a wound to the shoulder and was hit on the head.
Those witnessing the madness would run screaming towards where the Taxi was parked. "He's shooting people in the water." After the shooting William would flee across fields on foot towards his childhood home and where he was born. He was a few hundred feet from his former home and would kill himself.
There were only two deaths, Mamie and Sarah. Sarah's body was washed away and a search would be done for it. She wouldn't be found for two days. Her body would be found down stream about a mile from the scene. The rest were injured with non life threatening wounds.
SOURCES:
The Puducah Sun-Democrat June 25, 1923
Messenger-Inquirer June 25, 1923
The Courier-Journal June 25, 1923
Hinton Daily News June 25, 1923
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Christina Johansdotter Murders Infant So She'd Die
In 1740 Christina Johandotter lived in Sweden and had no will to live. She missed her fiance who had died and wanted to join him, but suicide is a sin and she did not want to go to hell. If she was in hell then she would not be able to see her fiance again.
She would witness a woman who was executed for infanticide. She decided to commit suicide by execution and repent and admit her crime in order to be forgiven and allowed into Paradise. The problem was that she had to kill someone specifically a child. Killing an adult did not always get the death penalty, but a child does get execution by decapitation.
One day in 1740 Christina would visit a friend and asked them if she could take the child. She told them that she wanted to show the infant to a friend visiting from the country. Christina would instead bring the child outside and chop off their head with an axe. She would be arrested for the murder.
She would admit that she missed her fiance and thought this was the only way to see him soon. She was prosecuted for the murder and executed. At the time punishment for child murder was decapitation and then her body was burned at the stake.
At the time suicide executions were a solution for those who wanted to die and go to heaven. Those who committed sins could ask for forgiveness and can enter heaven. Children were seen as being sinless and that
Suicide executions became a historical phenomenon that created its own culture and customs. By the 1700's killing a child as a means of death was the most common reason to do so, the second being unmarried mothers killing their newborns in secret.
There were theatrical performances for these suicides. Families of the condemned would buy special costumes decorated with embroidery and ribbons and pay for a suit to escort the condemned to the place of execution. Many who watch sympathized with the condemned especially if they were female.Sunday, March 5, 2023
GHOSTS: The Gelin
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Friday, October 7, 2022
UNIDENTIFIED: October 9, 1901 Somerville, Indiana John Doe
On October 8, 1901, a young unknown man would be seen in Somerville, Indiana. On the 9th he would be seen walking up and down the streets stopping to rest once in a while in front of stores. He spoke very little, but people could tell he was of more than ordinary intelligence. He had gone to the train station several times to ask when the train was going to arrive.
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
UNIDENTIFIED: September 21, 1914 Bronx, New York "German" John Doe
On September 21, 1914, a man had committed suicide. He was found hanging at the Maple Grove Cemetary in Hart Island, Bronx, New York. It's believed that the John Doe may have been a German laborer. He was a white male between 39 to 45-years-old. he had a newspaper, a pair of spectacles, and a red handkerchief.
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Tuesday, August 9, 2022
UNIDENTIFIED: August of 1922 Ventura County, California John Doe
In August of 1922 several small boys playing near the S.P. tracks and Edwards Ranch four miles east of Santicoy, California. The boy noted a strong odor and found a body. They would then tell S.S. Beaman who inturn informed the Sheriff.
It was determined that the body belonged to a man and he had recently committed suicide with a .32 caliber. There was a pile of ashes near the body presuming that the man may have burned anything that would identify him. His glasses also had a name that was scratched off. He was found parlty undressed and wrapped himself up in some blankets. It was as if he had gone to sleep for the night only to kill himself. He was recognizable, but his features were swollen
He was a male around 30-years-old. He had fairly good clothes, blanket, $9 in change, and a watch.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Suicide of Minnie Quay and her ghost
Saturday, February 12, 2022
GHOSTS: The Ship of the Lady Lovibond
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There is a legend of a ghost ship called The Lady Lovibond. The story goes that the ship was at sea on Feb. 13, 1748, because the Captain, Simon Reed sometimes Simon Peel, had just married and was celebrating with a cruise. It was said the ship was bound for Oporto, Portugal. Despite superstitions of women bringing bad luck on board, he would bring his new wife Annetta with him.
Below deck Simon and Anneta were celebrating with their guests. A first mate, John Rivers, a rival for Anneta's love was pacing the decks in a jealous rage. John thinking that he'd never get Anneta's love grabbed a heavy, club-like belaying pin from the rail. He would sneak up being the crewmember at the wheel and hit him with one crushing blow. He would take control of the ship and steer the ship into the Goodwin Sands killing everyone.
It is said that the ship was seen again on its 50th anniversary in 1798. It was reported by at least two ships. The ship was seen again in 1848, and again in 1948. It was said that in 1998 there was no reported sighting of the ghost ship, but maybe they were unknowingly seen. In 2048 it will be the next time you'll be able to see the ship.
In actuality, it's unknown if The Lady Lovibond ever exists. The earliest known mention of the ship was from a 1924 article. It's possible the ghost story was created for Valentine's Day type ghost story.
SOURCES:Saturday, July 24, 2021
GHOSTS: White Lady of Kinsale
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Charles Fort is a bastion fort with one section of outer wall built in a star fashion finished in 1682. It's located on the water's edge at the of the village of Summer Come on Kinsale harbor in Ireland. It is now a National Monument of Ireland.
At the Charles Fort in the 1600's, there was an officer named Sir Trevor Ashurst. He would meet Wilful Warrender who's father was Govoner Warrender, the commander of Charles Fort. The two would have a whirlwind romance and would soon fall in love and wed. The Governor was actually happy for the young couple. The two would soon marry and on the wedding day would end in tragedy.
On the night that the two had married, they went to take a walk on the grounds of the fort. The two were to spend their wedding night at the fort. Wilful would see some flowers at the base of the battlement. Trevor was going to go get them, but an on-duty sentry offered to get them instead. Trevor would ask Wilful to wait for him in their room, and he would take the sentry's post so the flowers could be retrieved.
The sentry would not return quickly and because the groom was tired from the day's festivities he fell asleep at the post. Wilful's father went on his nightly inspections. He was known as strict and had a reputation for enforcing strict military codes. When he would stumble across a sentry, who he didn't know at the time was his son-in-law, leaning against the wall seemingly asleep. He called out to the sentry several times and when he got no answer he shot him through the heart.
This was when he realized that it was not any sentry, but his son-in-law. He would be filled with sorrow and regret. Wilful would soon after find out what her father did to her groom. She would be grief-stricken and would take her own life that night. She would jump from one of the ramparts into the icy waters below. Her father knew that he killed his son-in-law leading to his daughter's suicide. After his daughter's suicide, he would take his own life by shooting himself.
Other versions state after realizing he killed Trevor that he threw jumped the ramparts right after killing him. That Wilful found them both dead and jumped into the icy waters after losing two very important people in her life.
What is known in the tale is that three lives would tragically end on what was supposed to be a joyous day.
It is said that Wilful who is known as The White Lady of Kinsale haunts the area. She is typically seen in her wedding dress. She usually is a kind but sorrowful spirit people in and around Charles Fort are said to have seen her. In particular, she is seen by or near children as if she's keeping an eye on them. Now she did have a mean streak and was known to push soldiers mostly captains down the stairs.
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Monday, July 5, 2021
UNIDENTIFIED: July 5, Albert Lea, Minnesota John Doe
On July 5, 1938, a custodian of the Freeborn County Courthouse in Albert Lea, Minnesota found a man hanging in the clock tower of the building. He had unfortunately committed suicide and wasn't identified.
He was a white male between 30 to 35-years-old. He was 5'7" and had long brown hair with a reddish tinge. He was wearing black oxford shoes, and a high-quality double-breasted grey suit with a light pinstripe, an almost new black raincoat. All laundry marks and manufacturer's labels on his clothing had been removed including his eyeglass case.
SOURCES:
The Minneapolis Star July 5, 1938
The Minneapolis Star July 12, 1938
Saturday, April 24, 2021
Murder of Elijah Davidson
Sam asked Elijah to help measure and see if his bed would fit. He handed him a piece of string that was the length of his bed and asked him to measure the space with it. When Elijah stooped over holding one end of the string Sam took his chance. He smashed the back of his head with oblong-shaped kidney ore weighing 4lbs. When Elijah looked up Sam jumped up on him. He grabbed his neck and continued to hit him in the face. During the struggle, Elijah bit down on one of Sam's fingers so hard that when he pulled it out one of Elijah's teeth came out with it.
Sam believed that Elijah was dead and robbed him. He would leave and flee down the nearby train tracks. He was alive and would crawl downstairs and out to his front stoop where neighbors heard him. He would tell others that it was Sam who'd tried to kill him. Elijah had bled so much where he had been attacked the pool of blood seeped through the floor. Elijah would die 5 days later.
Sam had fled into the woods and David, Elijah's son would put out a $200 reward for the arrest of Sam. He would go to his brother-in-law's home in Middleton County. Here he stated that his injured thumb was from a fight. He would try to change his appearance by shaving his face. He wouldn't escape the law and would soon be arrested.
Sam was soon found. He would claim to be a man named Charles Howards, but the marshall did not believe him. He would threaten to On the way taking him back to Leetonia Sam tried to bribe the officer telling him he had $60 to $65 in his coat sleeve.
When they got out of the buggy in New Lisbon Sam repeated his offer. Sam was able to slip out of his handcuff and flee as they were leaving the vehicle. He ran towards Jefferson st. and mistook an opening between two buildings as an alley, but instead, it went to a shed and he hid inside. Officer Welch followed behind him waited for a lantern and found Sam lying with some lumber over his face. They went back to the hotel for dinner and the officer ripped open the lining of Sam's coat to see if he really did have money. He did not.
Instead of traveling straight Leetonia and waited till 3 a.m. to transfer him. They wanted to avoid any lynch mobs that may have been waiting for their arrival. Luckily they didn't encounter one.
By this time Elijah was still alive but would succumb to his injuries making the charges murder charges. Sam would stay in jail until the murder trial started.
On August 24, 1875, guards walked into Sam's cell and seemed like he was wiping his face with a towel. In reality, the towel had a brick inside and when the guard bent over to put the bucket Sam hit him with the brick. The guard would be able to get out and lock the door even in the pain he was in.
In October his trial would start and would plead not guilty to the murder. He would sit in the trial with his family often having one of his children sitting on his lap. The jury would find him guilty and would give him the death penalty.
A retrial would be granted, but Sam would escape jail. He would saw through the bars of his cell window and climb down using sheets. Sam would get onto a train wearing women's clothing. He would meet his father on this train where his father would give him cartridges and a revolver. The man who saw Sam did not realize that he was wanted and that there was a $1,000 reward on his head.
Sam was likely in Arkansas working in fields for the next year. He was next seen on September 16, 1877, he went to his parent's home. They would beg him to flee again to avoid being arrested. He refused to leave until he saw his wife.
Sheriff Fountain would hear of suspicions of Sam's return home. The police would go to the house and search for him. When they got to the basement they found a door that went to an outside cellarway. Inside Sam was holding a pistol to his head. Sherrif Fountain would slam the door shut and Sam would flee outside.
Officers would scream for him to stop, but he wouldn't. He would turn his gun on himself and kill himself.
SOURCES:
East Liverpool Historical Society
The Cincinnati Daily Star April 27, 1875
The Stark County Democrat April 29, 1875
The Daily Times Nov. 4, 1875
The Democratic Press Nov. 11, 1875
The Stark County Democrat Nov. 25, 1875
Sunday, September 6, 2020
MISSING: Myrisha Faye and AJ Campbell
3-year-old Myrisha Faye Campbell and her little brother 11-month-old A.J Campbell jr were picked up by their father A.J. Campbell sr. on September 6, 1958, from their home in Goliad, Texas. Their father claimed that he just wanted to take them out for a ride during one of his scheduled court-ordered visitations. He took them at 9:00 a.m. and was supposed to return with them at 3 p.m., but the children never returned home
Jewel and A.J. sr. had been married for 8 years and throughout the marriage A.J. sr was abusive towards Jewel. So eventually had left A.J. sr. and had taken the children with her. She had supported them by taking a teaching job in Goliad, Texas.
William Randal jr. was the only other person to last see the children alive. William Randal and A.J. sr. picked up the children together in Randal’s 2- door pink and charcoal-gray 1955 Chevrolet Tudor. The had went through Cuero and Gonzales, Texas and picked up two large cans of lard. When they were 3 miles out of Goliad A.J. sr. said he needed to go see a friend and Randal had gotten out of vehicle leaving the children alone with A.J. sr.
30 to 40 minutes later A.J. sr. returned with none of the children in sight. He had claimed that he had gotten into a fight with his brother-in-law and had left the children with another relative. Randal noticed that A.J. sr was acting nervous and agitated. A.J. sr. even asked if there was blood on him and warned Randal not to tell anyone about the fight. A.J sr. and Randal had driven to Austin Texas and separated promising to meet at a bus stop at midnight the next day to return the car. A.J. sr. never arrived causing Randal to ride the bus back home and reported his car stolen.
On September 7, A.J. sr. called a minister in Fort Worth, Texas. He had implied to the minister that he had killed the children by telling him that they were “at rest with the world” and that he was going to kill himself. Which he had followed through with when his body was found in Randal’s car on a road near Austin. It was ruled a suicide because he shot himself in the head with a 16- gauge shotgun.
A suicide note was found addressed to Jewel. In the note, he admitted he had buried both of the children. He also stated that he loved the children and that he still loved Jewel. He wished her happiness. His note did not indicate where he had buried the children or their whereabouts.
Jewel remarried afterward and took the last name Robertson, and had two more children. Jewel passed away in 2013, but her two other children are still actively looking for A.J. jr and Myrisha. They believe that there might be a chance that A.J. sr. had sold or given the children away instead of killing them.
Myrisha was 3 years old white female with dark blonde hair and blue eyes. She was 2’6 and 28 pounds. Myrisha was last seen wearing a pink dress with puffed sleeves and a Peter Pan collar, pink socks, and white buckle shoes.
A.J. Jr. was 11 months old he is a white male with blonde hair and blue eyes. He was 2’2 and 25 lbs. He has a birthmark on his eyelid and a birthmark below his lower lip. His fingers were also clubbed at the ends. A.J was last seen wearing a light blue and white checkered shirt with a dark blue collar and a yellow diaper with a clear plastic liner over it.
SOURCES:
Charley Project (A.J)
Charley Project (Myrisha)
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Murder of Delmira Agustini and Suicide of Enrique Job Reyes

She would get a job at the magazine La Alborada under the pen name Joujou. Her poetry is considered passionate and specialized in female sexuality. Which at the time was considered a modern idea. Eros the God of love was a figure in many of her poems. There were many critics that focused on her being a woman (either good or bad) rather than on her works. Often using her gender as a way to call her pure or sexually obsessed.
She was a part of a group of Uruguayan writers. It was formed in 1900 she was in it with Julio Herrera y Reissig, MarÃa Eugenia Vaz Ferreira, Alberto Zum Felde, and Angel Falco. It allowed them to have an innovative voice in Spanish American poetry.
On August 14, 1913, Delmira married Enrique Job Reyes who wasn't a part of the literary world that she was. The marriage didn't even last a full year as on June 5, 1914, the two got divorced. On July 7, 1914, Enrique shot Delmira in the head twice and then took his own life in Montevideo.
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Sunday, March 29, 2020
UNIDENTIFIED: March 29, 1927 San Bernardino, California
SOURCES:
NamUs
Doe Network
Redlands Daily Facts
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