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Category Archives: Unsolved Murder
Sad development in case of missing NIU student
The case of the missing student from Northern Illinois University took a sad turn late on Saturday night. Toni Keller, 18, has been missing since October 14 when she told friends she was headed into a wooded area to work … Continue reading
Lead investigator in Falcon Lake pirate case murdered
Another story that has shocked and amazed people here in the United States involves the murder of a tourist named David Hartley. He and his wife were using jet skis on a lake, Falcon Lake, that straddles the U.S./Mexico border. … Continue reading
Suspects named in Mexican pirate attack
One of the biggest crimes in the news recently has to do with two tourists who were reportedly attacked by Mexican pirates on a lake that straddles the U.S./Mexican border. The strange things to think about is that there is … Continue reading
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Tagged David Hartley, Falcon International Reservoir, History, Jet Ski, Mexico, Piracy, United States, US-Mexico Border
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Gunman still loose in Indiana or Illinois
A very strange tale has been unfolding in and around the Chicago area today. A man described as “disheveled and unshaven” has been shooting people. He approached two construction workers re-habbing a house in one place and shot two men, … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, gunman, mass murder, murder, shooting
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The Story of the Villisca Axe Murder House (Part Five)
Reportedly, he had been at the Children’s Day festivities. He was also a guest at another home not far from the Moore house. He then left very early in the morning, standing at the train station when the commotion at … Continue reading
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Tagged Axe Murder, History, true crime, Unsolved Murder, Villisca, Villisca Axe Murder House
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The Story of the Villisca Axe Murder House (Part Four)
Several hours after the discovery of the body the county coroner, Dr. Linquist, showed up in the town of Villisca. Already the rumors of Frank Jones was starting to spread. He viewed the crime scene, which had been left as … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, History, murder, true crime, Unsolved Murder, Villisca, Villisca Axe Murder House
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The Story of the Villisca Axe Murder House (Part Three)
In the same room as the two Stillinger girls and the axe was a piece of a keychain. While, in the kitchen, there was a plate of food on the table as if the killer had decided to replenish his … Continue reading
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Tagged History, Iowa, true crime, Unsolved Murder, Villisca, Villisca Ax Murder House
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The Story of the Villisca Axe Murder House (Part Two)
Two bodies lay on the beds. The sheets, which had been white, were dark with blood that was still drying in the morning air. With his stomach in his throat and his heart pounding, Ross returned to the front porch. … Continue reading
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Tagged Axe Murder, Axe Murder House, History, Unsolved Crime, Villisca
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The Story of the Villisca Axe Murder House (Part One)
It was June 10th, 1912, and the sun had just barely begun to peak over the horizon. Mary Peckham stepped out onto the back porch of her home in tiny Villisca, Iowa. She had chores to do. This was common … Continue reading
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Tagged ax murder, Iowa, massacre, Unsolved Murder, Villisca, Villisca Ax Murder House
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The Case that Never Ends: How an Unsolved Murder in St. Louis Manages to Haunt So Many Years Later
I stumbled upon this case by simply picking up something to read in a laundromat. It was a weekly St. Louis newspaper and inside was a story of a murder so ghastly and horrible, it was burned into my brain. I wrote a fictionalized version of this story in my book The Vanished Child. However, all of these years later, the memory of this case still lingers. It tends to do that to anyone who touches it. Continue reading
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Tagged Child Murder, Headless girl, St. Louis, St. Louis History, true crime, Unsolved Murder
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