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The Murder That Inspired The Jeepers Creepers Franchise
Dennis and Marilynn DePue were a married couple from Coldwater, Michigan. Dennis worked as a property assessor for the town, while Marilynn was employed as a guidance counsellor at the local high school.
By Matesanzabout a month ago in Criminal
A Suicidal British Woman Flies To Florida To Be Murdered By A Man From A Fetish Site
Sonia Exelby was a 32 year old woman from Portsmouth, UK. A content creator by profession, she lived with her long-term boyfriend of 15 years, Stevie Hunt.
By Matesanzabout a month ago in Criminal
A Woman Takes A Light-Hearted Selfie In The Rain, Minutes Later She Is Murdered
On the evening of September 29th 2017, 25 year old Anne Faber—a well-loved young woman from Utrecht in the Netherlands, set out on her usual bicycle ride at around 5pm.
By Matesanzabout a month ago in Criminal
A Young Man Disappears After Winning $1-Million On The Lottery
In the spring of 2025, Joshua Saulteaux was a 25 year old man from Whitefish Lake First Nation, a First Nations reserve in Alberta, Canada. Those who knew Joshua best describe him as kind and grounded, a young man who cared deeply for his friends, his family, and his community.
By Matesanzabout a month ago in Criminal
Dark History UK: The Headless Child In Manchester
On 30th August 1832, John Hayes was living in a modest home on Silk Street in the Ancoats district of Manchester. That day, tragedy struck his household when its youngest member—his three-year-old grandson, John Brogan, for whom Hayes was guardian—was suddenly taken ill with the most feared disease of the age: cholera.
By Matesanzabout a month ago in History
The Scorned Nazi Who Terrorised A German School With A Flamethrower
On the warm morning of 11th June 1964, parents in the Cologne suburb of Volkhoven sent their children off to school — a familiar, everyday ritual, with nothing to suggest it would soon be overshadowed by a post-war horror beyond anyone’s imagination.
By Matesanzabout a month ago in History
The Disturbing Reddit Post Murder Confession
It began with a question that demanded brutal honesty: “To those who accidentally killed someone — what went wrong?” Buried beneath Reddit’s familiar layers of dark humour and detachment was a thread unlike the rest. It wasn’t there for shock value or spectacle. Instead, it asked people to return to the worst moment of their lives — to trace, in painful detail, how something irreversible could grow out of something ordinary.
By Matesanzabout a month ago in Confessions
The College Student Who Jumped Into Shark Infested Waters For A Dare
In 2023, Cameron Robbins was an 18 year old with a promising future. Cameron Robbins Having just graduated from the University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge, he and a group of friends decided to celebrate their accomplishments.
By Matesanz2 months ago in The Swamp
The Child Actor Who Has Been Missing For 20 Years
Born on February 14th 1987, in Bremerton, Washington, Joseph David Wolfgang Pichler was one of five children. He began his acting career at the tender age of four, and a few years later, his family relocated to Los Angeles to support his budding career in the entertainment industry.
By Matesanz2 months ago in History
Gone With The Wind: The Abduction of Joan Gay Croft
Located in north-western Oklahoma, the small town of Woodward had a population of fewer than 6,000 residents in 1947. Typically quiet and unassuming, it was the kind of place where little ever disturbed the rhythm of daily life. That changed irrevocably on April 9th of that year—a day that would cast a long shadow over the county’s history.
By Matesanz2 months ago in History
Young Woman Murdered Whilst Trying To Repay A Good Deed
On Thanksgiving Day in 1986, 21 year old bank clerk Nancy Ann Hyer, was traveling by train to New York City when she became lost and visibly distressed on the verge of tears.
By Matesanz2 months ago in Criminal
The Grateful Doe: The 20 Year Old Case Solved By Online Web Sleuths
The Grateful Dead, an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California, were renowned for their lengthy, improvisational live performances and their devoted fan base, known as “Deadheads.” In 1995, their star-crossed Summer Tour ’95 became an unmissable event for diehard fans traveling across the country.
By Matesanz2 months ago in History

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The Murder That Inspired The Jeepers Creepers Franchise

A Suicidal British Woman Flies To Florida To Be Murdered By A Man From A Fetish Site

A Woman Takes A Light-Hearted Selfie In The Rain, Minutes Later She Is Murdered

A Young Man Disappears After Winning $1-Million On The Lottery

Dark History UK: The Headless Child In Manchester

The Scorned Nazi Who Terrorised A German School With A Flamethrower

The Disturbing Reddit Post Murder Confession

The College Student Who Jumped Into Shark Infested Waters For A Dare

The Child Actor Who Has Been Missing For 20 Years

Gone With The Wind: The Abduction of Joan Gay Croft

Young Woman Murdered Whilst Trying To Repay A Good Deed

The Grateful Doe: The 20 Year Old Case Solved By Online Web Sleuths

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