Aug 14, 2019 | Scary True Stories, Unsolved Mysteries
I was at a rural farmer’s market on a sunny day when something caught my eye. Amid stalls of questionable antiques was a treasure trove of old horror books that were in sad shape. Amid these gems was Murder in Amityville, written by Hans Holzer and published in...
Feb 12, 2019 | Unsolved Mysteries
The statistics are horrifying. One million people go missing in the United States each year. Over eight million children go missing worldwide. Many are never seen again. This post is about some of the missing person cases that trouble me. If you have any information...
Jan 9, 2019 | Scary True Stories, The Writing Life, Unsolved Mysteries
Yesterday I had one of those “I feel like a real author” moments. It might surprise some of you to discover I rarely feel this way. Real authors are reviewed in major newspapers, have six-or-seven figure book deals, movie options, and hardbacks in all the...
Jul 17, 2018 | Unsolved Mysteries
Police arrested a monster on June 21, 1981. If their evidence was correct, Wayne Williams was responsible for one of the most horrific reigns of terror in American history. Twenty-nine African-American children had been brutally murdered, along with at least two men...
Apr 25, 2018 | Scary True Stories, Unsolved Mysteries
The Redpaths had it all. They were one of the richest families in Canada, heirs to an impressive sugar fortune. John James Redpath and his wife Ada had five children. By all reports, the Redpaths were a close family, although they seemed to keep to themselves. On the...
Dec 12, 2017 | Unsolved Mysteries
She was only nineteen years old. Cindy Joy Elias was heading home from an evening with friends around 12:30 a.m. on March 24, 1977. A witness overheard the teenager say she was looking for a ride, adding she might hitchhike. Sadly, only a few hours later,...
