Mabel Moore had just gone to St. Louis with her new husband, Arthur. After just a few days and one bad argument, he left her stranded there. Abandoned in a strange city, Mabel turned to the unthinkable. When police investigated later, what seemed like a straightforward story became unbelievably bizarre. Sources Girl, Deserted by […]
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Mabel Moore stared out the window of her St. Louis hotel room, watching the people pass by on the street below. There were so many of them that looked so happy. Every time she saw someone smile, it hurt her a little. Mabel wasn’t sure if she would ever be happy again. Standing, she turned
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Carol Eberle was getting married, and she was overjoyed. But no one else really was. Something had happened just a few weeks before that had soured several people toward Carol in their small North Dakota town. She didn’t care one bit what they thought, but sometimes karma has a way of catching up with people.
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Lorna Mae leaned against the fence post, resting her back. Dawn had just broken on the horizon, bathing the farm in a golden light. Lorna loved this time of morning. Everything seemed so new, so fresh. It was like the cares of yesterday had fallen away, replaced by brand new opportunities. She was usually
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Swift Runner and his family journeyed into the Canadian wilderness in 1878 for the winter. Only Swift Runner emerged the following spring. He said that his entire family starved to death, but there was something off about his story. When police investigated, one of the most infamous tales of murder and cannibalism in Canadian history
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Swift Runner slowly squeezed the trigger, holding his breath. He had been hunting his entire life and was confident in his aim. The rifle let out a loud report, echoing off the vast hills of the wilderness surrounding him. The moose went down, falling in a heap in the snow. Swift Runner let
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Henry Kuehl was just trying to do his job. On a warm January night, he rode out to a rural Iowa farm to help settle a dispute between the farmer and his landlord. The night started off normal enough, but soon degenerated into an evening that Kuehl would never forget. Sources The Gluhm Funeral.
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We don’t know why Juergen Gluhm came to America. Maybe it was to seek a better life, or maybe he was running from something. Maybe it was just because he felt like it. What we do know is that when he was about 33 years old, he found his way from Germany to a
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Sam Smith was a desperate man. He couldn’t find a job, and he had a family to feed. Out of desperation he turned to stealing. But when he died suddenly, did his ghost return to watch over his family? Sources Prisoner Struck by Bullet When He Breaks Away. The Rock Island Argus, 11/3/1915 Escaping
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Jelena was nervous. Something was wrong. She couldn’t put her finger on it, but she knew there was. She looked around the small house. She kept it up as best as she could, but they were poor and there were a few things that needed fixing. But everything was clean and in it’s place. It
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