Jan 20, 2016 | Scary True Stories
The stench was overwhelming. The room reeked so much that the Parisian police officers had to retreat and gather their courage to try again. This time, they found what they were looking for. On a rotting straw mattress, cowering under a dirty, tattered blanket in the...
Jan 12, 2016 | The Writing Life
I’ll never forget the first time I met Corporal Tyner Gillies. I was in author Jack Whyte’s masterclass, sweating bullets, waiting for the moment when Whyte would read my work in his wonderful Scottish brogue – and tear it to...
Dec 8, 2015 | Unsolved Mysteries
By all accounts, Christopher Mittendorf and Kristina Branum were a happy young couple living in Hardin County, Tennessee. On July 27, 2006, twenty-one-year-old Mittendorf went shopping with Branum, his 17-year-old fiancee. Although the couple was living together, they...
Jun 15, 2015 | Unsolved Mysteries
They had their whole lives ahead of them. Suzie Streeter was 19 on June 7th, 1992. She had just celebrated her high school graduation with close friend Stacy McCall (then 18) in their hometown of Springfield, Missouri. After attending another friend’s grad...
Apr 17, 2015 | Scary True Stories, Tales of the Supernatural
Ouija boards, or ‘talking boards,’ are primarily used to communicate with spirits of the dead. Although Parker Brothers sells them as a parlour game and toy. That just seems odd to me: Talk to the dead! It’s fun for the whole family. To use a ouija,...
