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Picture generated with AI. Location: Tequesta, Florida, United States of America Dates Active: August 15, 2016 Category: Demons, Strange Crimes, Werewolves, Zombies Cause: Illicit Drugs or Insanity Status: Closed Entry ID: 030424A-00081 Summery:   Florida student murders couple and eats a man's face, claiming that he was being chased by demons and thinking he had become some sort of non-human being. In Depth: On the evening of August 15, 2016, a 19-year-old college student by the name of Austin Harrouff had joined his family for dinner at sports bar and restaurant. While waiting at the restaurant Austin started acting strange, stating things like he had super powers and was immortal, but then got agitated and left the restaurant, presumably because of slow service. His parents, whom were worried about Austin's behavior, called police. He was later found four miles away in the garage of Michelle Mishcon and John Stevens, hunched over their bodies and eating John's face...

Picture generated with AI Location: Lithia Park, Ashland, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: 1926 to Present Category: Disappearances, Haunting, Nice Spirits, Odd People, Strange Crimes Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 022424K-00080 Summery:   The story of the Dog-faced Boy, who is said to haunts the streets around Lithia Park. In Depth: When it was first opened in 1908, Lithia Park was only a small patch of land, but eventually grew inside to a nearly 100 acre park with duck ponds and streams, walking paths, a Japanese garden, a playground, and a bandshell. It even had a zoo and campgrounds at one time, but those days have long since passed. However, the park is also home to a few dark secrets, including stories of numerous ghosts haunting the grounds. One such ghost is that of the "Dog-Faced Boy," who was supposedly a real person who lived in Ashland in the 1920s. Little is known about him other than had hypertrichosis, or "werewolf syndrome...

Picture generated with AI Location: Sa Kaeo, Thailand Dates Active: February 29, 2016 Category: Evil Spirits, Possessions, Strange Crimes Cause: Phi Pob Status: Unknown Entry ID: 012924C-00056 Summery:   Cops are called on two woman and one man who were forcing neighbors and family members to strip in the street of their village, afterwards claiming to have been possessed by a spirit known as a phi pob. In Depth: Three suspects lead seven neighbors and family members at knifepoint into the street of a village and forced them to strip naked. Some of the victims were injured in the altercation when they resisted, and when the victims did as ordered the three perpetrators burned all of the clothes. Police were called onto the scene, where they immediately disarmed the suspects and brought them to the police station. They later told police that they did not remember the incident at all, claiming that they had been possessed by a ghost known as a phi pob, and that they had only be...

Picture generated with AI Location: Mill City, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: December 10, 2017 Category: Curses, Strange Crimes, Witchcraft Cause: Unknown Status: Closed Entry ID: 011624D-00030 Summery:   Local police respond to a strange domestic disturbance call involving magic. In Depth: Police were called to investigate an unnamed person acting strange outside of a residence, who was found to be trying to apply "graveyard dust" on a victim's car. The suspect claimed they were trying to undo a curse, but police recommended that both parties stay away from each other. The incident was recorded in the local newspaper's public safety log. Graveyard dust is a common ingredient in various spells and rituals involving witchcraft, and apparently can be found online. Related Entries and Connections : Connections: Curses Connections: Strange Crimes Connections: Witchcraft Last Updated: March 16, 2024

Picture generated with AI Location: Nizhny Novogrod, Russia Dates Active: November 2, 2011 Category: Necromancy, Strange Crimes, Terrifying Toys, Witchcraft Cause: Insanity Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 011624C-00029 Summery:   Russian historian digs up the bodies of young girls and turns them into dolls. In Depth: Anatoly Moskvin, a noted history expert, journalist, linguist, and self proclaimed 'necropolyst' who specializes in burial rituals, had his home raided by Russian police on a tip. What the police found was the bodies of 29 girls and young women, all of whom were between the ages of 10 and 30 when they died, all encased in a custom cloth and wax "body" with features such as faced painted on them. Anatoly had apparently been digging up bodies from around local cemeteries, bringing them home and transforming their corpses into dolls. He would apparently celebrate their birthdays, watch cartoons with them, sing songs, and have tea parties with the dolls. He w...

Picture generated with AI Location: Lafayette, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: November 1, 1886 to Present Category: Curses, Strange Crimes Cause: Curses, Murder Status: Possibly Ongoing Entry ID: 010924A-00019 Summery:   A small town is cursed to suffer massive fires when an ax murderer is hanged. Several fives have happened through the town's history, but is another major fire imminent? In Depth: On November 1, 1886, long-time criminal Richard Marple, along with his wife and mother, conspire to rob a local business man D. I. Corker. Richard's mother, Anna, befriends and drugs Corker in hopes that he would be too out of it to catch them in the act. However, before the drug could take full affect, Richard (or in some versions of the story his mother) decides to kill Corker with an ax. Richard is caught, tried, convicted of the crime, and sentenced to be hanged while his accomplices get off free due to a lack of evidence. During the hanging, which occurred o...