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James Dean's 'Little Bastard'

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Picture generated with AI Location: U.S. Route 466, Shandon, California, United States of America Dates Active: September 30, 1955 to 1960. Category: Curses, Disappearances, Spontaneous Combustion, Villainous Vehicles Cause: Car Accident Status: Closed Entry ID: 031824A-00086 Summery:   The tragic death of actor James Dean was not enough to satisfy the dark forces surrounding this cursed automobile. In Depth: Actor James Dean loved a good, fast car, and the silver Porsche 550 Spyder he purchased was certainly one of those things. However, multiple friends of the actor have gone on record to state that of the two things 'good' was not a descriptor the car deserved. They would often tell him that they felt like the car gave off weird vibes, and that there was a dark presence surrounding it. He subsequently named the car 'Little Bastard', and had the name painted onto the vehicle's rear decklid. It also happened to be the last vehicle that James Dean would ever d...

The Nancledra Logan Stone

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Picture generated with AI Location: Nancledra, Penzance, England, United Kingdom Dates Active: Unknown Category: Miracles, Peculiar Natural Formations, Witchcraft Cause: Unknown Status: Possibly Ongoing Entry ID: 031724A-00085 Summery:   This strange rock formation supposedly acted as a recruitment site for witches, as well as a miracle cure for rickets. In Depth: A logan stone (or a logan rock) is a large stone that has become naturally balanced, usually on top of a much smaller stone or series of stones. They can rock back and forth when touched, but do not move from their original location. One such rock is located around Nancledra at Trink Hill, which as a few peculiar properties. First, the only time it ever moves is at midnight, which it would do so of its own accord. It was otherwise impossible to move the stone without significant force. This led it to be referred to as the "Twelve O'Clock Stone," but this was far from the only strange thing about it. Becaus...

The Disappearance of Muriel Trevenard

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Picture generated with AI Location: Newport, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: August 1875 to Present Category: Disappearances, Haunting, Lighthouses Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 031024B-00084 Summery:   A young woman disappears inside a defunct lighthouse. In Depth: Some time in the 1870s a boat appeared off the coast near Newport, Oregon. It had been led off course by some foul weather, and were in need of replenishing their water supplies. The captain of the ship had a teenaged daughter by the name of Muriel Trevenard (some sources say her name was Zina), whom the Captain had decided to temporally leave at Newport's hotel while he completed his voyage. Muriel was an adventurous sort and met a group of young people from outside of the area who were on holiday, joining in their various adventures up and down the coast. On day in August they decided to go explore the nearby Yaquina Bay Light, which had been empty for some time. The group dragged Murie...

The Wandering Ghost of Evan MacClure

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Picture generated with AI Location: Newport, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: December 1873 to Present Category: Haunting, Lighthouses, Mysterious Sounds, Wandering Ghosts Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 031024A-00083 Summery:   The ghost of the captain of a whaling ship washes up on the Oregon coast looking for a place to rest. In Depth: According to legend Captain Evan MacClure was once the captain of the whaling ship Moncton , who had a reputation as a womanizer, a jerk, and liked getting into fights. Needless to say he was not well liked, especially by his first mate Bill Brewster. The story goes that Bill Brewster was betrothed to a woman named Lehui Opakhini, who worked as a call girl in Hawaii. While the Moncton was in port in Hawaii, Brewster was visiting a saloon with his fiance when MacClure decided he wanted to use Lehui's services. Brewster and MacClure got into a fight, with MacClure coming out on top. MacClure pulled a Mike Tyson and bit ...

Malheur Butte

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Picture generated with AI Location: Malheur Butte, Oregon, United States of America Dates Active: Unknown Category: Evil Spirits, Haunting, Mysterious Sounds, Peculiar Natural Formations, Shadows, Witchcraft Cause: Unknown Status: Ongoing Entry ID: 030624A-00082 Summery:   This extinct volcano is home to strange living shadows, ghost dogs, and is supposedly a meeting place for witches. In Depth: Malheur Butte is an extinct volcano that is located near the border between eastern Oregon and Idaho, just west of Ontario. The butte was once used by native Americans to watch the wagon trains heading west along the Oregon Trail. In the mid-1800s groups of trappers made a cache of animal furs and supplies near the nearby Malheur River, when the natives found and raided the stash. The area has since been named Malheur, which is French for "misfortune." The story of Malheur Butte becomes much darker in more recent years, with stories of all sorts of strange activity and rumors of...

Student Zombie

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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...

The Spirit of the Dog-Faced Boy

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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...