October 13, 1924 Corry, Pennsylvania John Doe

 On October 13, 1924, a man was found having a medical emergency in . He would die at 8 pm and it's unknown what had caused his death.

John Doe was a white male between 45 to 50 years old.

SOURCES:
Find a Grave

Murder of John Caylor

On the night of October 10, 2003, John Caylor went to a party at a home on Waltonian Road in Harmony, New York. It seemed like a normal party and no one openly noted anything weird about it. John's brother was supposed to come pick him up from the party and would call him a few times in the early morning hours. However, his brother was asleep at the time and missed the call. 

Later that morning at the residence where the party was John's body would be found in the front yard. It was found that he had been beaten with a blunt object, and strangled. 

According to a news article, John did argue with someone at the party. There was a lot of drinking going on and no one said what the fight was about if it was about anything. The person of interest was never publically identified, but they did make statements that made him suspicious. The suspect died several years later making the case probably never going to be officially solved. 

SOURCES:

Chautauqua County Sheriff

Post Journal  November 20, 2021

Lost Film: Mexican Knife Duel

Mexican Knife Duel is a 60-second 1894 black-and-white short silent film. The film was from Edison Studios and produced by William K.L. Dickson and William Heise was the cinematographer. It was filmed in Edison's Black Maria Studio and featured the fighting skills of Mexican Vaqueros, Pedro Esquivel, and Dionecio Gonzales. The film was released on October 6, 1864.

CAST:

Pedro Esquivel

Dionecio Gonzales

SOURCES:

IMDB

Wikipedia

October 4, 1698 London, England Jane Doe

On October 4, 1698, the body of a girl was laid inside a church in London, England. The child was buried at the Bedlam Burial Ground. It's not stated how old the girl was or how she died. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Cryptids: Fjorulalli also known as the Shore Laddie, or Beach Walker

Created in Artbreeder (not accurate)

The Fjorulalli also known as the Shore Laddie, or Beach Walker is a creature seen along the coasts of the Westfjords of Iceland. It is said that locals of the Westfjords will see the Fjorulalli come from the ocean to the shore. It's said that these creatures will breed with sheep resulting in deformed lambs. 

The Fjorulalli is the size of a ram and has brownish-grey fur and either webbed feet or hooves. It seems as if mussels and barnacles grow on its fur allowing it to scrape or jingle as it walks. Making it easy for those around to hear it.


SOURCES:
Cryptid Wiki

The Reykavík Grapevine

Murder of Edward Crabtree

On September 24, 1989, the body of 51-year-old Edward Crabtree was found behind L&N Hotel near Henley St and Western Ave in Knoxville, Tennessee. He had been killed from being hit on the right side of the head with a blunt object. It's believed that the motive was robbery as his pocket was turned out and his wallet laid 60 ft from his body. 

Edward was from Rossville, Georgia. 

SOURCES:

Knoxville Tennessee

Uncovered

The Knoxville News Sentinel September 26, 1989

Murder of Judith Wolfe

About 2:30 am on September 17, 2006, 66-year-old Judith Wolfe was inside the car she was living in with her cat Buttons. She parked and sat in her car at  2100 S. 101st E. Ave in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A man would open the driver's door and enter the car attacking Judith. He would punch her in the face and then push her into the floorboard and further attacked. 

She at one point got out of the vehicle and was lying in the street covered in a blanket. Her cat Buttons was found with her, but the vehicle was gone. Soon after someone would find her and call 911. Judith was alive and told police what had happened, but unfortunately died on the 28th. 

Her vehicle was found backed into a spot at the Shoreline Apartments nearby. 

SOURCES:

Tulsa Police Department

News On 6 October 16, 2006

La Berta

Sailko

In Florence, Italy at the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore there is a strange feature named "La Berta". La Berta is a figure of a woman's head and stands out of place on the side of the church. There isn't much information on La Berta, but she's been there since medieval times. It's unsure why she was placed there, but there are theories or tales on how and why she's there. 

The most common lore is that the La Berta was petrified on September 16, 1327, and was cursed by Cecco d’Ascoli, an astrologer. His execution was a spectacle as people in groups were watching his procession. Some were watching from windows and balconies. On this day Cecco d'Ascoli was on his way to being executed and burned at the stake for heresy. In the procession, they would go through Via dei Cerretani, and he stopped to ask for some water. 

Berta was standing in the church window and told everyone to deny him water. She claimed he was an alchemist communicating with the Devil using water. That the devil would try to grant him immunity to his crimes and would be saved. During his execution he stared at the woman and cursed at her in Anger "You will never lift your head from there" The woman would petrify there.

Another and more logical theory is that the head is a memorial to a benefactor who had donated a bell to the church. The woman who donated was a greengrocer who had a fruit stall there. She did this so that the bell was used to chime whenever the city gates opened and closed. This may explain why she's positioned on the bell tower wall.

It's also theorized that she is actually was a Roman sculpture that was used as decoration. 

SOURCES:

Ancient Pages

Atlas Obscure

Antica Torre

Murder of Johnnie Dean Williams

On September 15, 1972, Johnnie Williams would visit with his wife and newborn daughter at the hospital. That evening he would spend the night out taking $800 with him to a club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Knowing that Johnnie was going to the club she would call them around midnight to talk to him. However, he wasn't there. On September 18th Johnnie's wife would report him missing as no one had seen him for days. 

On the 24th a farmer would be working his fields east of 1800 N Mingo. In the field Johnnie's body would be found. He had been beaten and then shot between the eyes. It's believed he was robbed as there was no money on him and his pockets were turned inside out.

SOURCES:

City of Tulsa

Uncovered

Oklahoma Cold Cases

Murder of Kimberly Steele

On September 14, 2011, a home at 123 Town & Country Lane in Searcy, Arkansas was on fire. The mobile home belonged to 46-year-old Kimberly Steele and she had not been seen for two days at this point. It was determined that the home was set on fire in multiple places and there was no sign of Kimberly. Her two dogs were killed in the fire. A small blue car was seen at the residence shortly before the fire was noticed. Since there were no signs of Kimberly after the fire her parents reported her missing on the 15th. 

That same day Kimberly's body would be found. She was found in Prairie County at the Wattensaw Refuge. She has been shot in the head and her body caught on fire.

SOURCES: 

White County, Arkansas Sherriff's Office

Uncovered

ABC 7 September 24, 2011

Personal Update

 I'm taking a break from the blog again. I'm doing it for my own mental health and right now have to focus on making money. There will be posts that I have already made for the future, but they aren't going to be every day like I had been doing.