Around 12:30 a.m. on October 31, 1994 32-year-old Darren McKee left a motel and got into his Ford Bronco in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. At this time a lone gunman would approach Darren and shot him. This would kill Darren. His killer an unknown male entered a newer model grey vehicle and left quickly.
At the time Darren was a known drug dealer and had been convicted of drug trafficking twice. It's believed that his murder may have had something to do with drug activity.
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The Qallupilluit is a Boogeyman figure in Inuit folklore. It's said that they kidnap misbehaving children. If a child is near the edge of ice or water the Qallupilluit will stuff them into its amautik (similar to a parka) and drown them in the water.
There are conflicting reports as to the appearance and gender of the Qallupilluit. Though it is always in a humanoid form. They are said to have bumpy, or scaly or slimy skin and reek of sulfur. When the creature is feminine it's described as having long flowing hair, long nails, and green slimy skin. It's said that she uses the children to maintain her hair.
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On October 30, 1975, one or more people broke into the home of 17-year-old Patrick O'Neil on North Almonesson Rd in Deptford Township, New Jersey through the rear door. Patrick would return home in the middle of the robbery interrupting the burglars.
They would end up shooting Patrick and stealing several items from the residence.
There is an $8,000 reward for the capture and conviction of the person or persons involved in this murder.
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New Jersey October 29, 2013
New Jersey November 14, 2015
On October 29, 1983, Gregory Roberts was found lying next to his parked car at a construction site at Ridgewood Ave. and Ocean Woods Blvd in Cape Canaveral, Florida. He had been beaten about the head with an axe or hatchet.
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In October 1912, Resurrection, a silent drama film was released. It was based on the novel Resurrection by Count Leo Tolstoy that was published in 1899. The film was directed by Joseph A. Golden and produced by Adolph Zukor and released by Famous Players Film Company. This film is now considered lost.
Blanche Walsh starred in this movie and was to be her only film. She had also played in Resurrection on Broadway.
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Ban KōKē (伴蒿蹊, Japanese, *1733, †1806) - scanned from ISBN 978-4-7601-1299-9. |
The beast is relatively harmless, but during thunderstorms it becomes agitated and leaps about trees, fields, and buildings. Things that have been struck by lightning are said to have been scratched by Raijū's claws.
The Raijū will sometimes rest in human belly buttons and when the Raijū does this Raijin shoots arrows at it to wake it up. This will harm the person that the Raijū decided to sleep on. Superstitious people will sleep on their stomach during bad weather so that the Raijū wouldn't pick their naval for slumber. Other's believe that those who sleep outside are the only ones who the Raijū do this to.
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On October 27, 1991, the skull of a young male child was found in a mountainous area in Mentone, California. He died sometime that year, his cause of death is unknown. He was between 2 and 8-years-old.
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On October 26, 1897, 34-year-old Patrolman Pitt McClellan Doxsie was patrolling on horseback in the downtown area of Independence, Iowa. He would stumble upon a burglary in progress. He would get into a gunfight with the two thieves. He would be shot and killed, his body would be discovered in an alley.
His case will remain unsolved.
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Officer Down Memorial Page
Kip's clothes had evidence of red or marron paint chips from the sedan that hit him. He was wearing a black leather jacket, faded blue jeans, a white shirt and tan coloured cowboy boots and also had a lighter that was a replica of a Derringer pistol.
It's believed that before the hit and run Kip was at the bars on the North side that night.
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CBC October 28, 2017
CBC October 26, 2020
Historically the divination ritual had young women walking up the stairs backwards with a mirror. It could show the face of their future husband or a skull, which represented them dying before marrying.
More commonly today individuals or groups would try to contact Mary by standing in a dimly lit room in front of a mirror. The persons involved would have to repeatedly say "Bloody Mary" or "Hell Mary", or "Mary Worth" in order to summon her in the mirror.
Mary would show up in the mirror as a ghostly or as a corpse. She can either be friendly or evil being sometimes covered in blood. If she appears with evil intent she could curse at them, try to kill them, steal their soul, scratch out their eyes or drink their blood or haunt them.
Some say that Mary was a young woman who died of illness in the 1800s. Except she wasn't dead when she was buried and instead was in a coma state. a string tied to a bell was connected to the girl in case she was to wake. Mary would tug at the bell and no one was to hear it as it would fall to the ground. She would then die inside her grave unable to escape
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On October 25, 1985, the body of a man was found by a railroad yard in Havre, Montana. He was laying on cardboard and partially covered with plastic. He may have died in 1984 or 1985.
He's a white male between 30 to 40-years-old. He's 5'10" to 175 lbs. He has brown hair. He was wearing a blue t-shirt with white lettering of WWU, cotton short sleeve plaid shirt undershirt, green pants, rust sweater, black socks, and brown wingtip shoes. He had a silver pocket watch and an 1883 silver dollar was found near the body.
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At 8 a.m on October 25, 1986, the body of Cheryl Griffin was found in the Kishwaukee Gorge Forest Preserve on 4701 Blackhawk Rd. in Rockford, Illinois. Her body was in a grassy area around 40 ft from the gated entrance. She had been stabbed to death.
At the time Cheryl was working as a prostitute in the area.
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On October 24, 1976, the body of a nude teenage girl was found under some leaves near Maarsbergen, Netherlands. She was found in a wooded area around the parking lot "De Heul" on the A12. People believe they saw the girl being dumped by two men between 30 and 40-years-old. She'd been dumped 3 weeks to 6 months.
A year earlier a teenage girl went missing in the area. She was misidentified as the girl and buried under her name. In 2006 it was learned that the missing girl was now a woman and had been living in Germany for years.
She is a white female and was between 13 to 15-years-old. She was described as having light skin. She's 5'3" and had a slim body. She has auburn to chestnut-colored hair. She has fillings.
Isotope tests were done on her teeth. In the first 7 years, her life was spent in Germany's Eifel to Ruhr area, and in 1975 she possibly lived in Germany or the Netherlands. It was also found she had a very unbalanced diet before her death, possibly from malnutrition.
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The Greenville News October 27, 1988
In the Ilocos region in the Philipines, there is a mythical being, the Pugot, that is the area. The Pugot (decapitated one) can assume many shapes such as hogs, dogs, humans, and etc, but typically they are seen as a black and gigantic headless being. It resides in dark places, deserted houses, and trees such as the duhat, santol, and tamarind. It has shapeshifting abilities and moves at great speeds. It feeds on snakes and insects found in trees. It eats through thrusting food into the neck stump.
Contradictory to its look it's relatively harmless. The creature however is fond of women's underwear is known to steal them from clotheslines.
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In 1987 a young woman wanted to get a glowing tan before her wedding. She was to get married the next week and started late on her tan. She would go to a tanning salon and come out disappointed in her session. She was not as dark as she wanted. She realized that there were limitations to how much she could tan at each salon. She would then decide to make appointments for several salons in the next few days to get to that preferred color.
On her wedding day, she was the color she wanted, but she did not feel good and there seemed to be a smell she could not get rid of. While taking pictures she had a nose bleed and died. It had turned out that she had cooked her insides and the smell was her insides rotting.
There are variations of this urban legend. In some, she's found baked alive in the tanning bed, in others she may just lose a body part. This urban legend mostly serves against misuse of technology like tanning beds and to follow precautions set out to keep yourself safe.
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On October 22, 1995, 21-year-old Dorian McCorvey was driving his Burgandy Oldsmobile in Austin Texas. When they stopped at a traffic light at Manor Road in the far left-hand turn lane another vehicle pulled up on their right side. A young male would lean out of the passenger window and shot over the roof of the vehicle. They would shoot around 10 times everyone in Dorian's vehicle was shot including him. When Dorian was shot he lost control of the vehicle and careened across the street and into the car was office. Dorian would die at the scene and the two other passengers would go to the hospital.
The vehicle used in the shooting was either cream or dark-colored vehicle that was possibly a Cadillac.
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Austin, Texas PDF
On October 20, 1978, a partial skull was found in a wooded area in Conway, Arkansas. It's believed that the skull belongs to an Asian male between 15 and 20 years old. There is little information in this case.
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On October 19, 1969, 40-year-old Archie and 35-year-old Fanny Olanna went by boat from Teller, Alaska to the Loran Station at Port Clarence. They sold some Ivory and then headed back. Their boat was found flipped over near Port Clarence. The couple was from Brevig Mission.
Archie is a Native American Male and was 40-years-old at the time. He's 4'9" and 160 lbs. He has black hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a white parka, black pants, and rubber boots.
Fanny is a Native American female and was 35-years-old at the time. She's 5'6" and 130 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a brown ski jacket and slacks.
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NamUs (Archie)
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Fairbanks Daily News-Miner October 22, 1969
On December 9, 1959, 18-year-old Ruth Whitman was attacked soon after eating oranges. She was driven to Sand Creek Road in Colonie, New York. Her killer then would beat her and drag her through the bushed and dump her into a water-filled ditch. This would be where the poor girl would drown around 3 a.m. A school bus driver then would soon find her body at 8:20 a.m.
At the time her family was not alarmed that she did not return home that night. She would often stay with her fiance's mother at night. Her fiance at the time was not suspected and was working at the time of her murder. It was believed at the time that murderer had known Ruth.
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The Kingston Daily Freeman December 9, 1959
An Axehandle Hound is a fearsome critter of Minnesota and Wisconsin. It's a dog that resembles a dog with an axe handle body and axe-shaped head, with stubby legs. Its diet consists of the handles of axehandles that are left forgotten or unattended. It is a nocturnal creature that searches camp to camp for its meals.
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On October 18, 2001, at 8 p.m. 25-year-old Regina Rowe Hicks was in the car with her live-in boyfriend Victor "Mike" Perkins in Willard as she was taking him home. She called her ex-husband Paul Hicks and told him she was ready to pick up their 4-year-old son. Her Ex told her that they were at a friend's on Townline Rd and to pick him up there. She would then call her Mom and ask her to watch her son as the couple wanted to go out that night and her Mom agreed. Regina would drop off Mike and planned to return.
Regina would never show up to pick up her son and was not seen alive after. She would be reported missing. On October 22, 2001, Regina's Camero would be found in a pond at Section line 30 in Willard. Inside the car was Regina's body was in the passenger seat. It was found that she had bruises on her head and there was evidence of her being dragged. She was placed in the car alive and drowned when the car was put into the pond.
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Marysville Journal-Tribune October 25, 2001
News-Journal October 26, 2001
Telegraph-Forum March 7, 2002
Toledo Blade August 4, 2002
Cleveland 19 October 15, 2002
News-Journal October 22, 2002
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One night a young woman went home late. She lived on the 14th floor so she went to the elevator and right before the doors closed a handsome young man came onto the elevator. He pressed the button for the 13th floor. When it stopped on the 13th floor he steps out of the elevator and turns with a knife in hand saying "I'll see you on the next floor."
The girl panics and tries all the buttons, but none of them stopped the elevator. She could only hope he does not have the chance to beat the elevator and she could make it to her apartment. Unfortunately, as the doors open the last thing the girl sees is the blade.
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There is a jail cell at the Crime Suppression Division in Thailand that is haunted. In 2009 there was a story of a man called Somboon who was being held in the cell for acting as a loan shark. He claimed that he saw a man in a red shirt and seemed to go into a trance. The red shirt man would ask Somboon to shower. Somboon would then follow the man and felt as if he was under a spell.
The red shirt man would then start ripping his shirt into strips. The red shirt man would then demostrate how to hang yourself. He would then ask Somboon which bar he would choose. This was when Somboon came out of his trance and screamed alerting guards. He would then be detained in another place after his scare.
This was not the first time that a prisoner would see this mysterious red shirt man. Few who stayed in there claimed to hear a voice telling them to kill themselves, but was always saved by the end of the attempt if they did so.
It's believed that the spirit is that of a man who hung and killed himself in the cell. At the time he was accused of molesting his niece.
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On October 17, 2000, Francis Laforest was leaving his home with his spouse on boulevard Terrebonne in Terrebonne, Quebec, Canada. A vehicle would approach them at a high speed and two occupants would rush at Francis and beat him to death.
A few months before the murder someone had burned the bar he owned, The Bistro McTavish, in the old Terrebonne sector.
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On October 16, 1972, the remains of a woman were found in Richmond, Virginia. It's believed she died between 1947 ad 1950. Her torso and one or more of her limbs and hands were missing. There is little information in this case.
The woman was a white woman between 18 to 25-years-old.
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On October 15, 2008, a body was found floating in a body of was in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He had been dead for days.
John Doe was a male between 16 to 99-years-old. He was 5'7" and 150 lbs. He has red/auburn hair and white hair. He was sporting a mustache and beard at the time. He had a 1" scar in the heads frontal area and another that 1/4". He was wearing a brown shirt, black jeans with long legs, white underwear, and a red boxer with a blue square. He had a silver key and a black watch.
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The Caleuche is a ghost ship in Chile folklore and comes from the island Chiloé.
One version claims that the crew of the Caleuche is of those who drowned in the sea. These souls are brought to the ship by three Chilote Mythological siblings. The two sisters Sirena Chilota and Pincoya and their brother Pincoy. On the ship, the dead seem to live again as if they never died. The ship will arrive briefly and have the sounds as if there was a party on board.
Another version of the legend is that the ship appears in the sea of the Chiloé Archipelago and attracts fishermen and sailors. It plays enchanting music that enslaves them to be a part of the crew for eternity. These new crewmembers would forever have a leg folded over their back for eternity.
Another version of the ship is that it is a magic ship that Warlocks use to have parties and transport their
goods. It's used by warlocks to improve their magical abilities every three months. The warlocks are only able to reach the ship by summoning caballo marino chilote because Millalobo, king of the seas, prohibited any other people from boarding the ship or getting to it by any other means.
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| The azukiarai as depicted in Takehara Shunsen's Ehon Hyaku Monogatari. |
The Azukiarai is mostly heard than seen and is described as grotesque. They're described a man of short stature with a large balding head, crooked teeth, thin mustache, large bulging yellow eyes, has large hands with only three fingers, and ragged clothes. When he's seen he's bent over a pail washing azuki beans. They are described as being shy and hiding when people come. It's believed that it's good luck if you actually spot him.
Sometimes the Azukiarai is blamed on a tanuki or weasel.
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On April 22, 1987 railroad workers found the body of 17-year-old Raymond Breault on a railroad bed adjacent to Jericho Road in Berlin, New Hampshire. He had been stabbed once in the heart.
At the time Raymond was living on Jericho Rd.
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In 1939 the body of a girl was found in a bog in Dröbnitzer Moor, Dröbnitz (Drwęck) Poland. In an attempt to recover the mummy both of her legs were removed at the hips and were left in the bog. The mummy was well preserved and with x-rays, it was determined all internal organs were recognizable and extremities were well preserved.
The body would be dubbed The Dröbnitz Girl and was between 12 to 14-years-old when she died. She likely lived and died in the iron age during the Hallstatt period around 650 BCE. She was wrapped in a large sheepskin cloak with her arms crossed over her chest. A wooden comb and a crest were found with her body. It's believed that this was a ritual funeral instead of sacrificial.
The body was destroyed or lost during WWII so further research could not be done. There is some information though. Samples of the bog suggest when the body was placed in a shallow pond that silted up and became a peat pond. Her stomach contents had the presence of leaves, flowers, residues of peas, wheat, meat fibers, and animal fats. High amounts of pollen were also discovered leading them to believe she may have been buried in the spring. She had evidence of malnutrition, whipworm, roundworm, and their eggs in her stomach. Which at the time would not have been uncommon
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| Auli Kyllikki Sarri(back right) with her sisters |
Maiju, a friend of Kyllikki, also attended this meeting. The two would ride home together at 10 p.m. and at 10:30 the two would separate at an intersection. Maiju noted that her friend seemed apprehensive and depressed. When they had gotten to where they needed to separate she seemed nervous to go on alone stating, "Probably it goes now as it has before. Bye then, Maiju."
A man named Tie-Jaska saw her a mile further from where she and her friend separated. After this, no one saw Kyllikki alive again. She did not arrive home and her family assumed that she stayed the night with Maiju. When she didn't arrive home two days later they assumed she was staying with someone in Isojoki to be closer to work. They would find out she didn't show up to work and didn't see her. She would be reported missing two days after she disappeared.
In the weeks after her disappearance witnesses stated that there was a suspicious cream-hues car with a bike in a nearby storage compartment. Others state that they have heard cries and sobs for help neat the lake in Karrankaja. No one knew what had happened to Kyllikki until October 11, 1953. Her body would be pulled from a bog.
The bog was close by to where Kyllikki was last seen and it was obvious she had been killed. She had been pushed down with a pine branch into the bog. She was nude from the waist down and her jacket was wrapped around her head. She had either been suffocated or died from blunt force trauma to her head. It's unknown if she had been sexually assaulted or not.
The pine branch used to push her and keep her in the bog was freshly cut. It had been sharpened by someone who was left-handed. Her shoe, scarf, and a man's sock were also found there. Items of hers were missing though, her wristwatch, red cloth purse, and hymn book were never found.
Kyllikki wasn't one to go out to dances or entertainments. It's believed that she did not have a boyfriend as she didn't tell anyone about having one. She had told an older female friend she had no interest in men and didn't want to get married.
The person who killed Kyllikki had to of been strong. Alli, her older sister, said that Kyllikki was strong and had good arm strength. Not only that, but the person must have carried the girl a distance to the bog, dig, and then refill the grave. Which would have taken some strength to do.
There were several suspects in the crime, but no ones been convicted in the girls murder.
