Thursday, June 30, 2022

Disappearance Gregory Eugene Thomas


On June 30, 1984, 26-year-old Gregory Thomas was last seen in Van Nuys, California. He may go by his middle name Eugene. There is little information in this case. 

Gregory was an African American male and was 26-year-old at the time. He is 5'9" and 160 lbs. He has brown hair and brown eyes and may have been sporting some facial hair. He has a small hole not caused by a piercing on the upper ear. He was wearing a blue shirt and light blue parachute pants.

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

June 28, 1993 Santa Monica, California John Doe

At 1:30 p.m. on June 28, 1993, the skeletal remains of a man were found on a hillside across from 270 Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica, California. He may have died sometime that year. 

John Doe is a Hispanic male and was between 39 and 49 years old. He was 5'7" and had brown hair. He was wearing a blue and white jacket, a dark blue t-shirt, blue jeans, dark shorts, white sneakers, Khaki t-shirt.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Los Angelos Medical Examiner-Coroner

Doe Network




Monday, June 27, 2022

Disappearance of Kelle Renee Fernstrom


Sometime in 1980, 24-year-old Kelle Fernstrom was last seen in Houston, Texas. She was not reported missing until 2008 and there is little information on this case.

Kelle is a white female and was 24-year-old at the time. She was 5'6" and 135 lbs at the time. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She may use the last name Scott-Fernstrom, Scott, Allen, or Gilipsie.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Sunday, June 26, 2022

Disappearance of Tarasha "Pooh" Benjamin



Between 9 to 10 a.m.. on June 26, 2010, 17-year-old Tarasha "Pooh" Benjamin left her home in Selma, Alabama. She told her mother goodbye and headed toward the flea market like she did every Saturday. Before she got to the flea market she stopped at a relative's yard sale and used their cell phone to make a call. This would be the last time she was seen. It's unknown if she made it to the flea market or not.

The grey Mazda Tribute she borrowed from a friend that day was found abandoned on the Cecil Jackson Bypass a mile away from the flea market. It was facing the opposite direction of the market and the two windows on the driver's side were missing and the driver's side door handle was broken.

Tarasha's disappearance was out of character for her and extensive searches turned up nothing. 

Tarasha is an African American Female and was 17-years-old at the time She's 5'2" and 125 lbs. She has black hair and brown eyes. She talks in a loud voice and her ears are peirced, and she has a tattoo on her upper right arm saying Pooh Bear. She is also known to wear colored contacts. At the time she was wearing A yellow, turquoise and white striped shirt, blue shorts, a silver necklace and possibly silver sandals.

SOURCES:

NamUs

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

WSFA

Charley Project

Uncovered

International Missing Persons Wiki

Saturday, June 25, 2022

Lost Media: Ambition (1916)

Ambition is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by James Vincent and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. The film was released on June 25, 1916, and was 50 minutes long. This film is for now considered lost.

CAST:

PLOT:

Assistant District Attorney Robert Powers learns that political boss, John Moore, has chosen someone else for promotion. Robert would invite John to his Long Island estate for the weekend. Robert then urges his wife, Marian, to win John's favor so he can get a promotion. Robert then arranges for John to get hurt trapshooting causing him to stay at the estate for weeks. This leads to Marian nursing him and the two end up falling in love.

During this time Marian realizes that her husband cares more about his career than her and their marriage. She plans to leave with John, but her daughter, Betty, pleas with John to not take her mother. Marian not wanting to leave her daughter lets John leave alone. The film ends with Marian kicking out Robert and her and Betty living together on their own.

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Friday, June 24, 2022

Murder of Kenneth Michael Leefe

 


Around 11:30 p.m. on June 24, 2010, 55-year-old Kenneth Leefe was leaving work at the Bojangles restaurant located on Highway 70 in La Grange west of Kinston, North Carolina. While in the car a 2000-2003 dark-colored Mazda 626 pulled up and occupant shot and killed Kenneth. The drive would then go down Willie Measley Rd. He was shot with a small-caliber bullet. 

The next day would have been his 56th birthday. 

Kenneth's wife suspects that the killer was someone he worked with. At the time he would travel around to store to store and it was unknown when he'd leave a store.

SOURCES:

North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation

Legacy

Kinston June 13, 2013

WITN June 24, 2020


Thursday, June 23, 2022

June 23, 1976, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada John Doe

On June 23, 1976, the body of a man was recovered from the south arm of the Fraser River off No. 4 and Garden City Rds in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. He had been dead a week to 6 months before. 

John Doe was a Native male around 40 to 50-years-old. He was 5'9" (175 cm) and 187 lbs (85kg). He had grey hair and blue eyes. He had no dental work done and was missing all of his molars and had a scar on his chin. He was wearing nylon green eyes, grey wool work type socks, a black leather belt, Size 9 black leather ankle boots, and size 36" blue denim pants. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network 

Canada's Missing

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Lost Media: Bare-Fisted Gallagher (1919)

 


Bare Fisted Gallagher is a lost silent western that was released on June 22, 1919. It was a 5 reel film that was released through Robertson-Cole. 

PLOT:

Gallagher prefers to fight his foes with his fists rather than with guns. Gallagher comes into San Rafael Valley after his uncle dies to take care of Eagle Mine.  Gallagher sets his heart to capture a stage-coach bandit and unknown to him the bandit is a woman, Jem Mason, a good shot who wins his heart. She had turned to her life of crime due to Gallagher's uncle taking a mine from her father, Selby Mason. Gallagher would be ignorant of everything as he competes with Aliso Pete for Jem's heart. When he does find out about his uncle's wrongdoings the mine is restored to Jem. Meanwhile, he set up a trap for the bandit finding out that it was Jem. He rushes to her rescue, but get's there too late as the bandit was shot. It turns out that it wasn't Jem, but Aliso who beat Jem to the punch. Jem is saved and Gallagher wins her heart. 

CAST:

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Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Disappearance of Edd "Eddie" Dominic Lope




Around 5:30 a.m. on June 21, 2005, 28-year-old Edd "Eddie" Lope was last seen at his residence in the vicinity of Main St. and 400 N. in Washington, Utah. This would be the last time anyone saw him. His truck would be found on a dirt road over the Arizona border only 15 miles away from St. George.  His truck was a white overhead pickup with "Overhead Door" written on the door. There was no sign of him at the scene.

Edd is A Native American male and was 28-years-old at the time. He had black hair and black eyes. He's 5'4" to 5'5" and around 125 lbs to 140 lbs. His right thumb does not bend and his NamUs page mentions he has a medical condition unspecified if it's this or something else. He was wearing a black long sleeve t-shirt, black sweatpants, and black work boots. 

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Sunday, June 19, 2022

Murder of Oscar Castro

 A 1:30 a.m. on June 19, 2011, 26-year-old Oscar Castro was shot and killed outside of Clover Cafe on the Corner of High and LymannSt. in Holyoke, Massachusetts. It's believed that he was chased to where he was killed. He died from a single gunshot wound to the head. It's believed that this may have been a gang-related killing. 

SOURCES:

Hampden District Attorney

Mass Live June 20, 2011

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Murder of Paul John Lentz

On June 18, 1975, 14-year-old Paul Lents was last seen in his home in Rockville, Maryland. Paul's body would be found on June 24th in a drainage ditch at the intersection of Parks Mills Rd and Maryland State Route 80 about 2.3 miles north of Urbanna. Paul had been stabbed on the right side of his neck and upper chest. A hunting knife was used to kill him and was found near his body.  It's unknown how he had left his home.

SOURCES:

Maryland State Police

The Morning Herald June 28, 1975


Thursday, June 16, 2022

Disappearance of Dorothy Louise Wright-Weiler

On June 16, 1947, 22-year-old Dorothy Wright-Weiler was walking with her mother in Lewiston, Idaho. She would break away from her mother near a Cafe and told her she was going to jump in the river. This was the last time she was seen.

4 months before Dorothy and her ex-husband divorced. She had custody of the children and was living with her grandmother at the time. She had pawned her wedding ring and had a small amount of money in her pocket. 

Dorothy is a white female and was 22-years-old at the time. She was 5'1" to 5'6" and was around 120 lbs. She was wearing Levis, a red checked jacket, white sports shirt, bobby socks, and white mocassins. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Find a Grave

Idaho Missing Persons Clearinghouse

The Unaccounted For

Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Jan. 19, 1941 Charlotte, North Carolina Unknown Newborn Girl

 On Jan. 19, 1941, the body of a newborn was found abandoned in the woods in Charlotte, North Carolina. The baby girl had died from exposure recently. 

She was a newborn African American female.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

 

Monday, June 13, 2022

Ghosts: Egg Ghost (Dalgyal Gwinsin)


In Korea there is a terrifying ghost called the Egg Ghost (Dalgyal Gwisin) which gets it's title from the lack of facial features. The ghost lacks eyes, ears, noses, and mouths making it having an egg like appearance. Sometimes the egg ghosts don't have limbs. It's said that they were childless ghosts who have no relatives to hold ancestor memorial services. 

Though there isn't much to see with the ghost it is said that once seen and instant death will come. It's said that the ghost stalks hikers who wander too deep into forested mountains. 



SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Cheng & Tsui

Soompi

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Murder of Tremaine "Twin" Newton



At 11:30 p.m. on June 12, 2009, police and firefighters responded to a car crash near the commuter parking lot off of Exit 42 of Interstate 95 in New Haven, Connecticut. Inside the car was the body of 20-year-old Tremaine "Twin" Newton. Somebody had shot him several times in the head before pushing his car down the embankment from the parking lot into the thick brush. 

On June 12, 2009, 20-year-old Tremaine "Twin" Newton was found dead in his car a Chrysler Concorde, near the commuter parking lot off of Exit 42 of Interstate 95 in New Haven, Conneticut. The car had been pushed down the embankment from the parking lot into an area of thick brush. He was in the front seat and died from several gunshot wounds to the head.

SOURCES:
New Haven Register June 16, 2009
Ct Post June 13, 2021
News Break June 16, 2021

Saturday, June 11, 2022

Disappearance of Linda Kay Britton





On June 11, 1963, 18-year-old Linda Kay Britton left her home in Cambridge, Ohio to mail a letter. She was never seen again after this and it's believed foul play is involved in her case. 

Linda is a white female and was 18-years-old at the time. She's 5'1" and 98 lbs. She had shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing bright orange pants, a white hooded jacket, and pink framed eyeglasses.

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

Doe Network

Ohio Attorney General's Office

The Times Recorder June 21, 1963


Friday, June 10, 2022

Murder of Louis "Lou" Cecere



Around 1 a.m. on June 10, 2004, a friend of  31-year-old Louis "Lou" Cecere called the police worried about him. Police would arrive at his home on 1150 Drew Street in Clearwater, Florida, and found that he had been shot to death. 

He had only lived at the home for a week before his death. At the time he was in a slump in his life and was trying to get out of it. He was allegedly in the drug trade and was in a dispute with his business associates at the time.

SOURCES:
Tampa Bay Times June 12, 2004







Thursday, June 9, 2022

1577 Chislet, England Jane Doe

 In 1577 an unknown "wayfaring" woman died and was buried at the St. Mary The Virgin Churchyard in Chislet, Kent, England. There is little information in this case. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Murder of Jesus Silvia


On June 8, 2004, 39-year-old Jesus Silvia was last seen alive in Jacksonville, Arkansas with an alleged drug trafficker. He would be reported missing the next day, but it wouldn't be until June 24th that his boy was found. He would be found off of Rio Vista Rd in White County and had been killed due to blunt force trauma.

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Lost Media: Playthings of Passion (1919)


Playthings of Passion or Playthings of Fate is an American silent film released on June 8, 1919. The film was directed by Wallace Worsley and produced by Robert Brunton. United Picture Theaters of America released the film. It was 5 reels long. It is now considered a lost film.

PLOT:

Helen Rowland is ignoring her husband, Henry, and spends most of her time at social events. Henry makes a deal with a young clergyman John sterling. The deal was that he would give him financial assistance for his missionary cause in the slums if Helen becomes interested in it. John then convinces Helen into doing some mission work. Helen becomes more than interested in it and even tells her husband that she was in love with John. Henry is jealous and tells John that she is so disgusted with him. In order to change Helen's feelings, John pretends to be drunk and succeeds. Henry admits to the wife of his schemes, but he did it because he loved her. This was when Helen realized she loved him all along. 

CAST:

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

IMDB

E Movie Posters

All Movie


Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Jan. 12, 1888 Monroe, Nebraska John Doe

On Jan. 12, 1888, a man died due to a blizzard in Monroe, Nebraska. He would be buried at the New Hope Cemetary. 

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Monday, June 6, 2022

The Invercargill Pool Pooper

 Photo was taken by Taylor Simpson

For six Fridays in a row between February and March of 2015, the Invercargill Splash Palace in Invercargill, New Zealand would fall victim to a code brown. A pool pooper would leave their marks in the pools. One day even hit three of the pools in three hours. 

There was no evidence of who the pool pooper could have been. The park saw many people a day and their CCTV just wasn't good enough to catch something like that. It could be that not all the code browns were caused by one person. Some theorize it was a kid with stomach issues too embarrassed to speak up. It's likely no one will speak up about who had done this and will remain a mystery.

SOURCES:

News Hub March 21, 2015

New Zealand Herald July 28, 2015

Southland Times July 30, 2015

Sunday, June 5, 2022

Disappearance of Debra Theresa Pscholka

 



On June 5, 1971, 12-year-old Debra Pscholka went to a movie on 6th St. in Corona, California (the theater is no longer there). She was caught smoking by staff and asked to leave around 8:15 p.m. She left alone telling her friends she would be at the park. She was never seen again after this. It's unknown if she made it to the park, but it's believed that she had been abducted. 

At the time Debra was a 7th-grade student at Corona Jr. High. She had no history of running away from home.

Debra is a white female and was 12-years-old at the time. She was 5'6" and 125 lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. She was wearing a green and yellow striped blouse and Levi jeans. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Charley Project

State of California Department of Justice

Stories of the Unsolved



Saturday, June 4, 2022

Jan. 11, 1919 Alexandria, Virginia Doe



On January 11, 1919, someone (gender unstated) died from the Spanish Influenza during the epidemic. There is little information in this case. They were buried at Home of Peace Cemetary in Alexandria, Virginia between Beckie Huss and Beatrice Rosenburg. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

Friday, June 3, 2022

June 3, 1936 Albany, Oregon John Doe

  On June 3, 1936, a transient man died at the hospital in Albany, Oregon. His cause of death may have been caused by acute alcoholism. 

John Doe was a white male around 50-years-old. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

April 24, 1924 Roker Beach, England Baby John Doe

 On April 24, 1924, the body of a newborn baby boy was found on Roker Beach near Sunderland, England. The infant was burned, had a fractured...