Showing posts with label Suicide. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Suicide. Show all posts

Monday, April 29, 2024

April 29, 1974 Tuscon, Arizona, I.C.E. John Doe

Around 11:30 am on April 29, 1974 a 14-year-old girl and a friend witnessed a man walking from 11th Ave onto the train tracks in Tuscon, Arizona. He would squat down on the tracks while a train was approaching killing him. 

John Doe was a white male between 20 to 45 years old. He was described in news articles as looking to be in his early 20s. He was around 5'11". He had shoulder-length brown hair and green eyes. He was wearing shoes without socks. He had a Wallet with I.C.E. initials. He also had a toothbrush on him. 

SOURCES:
Tuscon Daily Citizen April 30, 1974

Sunday, April 28, 2024

Ghosts: Gelin


The Gelin (meaning Bride in Turkish) is a female demon or ghost in Turkish and Anatolian Greek folklore. More than likely hear stories in Heybeliada from Prince Islands about them. She is often seen as a beautiful young woman wearing a white wedding dress. Many of them become Gelin due to tragedy. Like being betrayed by a husband or fiance or being unmarried and pregnant. They usually die brutally typically by suicide.

These women are typically a harbinger of death similar to a banshee. She can sometimes haunt a family line or sometimes she rides a white horse in a graveyard. In the graveyard, she attracts men and kills them if they make contact.

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Sunday, April 21, 2024

April 21, 1911 Northbridge, Massachusetts


On April 21, 1911, a man died in a car accident in Northbridge, Massachusetts. It is assumed he committed suicide. It stated that he was killed by cars meaning he was likely not driving. There is little information in this case. 

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Wednesday, December 27, 2023

December 27, 1953 Los Angeles, California John Doe STW



On December 27, 1953, an off-duty Los Angeles Police Officer was hiking in Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California when he discovered skeletal remains scattered along the hillside. He had died around a year before and there was no evidence of violence on the skull. A broken phonograph was found nearby. It was the type to be used for home recordings so police suspect it was a suicide note. It's also believed that he was not wearing his pants when he died. v

John Doe was a man between 50 to 60-years-old. He was 5'0". He was wearing a grey hat with the initials 'STW', grey trousers, a white nylon shirt, a red sports shirt, and brown Oxford shoes. He had a pocket comb, black plastic lead pencil, a gold wristwatch 'Gruen' brand, a silver scapular medal and chain, a pair of old bifocal glasses, and a pair of horn-rimmed eyeglasses.

SOURCES:
Daily News December 28, 1953

Monday, October 30, 2023

Folklore: Dearg Due




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There is a  tragic tale in Celtic folklore that ends in revenge. The woman of this tale's name is long gone, but she is now known as Dearg Due. It's a tale of "Hell Hath no fury like a woman scorned". 

In life, Dearg Due was a woman who was born and raised in Ireland. She was said to be kind and sweet. She even fell in love with a local peasant who was similar as he was kind and handsome. Her father was cruel and greedy. He was lucky his daughter was so beautiful, and that a rich man wanted her. This was a time when arranged marriages were commonplace. 

She would then be sold into marriage and separated from her love and her father got richer. Her husband was a cruel older man who would place his hands on her and verbally berate her. Her husband seemed to love doing this to her. 

Knowing that she had a lover waiting for her outside he would lock her up in a tower. She was isolated as those she used to know would never see her again after the wedding. She would wait and pray for her love to come and save her, but he never was able to. She would begin to waste away as she refused to eat and drink. This would eventually die from this.She is buried in a small churchyard, near “Strongbow’s Tree,” in the County of Waterford in Southeast Ireland

Her husband and father did not grieve her death. Everyone else grieved her, especially her lover. He would visit the grave every night crying and talking to her. Her husband was said to have remarried quickly after. Her lover was filled with regret and rage at how her life had been ruined. 

Dearg Due was also filled with rage. She craved retribution so much that she was able to crawl out of her grave. The first person she visited was in the home she grew up in. She would stand next to her father and watch as he slept. The cruel man would sleep as if his daughter did not have a cruel fate. She would place her lips on his and suck the life out of him. 

She would then go to the home she would die in. She would find her husband surrounded by women. He also did not care about what he put her through. The women were fulfilling his lustful desires and she would stand there watching. Rage would fill her and she would throw herself at her husband and draw his life. Her fury was so harsh that not only did she take his last breath but all his blood. 

She would meet her love again. Even though his love and rage brought her back to life she did not feel love anymore. She would also make the man a victim of hers. 

It said that she only hunts on the night of her death. She then kills men on that night. 

Monday, October 9, 2023

October 9, 1901 Somerville, Indiana John Doe

On October 8, 1901, a young unknown man would be seen in Somerville, Indiana. On the 9th he would be seen walking up and down the streets stopping to rest once in a while in front of stores. He spoke very little, but people could tell he was of more than ordinary intelligence. He had gone to the train station several times to ask when the train was going to arrive. 

He would start walking down the track about 30 minutes before the train would arrive. When the train got close to him he ignored it. The engineer in the cab blew the whistle and it alerted the man. He looked up at the train and walked to the edge of the track as if he was going to walk off the track, but stopped just before doing so with one foot on the rail. Instead of walking off he turned and walked towards the train.

The Train tried to stop but was not able to. The man was struck but was still alive and unconscious. The train crew would bring him aboard and physicians aboard tried to help him. It seemed that he broke his arm, his back was injured and he had internal injuries. He died a few minutes after his arrival. 

The man seemed to have taken precautions before his death. There did not seem to have been any way of identifying him. It may have been his plan to kill himself in this town where no one knew him.


John Doe was around 21 years old. He was well dressed and may have been middle class. 

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Friday, May 26, 2023

Urban Legends: The Golden Haired Girl

Photo by Engin Akyurt



Pine Barrens, New Jersey holds many legends. One includes a blonde-haired girl wearing white mourning her lover's death. She is usually seen staring out at the sea by herself, but after a while, the Jersey Devil sometimes joins her. 

Another legend says that the Jersey Devil's son, who was strangely human, fell in love with a girl. She was from a rich family and her family did not agree with their love. They would take her away and this would result in her killing herself. Heartbroken from his loss this caused him to become the next Jersey Devil just like his dad. She would become a ghost that now follows him and this is why the two are seen together. 


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Saturday, March 18, 2023

Urban Legends: The Brides that Haunt Trivale Forest in Pitești


Photo by Andres Molina

In the Trivale Forest in Pitești, Romania there are two brides that haunt it. Both women have met their own demise in their own sad and terrible ways.

The first bride was the daughter of a rich landowner. She had fallen in love with a poor servant, but her father had other arrangements. He had found an old rich man for her to marry. The maiden decided that she could not marry someone she did not love. On the wedding day, she and the servant would run into the Trivale Forest. Her father not far behind would find the couple and in his anger kill the servant and then behead her. It's said that she would give her father nightmares by visiting his dreams in her wedding dress. It's believed that this is what led to his death. It's said that she haunts an abandoned home, possibly her own that's in the forest.

The second bride story would happen in the 1970s to 2000s. A taxi driver would take a fair and the woman would ask him to drop her off at an abandoned site in the forest. The woman told the driver that she would go inside and get the money and come back out. For reassurance, she would wrap her wedding ring in a handkerchief and give it to him. Tired the taxi driver would fall asleep and when he woke up he was elsewhere. He was in a nearby housing estate and he drove around confused. He would find ask around about the woman and would find out that yes she used to live in the area, but died 10 years before. Her husband had died in a car crash (or trampling) and she killed herself. Taxi driver would find that the ring was attached to a rotting finger.

SOURCES:
Wikipedia
POV21st
Steemit

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Disappearance of Robin Reed

 


On January 24, 1995, 15-year-old Robin Reed was last seen jumping off of the Golden Gate Bridge in Petaluma, California. He had left a suicide note behind stating he felt unwanted. He had recently told friends that he was gay, but did not come out to his parents though they suspected it. 

His parents stated that he was being bullied at Petaluma Highschool. He had a failing grade on his report card and told his parents about the bullying. He said that he was called derogatory names and picked on about his sexuality that he wasn't even out about though it was suspected. It would have probably been worse if they actually knew about it. At one point he told his mom, "Mom, I'm a really normal and healthy 15-year-old because my hormones are raging right now. But I hate being sexual. My life is going so well and I'm really happy except for my hormones. I hate them. It's so confusing. I don't even know if I'm straight or not."

His body was never recovered and is unlikely that he survived the jump. After his death, students at his high school created a Gay/Straight Alliance in his memory. 

SOURCES:
Albion Monitor November 14, 1995

Saturday, November 26, 2022

Disappearance of Florian Krüger



21-year-old Florian Krüger enjoyed being a DJ in his spare time in Germany. On the night of November 25, 2011, Florian played music at a bowling center and then afterward went to a discotheque. Friends would have seen him there and talked to him and at about 1 a.m. the next morning he would leave because he was tired. However, instead of going home, he went to his boyfriend's house because he wanted to talk about their difficult relationship. His boyfriend told him to leave and they would talk about it the next day because of how late it was. 

Florian would likely make it to a bridge in Kiel at about 1:45 a.m. His car would be found there with the hazard lights on at 2 a.m. in the middle of the bridge. His phone would be found inside with a message to a friend he saw earlier at the discotheque. "Kevin broke up. For me, life has no meaning anymore." There were no signs of suicidal thoughts or tendencies before this. Florian has not been seen since. 

Florian is a white male and was 21-years-old at the time. He was 5'9" at the time. He has dark blonde hair and blue/grey eyes. He has a burn scar on his neck, a small scar under his eye, and a small scar on the chin. He has a gap between his incisors. 

The link to the original information on the case on Internations Missing Persons Wiki does not work, so I'm unsure is case is still active or not. 

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Sunday, October 16, 2022

Ghosts: Gelin


In Turkey Gelin (Turkish for Bride) is a type of female ghost associated with the local legend of the tragedy. These young women or girls usually died violently usually by suicide because they were jilted by a lover or an unmarried pregnant woman. After death, they become a harbinger of death much like a banshee. She is typically seen in slum areas. 

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Monday, August 1, 2022

August of 1922 Santicoy, California John Doe

 In August of 1922 several small boys playing near the S.P. tracks and Edwards Ranch four miles east of Santicoy, California. The boy noted a strong odor and found a body. They would then tell S.S. Beaman who inturn informed the Sheriff. 

It was determined that the body belonged to a man and he had recently committed suicide with a .32 caliber. There was a pile of ashes near the body presuming that the man may have burned anything that would identify him. His glasses also had a name that was scratched off. He was found parlty undressed and wrapped himself up in some blankets. It was as if he had gone to sleep for the night only to kill himself.  He was recognizable, but his features were swollen

He was a male around 30-years-old. He had fairly good clothes, blanket, $9 in change, and a watch.

SOURCES:

Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave

Monday, April 18, 2022

April 18, 1930 Perry County, Pennsylvania John Doe

 On April 18, 1930, a man was found in Perry County, Pennsylvania. He had committed suicide by hanging about 15 hours before discovery.

He was a white male around 55-years-old.

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Friday, November 19, 2021

November 19, 1949 New Lenox Township, Illinois John Doe

 On November 19, 1949, the body of a man was found in Pilcher Park in New Lenox Township, Illinois. It's likely he died from a self-inflicted gunshot.

John Doe is a white male and was pre-40-years-old. He was 5'6". His hair color is unknown as he was bald. He has a scar on the right side of his face from his lip to ear across the cheek. He was wearing a khaki aviator wool-lined jacket with a brown fur collar, grey fedora, light yellow shirt with pencil stripes, tweed trousers with a light brown and black check pattern, black leather belt, tan oxfords with cream-colored paint, Handkerchief with the letter R on it and eyeglasses.

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NamUs

Crime Watchers

Saturday, October 30, 2021

Ghosts: Minnie Quay




James and Mary Ann Quay moved to Forester, Michigan in 1852, they would own a tavern called "Quay". Their firstborn, Minnie, would be born in May of 1861, their second, James Jr., in 1870, and their youngest Charles in 1874. Forester was a bust lumbering town and had a busy ship port for the lumber. 

Like many of the people in Forester Minnie would also go see the ships. Like many of the girls in town, she fell in love with a sailor. It's unknown now as to who the sailor was, but no one in town approved of the relationship between the young girl and the sailor. People in town would often warn her about the relationship, and her mother would tell her that she would rather see her dead than with that man.

 In April of 1876, 14-year-old Minnie would be devastated by the news of her sailor's ship had gone down in the sea. She was greatly upset especially since she was never able to tell the sailor goodbye. Her parents had not allowed her to go see him before he left for the last time. 

A few days later on April 27, 1876, Minnie would walk through town to Lake Huron. She would then commit suicide by jumping off of the town pier into the icy waters. Her suicide was witnessed by her little brother and he alarmed others of what she did. Though they were quick to help Minnie's body would be found an hour later. 

It's said that her ghost haunts the beaches. She is seen crying mournfully waiting for her sailor to return back home.  Others state that she tries to beckon young girls to the water and try to drown them.

Sunday, October 17, 2021

Ghosts: Ghost at the Crime Suppression Division Jail Cell

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. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Bangkok Post


Friday, October 1, 2021

Ghosts: Blue Lady of Verdala Palace

 

Photo by Philip Myrtorp

The last Grand Master of Malta was Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc (1725-1797).  According to the legend he had a niece (unnamed) and she would become the Blue Lady of Verdala Palace. 

The Blue Lady is sometimes referred to as Is-sinjura tal-Verdala. Before her death, she was arranged to marry a man she did not love. He may have been one of the knights. She kept refusing it, but she had no choice in the matter.

She would be imprisoned in her room in the palace being forced to accept an unwanted marriage. She had no way out, but the window. She would either slip to her death in her attempt to escape or willingly jumped to her death. It's unknown, but either way, she was not forced to marry the man.

She is seen in Verdala Palace wearing the same blue dress she died in. The one she was supposed to wear to her wedding. She'd be spotted walking the halls, in mirrors, or standing at the edge of balconies. 

Forever stuck in the place she tried to escape.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Moon Mausoleum

Guide Me Malta

Air Malta


Thursday, July 22, 2021

Ghosts: The White Lady of Kinsale

Photo by Phakphoom Srinorajan
Charles Fort is a bastion fort with one section of outer wall built in a star fashion finished in 1682. It's located on the water's edge at the of the village of Summer Come on Kinsale harbor in Ireland. It is now a National Monument of Ireland. 

At the Charles Fort in the 1600's, there was an officer named Sir Trevor Ashurst. He would meet Wilful Warrender who's father was Govoner Warrender, the commander of Charles Fort. The two would have a whirlwind romance and would soon fall in love and wed. The Governor was actually happy for the young couple. The two would soon marry and on the wedding day would end in tragedy.

On the night that the two had married, they went to take a walk on the grounds of the fort. The two were to spend their wedding night at the fort. Wilful would see some flowers at the base of the battlement. Trevor was going to go get them, but an on-duty sentry offered to get them instead. Trevor would ask Wilful to wait for him in their room, and he would take the sentry's post so the flowers could be retrieved. 

The sentry would not return quickly and because the groom was tired from the day's festivities he fell asleep at the post. Wilful's father went on his nightly inspections. He was known as strict and had a reputation for enforcing strict military codes. When he would stumble across a sentry, who he didn't know at the time was his son-in-law, leaning against the wall seemingly asleep. He called out to the sentry several times and when he got no answer he shot him through the heart.

This was when he realized that it was not any sentry, but his son-in-law. He would be filled with sorrow and regret. Wilful would soon after find out what her father did to her groom. She would be grief-stricken and would take her own life that night. She would jump from one of the ramparts into the icy waters below.  Her father knew that he killed his son-in-law leading to his daughter's suicide. After his daughter's suicide, he would take his own life by shooting himself. 

Other versions state after realizing he killed Trevor that he threw jumped the ramparts right after killing him. That Wilful found them both dead and jumped into the icy waters after losing two very important people in her life.

What is known in the tale is that three lives would tragically end on what was supposed to be a joyous day. 

It is said that Wilful who is known as The White Lady of Kinsale haunts the area. She is typically seen in her wedding dress. She usually is a kind but sorrowful spirit people in and around Charles Fort are said to have seen her. In particular, she is seen by or near children as if she's keeping an eye on them. Now she did have a mean streak and was known to push soldiers mostly captains down the stairs. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Irish Central

Authentic Vacations

Stories First

My Real Ireland

Ancient Origins

Monday, July 5, 2021

July 5, 1938 Albert Lea, Minnesota John Doe

 On July 5, 1938, a custodian of the Freeborn County Courthouse in Albert Lea, Minnesota found a man hanging in the clock tower of the building. He had unfortunately committed suicide and wasn't identified. 

He was a white male between 30 to 35-years-old. He was 5'7" and had long brown hair with a reddish tinge. He was wearing black oxford shoes, and a high-quality double-breasted grey suit with a light pinstripe, an almost new black raincoat. All laundry marks and manufacturer's labels on his clothing had been removed including his eyeglass case. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

The Minneapolis Star July 5, 1938

The Minneapolis Star July 12, 1938

Sunday, April 25, 2021

September 21, 1914 Bronx, New York "German" John Doe

 On September 21, 1914, a man had committed suicide. He was found hanging at the Maple Grove Cemetary in Hart Island, Bronx, New York. It's believed that the John Doe may have been a German laborer. He was a white male between 39 to 45-years-old. he had a newspaper, a pair of spectacles, and a red handkerchief. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Unidentified Wiki

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