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

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:

• Bertha Kalich as Marian Powers
• Kenneth Hunter as Robert Powers
• William H. Tooker as John Moore
• W. W. Black as James Grant
• Kittens Reichert as Betty Powers
• Gelbert Rooney
• Barnett Greenwood
• May Price
• Dan Crimmins
• Dorothy Phillips

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.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

IMDB

Library of Congress

Silent Era

AFI

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

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

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:

• William Desmond as Bare-Fisted Gallagher
• Agnes Vernon as Jem Mason
• Arthur Millett as Selby Mason
• Frank Lanning as Aliso Pete
• Caroline Rankin as The Old Maid
• Bill Patton as Driver #1
• Scotty MacGregor as Driver #2
• Tom Ashton as Mexican Boy (Uncredited)

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

IMDB

All Movie

Silent Era

AFI Catalog

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. 

SOURCES:

NamUs

Charley Project

International Missing Persons

Justice for Native Women

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

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

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

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

 

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