GHOSTS: La Vidua

 

Photo by Benjamin Lehman

La Vidua or The Widow or The Window in Black in Englis is a spirit that roams the lonely mines and path within Chile. In life, La Vidua went mad with grief and anger when her husband died and those feeling followed her in death. After death, she roams waiting for unsuspecting men. 

She is not noticeable to travelers on the road at first. The closer they get the more details they get. Dressed in a black dress that covers her entirely, the person she picks cannot see her face till they are close to her. Once close enough it is revealed that La Viuda is a very beautiful woman. She will then demand sex from the man and if he refuses she will kill him and go on looking for the next one. 

In the modern retelling of the story, she has been seen climbing onto cars of men who are alone and may have alcohol in their blood. 

SOURCES

Villians Wiki

Unidentified Victims of Li Zhangou

 Xiaoqi John Doe is the first victim of Chinese Serial Killer Li Zhanguo. Li Zhangou was known as the "The Henan Gay Murderer". He would kill, mutilate, and rape 11 mentally disabled teenagers and young men between 1991 and 1995.  Li Zhangou was a suspect early in the murders. There was no evidence to arrest him, but he was caught by officers with a potential victim on August 4, 1995. He would admit to being the killer. He would be prosecuted and executed in 1995.

Going by the type of person Li Zhangou targeted it's likely that the victims were mentally disabled.

1st Victim: Xiaoqi John Doe

On March 18, 1991 there was a fire burning in a field in the Xiaoqi Township, China. Someone had set fire to a set of wheat straws. When the fire was extinguished the charred body of a young man was found. He was lying on his back his head and genitals were removed. His head would be found in a well 24 meters away to the west and his genitals were found in a ditch southwest of his body. It was found that from his stomach contents he had died recently and had been strangled to death with a cord. 

3rd Victim: 1992 Yangzhuang Township John Doe

On July 26, 1992, a neatly dressed young man (Li Zhangou) was seen with a young man (John Doe). They were seen walking from the Yangzhuan railway and even seen sleeping in a wheat field together that night. On their journey, it was seen that the well-dressed young man was hitting the other young man with a stick. On July 27th the well-dressed man was now seen leading the naked man to an abandoned explosives warehouse. It was later seen the well-dressed young man was sitting on the steps alone.

On July 29th John Doe's body was found in the warehouse. He had died due to blunt force trauma due to an unknown weapon. On the walls"I am the killer" and "Sacrifice" was written in the victim's blood.

7th Victim: 1993 Xiaoqi John Doe

There is little information on this victim. On October 15, 1993, he was found dead in a canal in Xiaoqi Township. He may have been a mental patient as he had screws inserted in his hands.

8th Victim: 1994 Xiaoqi John Doe

On February 20, 1994, John Doe's lower body (below the waist) was found in a canal with burn marks on his legs. The next day the upper half without his head with identical burn marks was found. he was cut in half and set on fire before being tossed in the canal.

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Unidentified Wiki (1991 Xiaoqi John Doe)

Unidentified Wiki (1992 Yangzhuang Township John Doe)

Unidentified Wiki (1993 Xiaoqi John Doe)

Unidentified Wiki (1994 Xiaoqi John Doe)

August 14, 2016 Flagstaff Arizona Sexual Assualt

On August 14, 2016, a woman and her friend were parked in Flagstaff Arizona after leaving a bar and drinking. They had been at the area for a short time waiting for a friend, before falling asleep in the car. They were sitting reclined and the vehicle was off. The woman was awoken to a knock on the driver's door window.

The man was claiming to be a police officer and was wearing a "police" hat and had a Mag-light flashlight. He asked for her registration and insurance. He then directed her to get out of the vehicle and brought her to the rear of the car. He then began frisking her on the inside of her legs and breast. He would tell her that since the keys were in the ignition she could face a DUI charge. She then began questioning him with his badge number and name, but her told her to stop asking or she would be handcuffed and arrested. 

He then told her to follow him to his patrol vehicle to submit to a portable breath test. He would then bring her to a nearby alley and pushed her against a telephone pole and sexually assaulted her. The woman would cry out and her friend heard and called out to her. This scared the suspect and he ran off on foot.

The suspect is a white male between 26 to 34-years-old. He is 5'10" to 5'11"

SOURCES:

FBI

MONSTERS: Mbwiri

The Mbwiri is a Central African demon that possesses people. The person who is possessed is usually the only one who knows that they are possessed. It's said that they target those who aren't living well. People who are possessed by the Mbwiri are usually diagnosed with epilepsy by a doctor.

In order to get rid of the Mbwiri a shaman is called. A hut is built and the afflicted, the shaman, and their assistants will live here till they are cured. For ten days or a fortnight, these people will eat, drink, and dance to the music of flute and drum at the expense of the patient's family. The patient would then dance until the epileptic fits come on. It's said the Mbwiri would hate the good living their victim was having and flee the body. When cured they would then build a fetish house and then avoids certain foods and performs certain duties. Sometimes they don't get cured and are engulfed in madness or runs away to the bush.

SOURCES: 

Wikipedia

Monster Wiki

Murder of Gordon Pitcher

 On June 27, 1959, 21-year-old Gordon Pitcher got into an argument in a downtown hotel washroom in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This resulted in him being stabbed in the stomach. The weapon was either an icepick (more likely) or a knitting needle.

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Toronto Police Service

The Sault Star July 2, 1959

The North Bay Nugget July 4, 1959

Monsters: Nasnas

This folio from Walters manuscript W.659 

In Arab folklore a Nasnas is a monstrous creature believed to have been born between a jinn called a Shiqq and a human. These creatures is basically and literally half a human being. They have half a head, half a body, one arm, and one leg. It hops with much agility. 

SOURCES:

Myths and Folklore

Wikipedia

GHOSTS: Ghost Boy Bridge

Photo by Kim Gorga

In West Milford, New Jersey there is a  a road, Clinton Rd., that is about 10 miles long. There are several Urban Legends that either are on the road itself or near. One of which is of The Ghost Bridge Boy. The boy haunts the bridge at Devils Curve over Clinton Brook.

The boy died either drowning while swimming or had fallen into the water while sitting on the edge of the bridge. It's said that if someone puts a quarter in the middle of the road where the yellow line at one of the bridge or throw it into the water it'll return to them.

Some have said to have seen the boy or what helped by him. It's said that a person who's looking over the side of bridge and an oncoming car is approaching the boy would push them into the water to save them. 

SOURCES:

Wikipedia

Road Trippers

Weird NJ

Lost Literature: Like Father, Like Son (1682)

Sketch of Aphra in 1873 by George Sharf for a now lost portrait

Like Father, Like Son or The Mistaken Brothers is a play written by Aphra Behn, a famous female writer, and was first performed by the Duke's Company in 1682. The play was a comedy and was based off of Thomas Randolph's The Jealous Lovers which was printed in 1640 and printed in 1643. Compared to her other works this was a failure with audiences. This was the only one of her plays to have not been printed. All that exists of the play is the prologue and epilogue.

Pierre Danchin believes that the title is based on a popular whig poem with the words "like father, like son" in it. It's believed that she chose this title as inciting regicide for Aphra Behn was a royalist.

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Wikipedia

DB Pedia

February 1922 Mason County, Kentucky Baby Doe

  In February 1922 the body of a newborn (a day old) baby was found in Cabin Creek in Mason County, Kentucky. 

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Monsters: Bekatarō

The  Bekatarō is an ugly, malevolent, and cannibalistic Japanese Yokai. It's believed that it was a wicked child born with a supernatural and unquenchable hunger. They consume anything they can find including humans. It's said that he was so hungrey he started eating humans and thus became a yokai. Their hunger allows them to devour more than what 10 or 20 adults could and want more.  They have a humanoid form and are usually seen pulling their lower eyelids with its finger and sticking its tongues out in a mocking gesture. 

SOURCES:

Yokai

Yokai Wiki

Monsters Wiki

WANTED: Alfonso Angel Diaz-Juarez

 

Alfonso Angel Diaz-Juarez is wanted for alleged involvement with an international sex-trafficking organization between 1999 to 2013 as a padrotes or pimp. He and 13 other individuals were indicted in October 2013 for it. Alfonso, a Mexican national, is alleged to harbor illegal aliens, mostly Mexican women and children. Alfonso allegedly was very violent and would use force, fraud, coercion, and locked rooms or a combination of so to control and prostitute young women and girls in the Houston, Texas area. He was known as the most violent one out of the people indicted and the last remaining fugitive. 

On October 10, 2013, a federal arrest warrant was issued by the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Houston Division. 

Alfonso is a Mexican national and was born on August 2, 1968. He is a white Hispanic. He has black hair and brown eyes. He's 5'2" and around 160lbs. He has previously gotten his appendix removed. He went by Alfonso Angel Diaz, Alfonso Angel-Diaz, Poncho Diaz, "Poncho", Javier Perez-Garcia, and "El Greñas".

He previously worked for Demolition and Abestos removal. 


SOURCES:

FBI