Strange and Dreadful Things

Strange and Dreadful Things


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The Truck Stop Killer: Robert Ben Rhodes
May 31, 2023

In 1990, a highway patrolman in Arizona stopped to check on a semi pulled off to the side of the road. Inside he found a woman who was naked, handcuffed, and wearing a horse bridle. While the driver,

Delivery Driver Has Premonition of Terrible Accident; Proven Right By Flaming Car and Bodies on Ground
May 12, 2023

In January of 1926, Ed Rinebold was driving his normal newspaper deliver route in western Illinois when he had a strange feeling. The car at the railroad crossing had just been in an accident. He hadn

What Caused the Great Corning, Iowa Fire of 1896?
April 23, 2023

On the night of October 9, 1896, the town of Corning, Iowa was awakened by an alarm bell. A fire had broken out near the railroad tracks on the south side of town. As firemen and citizens fought the b

Percy Smith: A "...Cold, Calculated, Premediated Murder."
March 20, 2023

No one had seen Percy Smith since he had gone to buy cattle from a man near Council Bluffs, Iowa.When police were called, their search led to Corliss Bruntlett, a man with a hidden past. They soon di

Andreas Bichel: A Fortune Told in Blood
March 02, 2023

Christine Leidel thought the fortune teller seemed nice enough, but you couldnt be too careful in 1808 Bavaria. When he offered to look into her future, she decided to trust him. Christine Leidel had

Donald Studey: The Monster of Green Hollow?
February 18, 2023

In 2007, a woman contacted the press with a startling revelation: her father, Donald Studey, was a serial killer responsible for the deaths of as many as 70 young women at his home in Green Hollow, Io

The Murder of Fay Lewis
February 04, 2023

Swede and Fay Lewis had always been a stormy one, and Fay was finally tired of it. When she finally decided to end it and filed for divorce, Swede was enraged. To what depths would he descend when he

Beyond Recognition: What Started the St. Elizabeth's Fire?
January 21, 2023

In this, the second part of the tragic story of the St. Elizabeth's Mental Hospital Fire of 1950, people across America were shocked by the disaster that had claimed the lives of 41 people. Fire and p

Plain Hell: The St. Elizabeth's Hospital Fire of 1950
January 09, 2023

in the early hours of January 7, 1950, flames illuminated the night sky around Mercy Hosptial. An orderly was one of the first to see a mental hospital on the grounds engulfed in fire, but he would be

Haunted Christmas: The Death of Earl Albert Nead
December 28, 2022

Earl Albert Nead was born on November 13, 1937. By Christmas Day, he was dead, the victim of a horrible accident. But as police looked into things, the more it appeared that Earls death was deliberat