Just before midnight on 8th November 2010, a panicked 24-year-old woman named Jennifer Pan made a call to emergency services from her family home in Markham, Ontario. While watching TV in her bedroom, Jennifer overheard multiple people break into the house and confront her parents downstairs, followed by multiple gunshots. Jennifer told the dispatcher that one of the intruders had come upstairs, tied her hands behind her back and then bound her to the bannister. As she was restrained upstairs, she was unable to provide any eyewitness details on what was happening downstairs. Towards the end o ..read more

unexplained-events: These are Tuber Roots of Fleeceflower. You might think that these two pairs are the only ones that came out that way, but that is not the case. A majority of their roots look like this, some even creepier. I wonder why ..read more

The World’s Most Evil Mother? Theresa Knorr murdered two of her children after inflicting unimaginable torture. Theresa Knorr murdered two of her children in a jealous rage after inflicting unimaginable torture. Born in 1946, Theresa was only a teenager herself when she began bringing children into the world. Between 1963 and 1970, she gave birth to six children in total — three girls and three boys — to two different fathers. In order of arrival, first came Howard in 1963, then Sheila in 1965, Suesan in 1966, William in 1967, Robert in 1968 and lastly Terry in 1971. Despite being married a t ..read more

morbidology: 14-year-old John Hron had no time for bullies or racists. The teenager from Sweden went to school with several people that would fall into those categories. He was a keen canoeist and enjoyed playing the guitar. On the afternoon of the 17th of August, 1995, John and his friend, Christian, were camping by Ingetorpssjon Lake near Kode, Sweden. Shortly after they set up camp, four neo-nazis approached their tent. Ranging from 15-years-old to 18-years-old, John recognised one of them. It was Mikael Fjalljholm, a bully in his school. John and Mikael had bashed heads beforehand. John ..read more

The Public Rape and Murder of Kitty Genovese In the early hours of 13th March 1964, 28-year-old Kitty Genovese finished her shift as a Bar Manager at Ev’s 11th Hour in Queens, New York, and began her journey home. Kitty worked long hours at two jobs in the hopes of one day earning enough money to open an Italian restaurant. She left the bar at around 2:30am and got into her car. Unbeknownst to Kitty, while stopped at a traffic light, she was spotted by a man driving a white Chevrolet Corvair. Unfortunately for her, the stranger decided at that moment to follow Kitty and make her the ..read more

crimesandcuriosities: Just after 2am on 29th March 2019, 21 year old student Samantha Josephson was last seen waiting for a taxi in Columbia, South Carolina, following a night out with friends. However, after getting into a car she mistook to be her Uber, Samantha was never to be seen alive again. As shown in the CCTV footage above, Samantha confidently approaches a vehicle and gets inside, expecting that she would soon be home and tucked up in bed. However, she had mistakenly climbed into a black Chevrolet Impala driven by 27 year old Nathaniel Rowland - and he had no intention of getting ..read more

crimesandcuriosities: Hi everyone! I’m raising money for a cat shelter and would love your help… This is not exactly true crime related, but I am hoping to raise some money for a wonderful cat rescue that deserves every penny they can get. I have entered my chonky girl Violet into a photo competition, and if anyone could spare just a second and vote for her, it would mean a lot! You get up to 10 free votes per day. It does not cost a single penny, it’s literally just the click of a button. Last year, Violet was found living stray and alone under a bridge, foraging through rubbish to find scrap ..read more

crimesandcuriosities: In March 2001, Armin Meiwes advertised on the internet for a “well-built 18-30 year old to be slaughtered and then consumed.” Surprisingly, he received a response from a willing participant, Bernd Brandes. On the evening of March 9th, the two men met at Meiwes’ home, where Brandes swallowed 20 sleeping tablets and half a bottle of schnapps before having his penis cut off and fried for the pair of them to eat. However, it was subsequently discarded as “too chewy” and instead chopped up for Meiwes’ dog to eat. Brandes, by this stage bleeding heavily, then took a bath whi ..read more

crimesandcuriosities: Pictured above is a woman named Goidsargi Estibaliz “Esti” Carranza Zabala, who was arrested in June 2011 for the brutal murders of her ex-husband and boyfriend. The bodies of Holger Holz (ex-husband) and Manfred Hinterberger (boyfriend) were discovered by workers carrying out maintenance in the ice cream parlour where Carranza worked in Austria, Vienna. Both men had been shot in the back of the head, dismembered with a chainsaw, frozen for a short time and then concealed in blocks of concrete and hidden in the cellar of the store. Although the victims had been killed ..read more

crimesandcuriosities: The term ‘bathophobia’ refers to the overwhelming fear of any kind of depths. For example, it can be used to describe the feeling of dread when confronted with or merely thinking about large volumes of water, deep wells, mountain valleys, caves or even long, dark corridors. Generally, bathophobia applies to any situation where the bottom or end of something cannot be seen due to its imposing and seemingly endless depth. The symptoms which accompany exposure to this fear can include becoming physically distressed and hysterical, sweating, increased heart rate, na ..read more