Who Killed Little Vera Page? By Emily Thompson Vera Page, 10, was discovered strangled to death in London, in December of 1931. Police identified her killer as her neighbor, but was all as it seemed? Feb 20, 2020 • 3 min read
A Murder & A Disappearance – Chance Wackerhagen By Emily Thompson Chance Wackerhagen, 9, was visiting his father, Lee, and his father's girlfriend, Latricia, over Christmas of 1993. Police found Latricia shot dead and Chance and Lee missing. Initially, police speculated Lee had killed Latricia and fled the scene with his son. However, it was later theorized somebody else had committed the murder. Jan 29, 2020 • 3 min read
Murder at West Lodge By Patricia Thompson Ashton is famous for its annual World Conker Championship, as well as a horrific murder that is steeped in the local folklore and still to this day the subject of much speculation and discussion around dinner tables and in local drinking establishments. It was always thought that there may one day be a ‘deathbed confession’,… Jan 11, 2020 • 6 min read
Where is Alexis Patterson? By Emily Thompson On the morning of 3 May, 2002, 7-year-old Alexis Patterson vanished while walking to school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her family said that her disappearance didn't receive as much publicity as other missing children due to the fact that she was African American. She has never been found. Jan 8, 2020 • 5 min read
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Catrine da Costa By Emily Thompson Catrine da Costa, 28, was a sex worker from Stockholm, Sweden. On 18 July, 1984, parts of her dismembered body were discovered in bin bags in Solna. There were two main suspects: two doctors. However, nobody was ever convicted of her brutal murder. Dec 18, 2019 • 5 min read
What Happened to Trevor Deely? By Patricia Thompson Nineteen years have gone by since anyone saw a young Irish man named Trevor Deely. On the night of 7th December 2000 he attended his work Christmas party in Dublin and simply vanished. His family have no solid clues and no sightings to pin their hopes on, and no idea if they will ever see… Dec 11, 2019 • 4 min read
The Disappearance of Sandy Davidson By Emily Thompson It was a pleasant spring morning on the 23rd of April, 1976, when 3-year-old Sandy Davidson was playing in his grandmother’s garden on St Kilda Street, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. He followed his dog out of the front gate and vanished, never to be seen again. Dec 7, 2019 • 5 min read
The Disappearance of Cherrie Mahan By Emily Thompson On 22 February, 1985, 8-year-old Cherrie Mahan hopped off her school bus in Winfield Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania. She never made it home. A distinctive van had been following the school bus and it was theorized whoever was in this van, abducted Cherrie. Nov 13, 2019 • 4 min read
The Angel of the Meadow By Patricia Thompson It is now almost 10 years ago that Jane Doe was found in Manchester, England. Her skeletal remains were discovered wrapped in a carpet by construction workers on 25th January 2010, on the site of an old car park in an area known as Angel Meadows. Sep 14, 2019 • 3 min read
The Dardeen Family Murders By Emily Thompson The name “Dardeen” resonates with the residents of Ina, Southern Illinois, who think back to a gruesome quadruple murder that took place in their sleepy hamlet in the late 1980s. Life in Ina was simple. There was a store, a gas station, a firehouse, a bank, a post office and little all else. But then… Aug 28, 2019 • 5 min read
