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 • 4 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
The Sodder Family Mystery By Douglas MacGowan On December, 24, 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder family's home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, United States. George, Jennie, and four of their nine children escaped. The bodies of their five other children were never found. What happened to them? Aug 3, 2019 • 5 min read
The Disappearance of William Ebeneezer Jones Jr. By Emily Thompson William Ebeneezer Jones Jr. was just three-years-old when he vanished in Vineland, New Jersey. He had been playing outside with his sister who said that "the bogeyman" had taken him. Jul 24, 2019 • 5 min read
The Disappearance of Shane Walker & Christopher Dansby By Emily Thompson In the space of three months, two toddlers vanished from the same playground in Harlem, New York. Before vanishing, both Shane Walker and Christopher Dansby were spotted talking to the same brother and sister. Jun 27, 2019 • 6 min read
Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? By Douglas MacGowan In April of 1943, a group of young boys discovered the skull of a woman lodged inside a Wych Elm in Hagley Woods, West Midlands. She became known as "Bella" and after the discovery, graffiti asking "Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?" began to appear throughout the town. Jun 12, 2019 • 5 min read
Missing at the Canyon – Glen & Bessie Hyde By Patricia Thompson According to an unofficial count, almost 800 deaths have been documented at the Grand Canyon. None of these deaths have been as mysterious as the disappearance of newly married couple Glen and Bessie Hyde in the winter of 1928. Jun 5, 2019 • 5 min read
The Little Red Riding Hood Murder of Muriel Drinkwater By Emily Thompson 12-year-old Muriel Drinkwater was found shot dead in a forest nearby her home in Penllergaer, Swansea, Wales, in 1946. To this day, nobody has ever been charged with her murder. May 31, 2019 • 4 min read
