The Chinese Ghost of Stewart’s Folly On the high ground of Dupont Circle, where Massachusetts Avenue once looked out over an unfinished city, a mansion rose that Washington could neither […]
When the Dead Work for the Living: Poltergeists, Curses, and the Black Magic Trail
When the Dead Work for the Living: Poltergeists, Curses, and the Black Magic Trail by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook For centuries, investigators have argued over what a poltergeist actually […]
Shadows of Bloody Pomfret: The Unholy Haunting of 30 East Drive
Shadows of Bloody Pomfret: The Unholy Haunting of 30 East Drive by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook At first glance, Number 30 East Drive on Yorkshire’s Chequerfields Estate appears utterly […]
Punishing the Dead: The Man With No Tongue and the Ancient Fear of the Restless Dead
Punishing the Dead: The Man With No Tongue and the Ancient Fear of the Restless Dead by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Death was supposed to end a person’s troubles. […]
A Fascination with Darkness: The Girl Who Said Satan Told Her to Pull the Trigger
A Fascination with Darkness: The Girl Who Said Satan Told Her to Pull the Trigger by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Some obsessions start small — a favorite movie, a […]
The Skull in the Sand: Secrets of the Lion-Attacked Courier
The Skull in the Sand: Secrets of the Lion-Attacked Courier by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Deep in the shadowed halls of a museum stood a frozen moment of desert […]
The Business of Stolen Body Parts: Inside America’s Black Market for Human Remains
The Business of Stolen Body Parts: Inside America’s Black Market for Human Remains by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Somewhere in Denver, a thief cracked open the back of a […]
Sacred Grounds Desecrated: How Murderers and Rapists Found Rest Among America’s Fallen Heroes
Sacred Grounds Desecrated: How Murderers and Rapists Found Rest Among America’s Fallen Heroes by M. P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Once, society refused to let killers and rapists share the […]
Anne Boleyn: Treachery, Intrigue & the Skulduggery of the Tudor Court
Anne Boleyn: Treachery, Intrigue & the Skulduggery of the Tudor Court by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Few women in English history left behind a legacy as complicated—or as haunted—as […]
The Ghost of the Eerie Spaniard: Vicente Canet’s Unquiet Spirit on Morro Rock
The Ghost of the Eerie Spaniard: Vicente Canet’s Unquiet Spirit on Morro Rock by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Moonlight still glints on the dark waters of Estero Bay, and […]
Cursed Curbside Relics: The Shadows That Follow Forgotten Portraits
Cursed Curbside Relics: The Shadows That Follow Forgotten Portraits by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Beware the treasures left abandoned at the curb. Those gleaming furnishings and forgotten belongings that […]
The Phantom of the Phillips Mansion: A 1905 Encounter with Marshfield’s Revolutionary Ghost
The Phantom of the Phillips Mansion: A 1905 Encounter with Marshfield’s Revolutionary Ghost by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In the autumn of 1905, when the hunter’s moon still rose […]
Ten Miles to Nowhere: The Unsolved Vanishing of Marvin Alvin Clark
Ten Miles to Nowhere: The Unsolved Vanishing of Marvin Alvin Clark by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook On Saturday, October 30, 1926—the day before Halloween—Marvin Alvin Clark, once the marshal […]
The Forgotten Dead Beneath Asylum Hill: Mississippi’s Lost Cemetery of the Insane
The Forgotten Dead Beneath Asylum Hill: Mississippi’s Lost Cemetery of the Insane by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook For decades, thousands of students crossed the campus of the University of […]
Buried Without a Name: Two John Does, Two Forgotten Lives, and the Decades-Long Search for the Truth
Buried Without a Name: Two John Does, Two Forgotten Lives, and the Decades-Long Search for the Truth by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Two unidentified young men entered anonymous graves […]
Blood and Bones: Santa Muerte as the Cartels’ Dark Protector
Blood and Bones: Santa Muerte as the Cartels’ Dark Protector by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Inside the shadow of the cartels, female sicarias and the cult of Holy Death […]
Servants of the Sands: The Sacrificial Mysteries of Ancient Peru
Servants of the Sands: The Sacrificial Mysteries of Ancient Peru by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Delve into the forensic and sociological secrets of pre-Inca sacrifices. From Cajamarquilla’s muddy tombs […]
The Black Canon of Lyons: Occult Priest, Sex Magician, and Victim of a Deadly Curse
The Black Canon of Lyons: Occult Priest, Sex Magician, and Victim of a Deadly Curse by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Uncover the sinister true story of Joseph-Antoine Boullan, the […]
Las Poquianchis: The Sisters Who Built an Empire of Blood and Shadows in Mexico’s Underbelly
Las Poquianchis: The Sisters Who Built an Empire of Blood and Shadows in Mexico’s Underbelly by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In the sun-baked hills of Jalisco, Mexico, four sisters […]
The Unsolved Murder of JonBenét Ramsey: Suspects, False Confessions, and the Secrets Buried by Time
The Unsolved Murder of JonBenét Ramsey: Suspects, False Confessions, and the Secrets Buried by Time by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook A ransom note, a child found dead in her […]