Portals of the Damned: Three Canvas Curses by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Artists often admit that their most haunting creations derive from forces outside themselves. They leave us to […]
Red Jack, Saucy Jack, a Jack by Any Other Name
RED JACK, SAUCY JACK, A JACK BY ANY OTHER NAME by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook It’s been well over 100 years since the gory murders committed in the Whitechapel […]
Secrets and Sins at Fall River
Secrets and Sins at Fall River by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Most historical accounts favor the notorious 1892 axe murders of Fall River, Massachusetts, attributing the grim deeds to […]
Fatal Attractions: The Dark Rituals of Suicide Shrines
Fatal Attractions: The Dark Rituals of Suicide Shrines by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook The siren song of certain landmarks holds a grim, inexplicable power. In September 2017, 41-year-old Aaron […]
Occult Shadows Behind America’s Cattle Mutilation Mystery
Occult Shadows Behind America’s Cattle Mutilation Mystery by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Reports of cattle mutilations have haunted rural America for decades, yet the nightmare refuses to fade. In […]
The Shadowed Empire: Henry Flagler’s Doomed Wives, and the Curse of His Fortune
The Shadowed Empire: Henry Flagler’s Doomed Wives and the Curse of His Fortune by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Stories, legends, and myths swirl around Henry Flagler’s audacious railroad through […]
Visions from the Crawlspace: The Cursed Canvas of John Wayne Gacy
Visions from the Crawlspace: The Cursed Canvas of John Wayne Gacy by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook If eyes serve as windows to the soul, then paintings act as a […]
Forgotten Bones Beneath Philadelphia: How a Historic Graveyard Became a Killer’s Crypt
Forgotten Bones Beneath Philadelphia: How a Historic Graveyard Became a Killer’s Crypt by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In February 2017, construction crews in Philadelphia’s historic district recoiled in horror […]
The Phantom of Rockledge: The Murder of Ethel Allen and the Curse of Jack’s Tavern
The Phantom of Rockledge: The Murder of Ethel Allen and the Curse of Jack’s Tavern by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Ethel Cool Allen vanished into the shadows of old […]
The Shadow of the Murder Castle: The Malignant Curse of H.H. Holmes
The Shadow of the Murder Castle: The Malignant Curse of H.H. Holmes by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook The name Herman Webster Mudgett has largely faded into the fog of […]
The Cursed Shell of Parkway Regional Hospital: A Haunted Ruin That Refused to Die
The Cursed Shell of Parkway Regional Hospital: A Haunted Ruin That Refused to Die by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In the shadow of North Miami’s Cloverleaf Interchange—where the Palmetto […]
Whispers Beneath Weinberg Hill: The Silent Dead of an Ancient German Cemetery
Whispers Beneath Weinberg Hill: The Silent Dead of an Ancient German Cemetery by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In 1962, German archaeologists uncovered a burial ground unlike any other in […]
The Kimono’s Crimson Secret: The Legend of Sada Abe
The Kimono’s Crimson Secret: The Legend of Sada Abe by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Before she became a symbol of “erotic-grotesque” obsession, Sada Abe was the youngest surviving child […]
The Hexham Dog Man
The Hexham Dog Man by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In 1971, beneath the tangled roots of a Newcastle-upon-Tyne garden, two young brothers unearthed a pair of nightmares. Colin and […]
The Origins of the Horror Film, “The Changeling”
The Origins of the Horror Film “The Changeling” by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In 1980, the film The Changeling, starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere, unleashed unrelenting […]
The Pitmaster of Baltimore: Joe Metheny’s Secret Ingredient
The Pitmaster of Baltimore: Joe Metheny’s Secret Ingredient by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook On December 19, 1996, police finally shackled Joe Roy Metheny, charging the man with the brutal […]
Shadows of the Page: The Real Haunted Houses That Inspired Horror’s Greatest Tales
Shadows of the Page: The Real Haunted Houses That Inspired Horror’s Greatest Tales by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Autumn may sharpen the appetite for ghost stories—crisp air, dying leaves, […]
Season of the Sea Serpent: A Century of Sightings
Season of the Sea Serpent: A Century of Sightings by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In 1939, a strange report stirred the coast of Vancouver: a sea serpent had washed […]
The Sorbonne Serpent: The Chilling Afterlife of the Kobe Cannibal
The Sorbonne Serpent: The Chilling Afterlife of the Kobe Cannibal by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Born of wealth and bred in shadow, Issei Sagawa entered the world in 1949 […]
The Thunderbird’s Tithe: The Dark Secrets of Mound 72
The Thunderbird’s Tithe: The Dark Secrets of Mound 72 by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In 1967, beneath the silent earth of Illinois, archaeologists disturbed a thousand-year-old silence. They uncovered […]