Skullduggery at the Vatican: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi and the Secrets Beneath the Holy See People disappear all the time. Sometimes they leave voluntarily. Sometimes they become victims of […]
When Your Lover Wants Your Heart, Along with the Rest of Your Organs
When Your Lover Wants Your Heart, Along with the Rest of Your Organs An old warning gets recycled every time someone falls for a stranger online: if it sounds too […]
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 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 […]
My Boyfriend the Killer: Women Who Loved Monsters and Ignored the Blood on Their Hands
My Boyfriend the Killer: Women Who Loved Monsters and Ignored the Blood on Their Hands by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook They dated charming writers, poets, and smooth-talking strangers—unaware or […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Shadows in the Creaking House: The Unsolved Villisca Axe Murders of 1912
Shadows in the Creaking House: The Unsolved Villisca Axe Murders of 1912 by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In the pre-dawn hours of June 10, 1912, a shadowy intruder slaughtered […]
Paint, Blood, and Prophecy: When Fortune Turns Fatal
Paint, Blood, and Prophecy: When Fortune Turns Fatal by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In 2005, someone hunted down Ha “Jade” Smith and her daughter, Anita, and slaughtered them inside […]
The Architecture of Evil: Renovating the Bundy Boyhood Home
The Architecture of Evil: Renovating the Bundy Boyhood Home by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In 2016, the childhood sanctuary of a monster—located in the quiet North End of Tacoma—was […]
Echoes in Battle Creek: The Crimes That Refuse to Stay Buried
Echoes in Battle Creek: The Crimes That Refuse to Stay Buried by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In February 1983, 17-year-old Patricia Rosansky left for school in Battle Creek—and never […]
The Four P Killer: Stanley Baker, Robert Salem, and the Occult Shadows of the Zodiac
The Four P Killer: Stanley Baker, Robert Salem and the Occult Shadows of the Zodiac by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In the sweltering summer of 1970, 22-year-old James Michael […]
A Case with Unanswered Questions
A Case with Unanswered Questions by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Usually, a murder conviction marks the end of the investigation. But some cases linger with unanswered questions. From July 1979 to […]
Dark Deeds in Westchester County
Dark Deeds in Westchester County By M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In the early 1970s, seemingly unrelated acts of violence across America hid a sinister, unifying thread—one that investigative journalist John […]
Panic on Cielo Drive
The Murder of Sharon Tate by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook The summer of 1969 was scarred by a string of gruesome murders in the wealthy neighborhoods of Southern California. When […]
Infamous Addresses
Infamous Addresses By M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Infamous houses where notorious crimes have been committed often become dark tourist spots. In some cases, house numbers are changed, or they […]
What Happened to these Cold Cases | Volume 7 | The Coldest Cases
What Happened to These Cold cases | Volume 7 | The Coldest Cases By M.P. Pellicer Over 45 years ago two cases baffled police, but leads dried up and they […]