Briarcliff’s Dark Legacy: Scandal, Secrets, and the Ghosts of a Coca-Cola Dynasty by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Behind Atlanta’s famed Briarcliff Mansion lies a tangled history of scandal, forbidden […]
The Butcher of Ursulines Street: The 1927 New Orleans Trunk Murders
The Butcher of Ursulines Street: The 1927 New Orleans Trunk Murders by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In the sweltering autumn of 1927, a gruesome discovery at 15 Ursulines Street […]
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 […]
The Last Resting Place of the Boy Bandit King
The Last Resting Place of the Boy Bandit King by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook A stolen grave marker, a vanished trunk, secret identities, and conflicting evidence challenge the accepted […]
Portals of the Damned: Three Canvas Curses
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 […]