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 […]
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 […]
The Devil’s Kitchen: Where the Wild Things Roam
The Devil’s Kitchen: Where the Wild Things Roam by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook The sprawling forests and desolate fields of Southern Illinois whisper of a weirdness that cities cannot […]
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 Legend of the Cannibal Convict
The Legend of the Cannibal Convict by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In 1824, Alexander Pearce faced the noose for theft, murder, and cannibalism. When asked for his final words, […]
The Steel Sarcophagus: The Infinite Curse of the Alkimos
The Steel Sarcophagus: The Infinite Curse of the Alkimos by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook The Alkimos was no ordinary merchant ship. When she settled into her grave off the […]
The Golden Silence of the Great Death Pit
The Golden Silence of the Great Death Pit by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebooks Four thousand six hundred years ago, the ancient city of Ur sat as a jewel in […]
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 […]
Shadows of Pele: The Lava-Claimed Temple of Human Sacrifice at Wahaʻula
Shadows of Pele: The Lava-Claimed Temple of Human Sacrifice at Wahaʻula by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook On June 7, 2023, Kīlauea volcano erupted once more, sending molten fury across […]
Shadows from the South: Vampire Bats Approach the American Border
Shadows from the South: Vampire Bats Approach the American Border by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In the fading light of the southwestern desert, something ancient stirs. Vampire bats — […]
The Chandeleur Enigma: A Sunken City Beneath the Gulf?
The Chandeleur Enigma: A Sunken City Beneath the Gulf? by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook For more than four decades, one man has chased a mystery hidden beneath the waters […]
The Mogou Tombs: Evidence of Sacrifice in Ancient China
The Mogou Tombs: Echoes of Sacrifice in Ancient China by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In the remote reaches of northwest China, near the quiet village of Mogou, the earth […]
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 […]
Exorcism: Ritual, Belief, and the Darkness That Remains
Exorcism: Ritual, Belief and the Darkness That Remains by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook The idea that a human soul can be overtaken—displaced by something unseen—has haunted belief systems across […]
Ghosts of South Florida: Richmond Naval Base and South Beach
Ghosts of South Florida: Richmond Naval Base and South Beach by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook Two true ghost stories about iconic South Florida landmarks: Richmond Naval Station, a secretive […]
Trapped Beneath the Waves: The Mysterious Discovery of German U-Boats from the World Wars
Trapped Beneath the Waves: The Mysterious Discovery of German U-Boats from the World Wars by M.P. Pellicer | Noir Notebook In the cold, unforgiving depths of the North Sea, off […]
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 […]