The end of the world is coming: The Order of the Solar Temple
Trigger warning: This story contains child murder, murder and suicide. Ever heard of The Order of the Solar Temple? Also known as the Ordre du Temple Solaire, OTS, the International Chilvalric Organization of the Solar Tradition or The Solar Temple, it was a religious sect started in Geneva, Switzerland in 1984. Many people became aware…
Kidnapped in Los Angeles, the murder of Marina Habe
December, 1968. Marina Habe, 17, was back home in Los Angeles for the holidays. She had spent Christmas with her mother Eloise and on the night of December 29th was now spending the night of December 29th with friends. Around 3:15 Marina left to drive to her mother’s West Hollywood home. Marina Elizabeth Habe was…
An Angel of Death: Dutch nurse Frans Hooijmaijers
The Good Samaritan. That’s what his colleagues called Frans Hooijmaijers. As a nurse, he would place statues of the Virgin Mary next to patients’ beds, light candles and pray for them, which earned him his biblical nickname. Frans claimed that he could accurately predict when patients would die, a gift he supposedly received from God.…
‘My days are numbered’: Exposing Australia’s dirtiest cops
In the early morning of February 7th, 1986, a man was walking his dog in Centennial Park in Sydney, Australia. He looked over the calm pond and noticed something strange. He saw what looked like a body floating in the water and called the police. The police soon arrived and rowed out to the body…
The monster of Marcinelle
Marc Dutroux was born in 1956 to two Belgian teachers and grew up in Congo. He was the eldest of 5 children. His parents weren’t very happy together. His mother, Jeannine, got accidentaly pregnant with him when she was 20 years old. She knew Dutroux’s father, Victor, for only two months at that time. To…
Hi! Welcome to the Archive!
It’s so nice to see you here. I originally started with an Instagram account, where I post short stories about true crime. On this website I plan to post my longer stories, that will not fit in a shorter Instagram post. Why am I doing this? First of all, I like to read, watch or…
The curious case of the Somerton Man (+ update september 2022!)
Someone walking along Somerton beach in Adelaide in December 1948 found a man slumped against a seawall. They first thought he must be asleep, but he was very still. Too still. The police were alerted and started an investigation. They found the man lying with his head resting against the wall, with his legs stretched…
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