Unsolved Mysteries
Summary
Warning: contains descriptions of graphic violence and disturbing language.
In an episode aired in 1997, they focused onKay Fletcher, a human combustion survivor.
Although other victims havent been so lucky, Fletcher lived to tell the tale.
He claimed (viaUnsolved):
It was actually coming off of her skin.
But there was no flame.
This episode made an indelible mark on impressionable youths (perVice) in the 90s.
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The Lua family were horrified when they played the tape.
The footage showed a house completely ablaze.
This is my domain.
Incredibly, it was viewers of the segment onUnsolved Mysterieswho helped investigators to find the culprit.
One witness saw a woman in a 40s-style cocktail dress and victory-rolled hair and she never moved.
When she looked back at her, shed vanished.
Several other sightings have been reported on the Queen Mary, dubbedthe worlds most haunted ship.
The leader, Rod Ferrell, was 16 at the time.
The clan did vampire roleplay around town, including anabandoned building they called The Vampire Hotel.
Ferrell didnt view it as a game, but a birthright.
He told Sheriffshe believed himself immortal and invincible.
After a recruiting trip to Florida in 1996, things had escalated from bloodletting to murder.
He murdered both Heathers parents before taking the keys, along with a pearl necklace and a hunting knife.
The bodies were discovered by the victims other daughter, Jennifer.
It was the beginning of nine months of haunted horror for the family.
From the moment their children slept in the bed,spirits harassed the whole family.
The Tallmans, being regular churchgoers, hadnt previously considered the existence of ghosts.
It started small, with the radio behaving erratically.
the Cleveland Torso Murders, is particularly disturbing.
Even more disturbing, whichUnsolved Mysteriescovered, isa theory that he later killed Elizabeth Short The Black Dahlia.
The idea that the killer was known behind the scenes is horrifying.
The Great Depression backdrop for these killings makes them even more bleak.
The end she met wasnt glamorous but harrowing.
The slaughter of this obscure aspiring actress baffled law enforcement.
One page of hertrick bookwas missing, suggesting her killer was a client known to her.
Her sister would overhear her talking to her mother, who insisted they were only dreams.
In 1981,she disappeared from her workplace.
Cindy was never seen again, joining a tragically long list ofUnsolved Mysteries missing girls.
They quickly agreed to give him the money, begging him not to hurt them.
The gunman then shot Jackie andGord made a leap to escape, rolling underneath the motorhome.
A passerby asked what was going on, then returned to his car and was shot.
Gord survived, but the police-posing shooter was never identified.
The driver got out of his truck, turned to her and shot her point blank.
A passing driver investigated and got medical assistance, saving her life.
The attacker was never found and the shooting was seemingly random.
