On the 7th of December 1992, in Manchester, England, 16-year-old Suzanne Capper was held against her will by people she knew and subjected to days of unimaginable torture, both mentally and physically. This is the story of how she died at the hands of some of the most disgusting creatures I’ve ever read about. Suzanne was born in 1976 and, by all accounts, she had a difficult childhood; she also had learning difficulties that left her particularly vulnerable to manipulation. Friends and...

Submechanophobia is the fear of man-made objects that are partially or fully submerged in water. The phobia includes shipwrecks, tunnels and sea mines, all understandably eerie. But personally, there is something undeniably creepy about old animatronics and statues, long forgotten and left to decay in murky bodies of water, rotting away forevermore. Here are ten abandoned animatronics and statues you wouldn’t want to encounter on a late-night swim... 1 – The Abandoned Octopus at Wet World...

This is a case based in Hednesford, Staffordshire. There are differing accounts of the details, some of them lost to history, but I’ve tried to piece them together as best I can. This is the story of the naming of Gaskin's Wood. In 1913, Henry Thomas Gaskin married Elizabeth Talbot, and it appears that there were problems in the relationship from day one. Gaskin had reportedly suffered from psychiatric issues in childhood, and he had a criminal record as an adult, spending time in prison....