29 year old Natalia Burgess from New Zealand made headlines in 2013 when she was sentenced to 26 months on 2 counts of obtaining by deception and 1 count of interfering with a computer system. According to legislation.govt.nz [1], someone is guilty of obtaining by deception if he/she: (a) obtains ownership or possession of, or … Continue reading Natalia Burgess
Walburga Korschel was born in Germany in 1880. As a young woman, she moved to Wisconsin. Life was tough for her on the farm until she met and married Fred Oesterreich. Fred was born on December 8, 1877 and was the wealthy owner of an apron factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was a very serious … Continue reading Walburga Oesterreich
April 21, 2005 in Westminster, California... Tanya Jamie Nelson (aka Phyong Thao Nguyen) showed up for her appointment at the home of Ha Smith (aka Jade Smith). Ha's daughter Anita Vo was also at the house. Tanya was the owner of a lingerie and gift shop in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, but she had grown … Continue reading The Fortune Teller Murders
This is part 2 of Treva Throneberry. Be sure to read part 1 first! In 1997, Treva walked into Evergreen High School in Vancouver, Washington. By now, she was 28 years old, but told school officials that she was 16. She still had her tennis racket and small red bible. Now her name was Brianna … Continue reading Treva Throneberry, part 2
May 18, 1969 in Wichita Falls, Texas... Carl and Patsy Throneberry welcomed their youngest daughter, Treva, to the family. While she was still young, the family, which included her 3 sisters and a brother, moved to Electra, Texas. By 1985, everyone in the small town knew the Throneberrys. By all accounts, Treva, now a junior … Continue reading Treva Throneberry, part 1
October 12, 2000 in Houston, Texas... Mary Henderson Morris, 48 years old, left her home and headed to work at the Spring Valley Chase Bank where she was a loan officer. She never got there. Her husband, Jay Morris, tried to contact her throughout the day, but didn't hear from her. He was getting worried. … Continue reading Mary Morris
Warning: This post contains some mature language. June 14, 2015 in Springfield, Missouri... A Facebook post on the joint account for Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard read, "That Bitch is dead!" This lead to fury of responses. Friends from all over became immediately concerned and asked those close to the mother and daughter to … Continue reading Gypsy Rose Blanchard
Carl Tanzler was born February 8, 1877 in Dresden, Germany. At the age of 10, he had a dream. In his dream, his late aunt showed him a dark-haired woman and told him that she was to be his true love. By 1914, he had traveled to India and Italy, but had settled, for the … Continue reading Carl Tanzler
Dallas, Texas November 22, 1963 12:30pm A 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible limousine (code named X-100 by the Secret Service), part of a 17 vehicle procession, turned left off of Houston Street onto Elm Street next to Dealey Plaza. In the car were the driver (William Greer, a Secret Service agent), Texas Governor John Connally, his … Continue reading Beverly Oliver
Tōkai-Mura Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, September 30, 1999, 10:35am. Hisashi Ouchi, 35 years old, Masato Shinohara, 39 years old, and Yutaka Yokokawa, 54 years old, were working at the JCO nuclear fuel processing plant located inside the Tōkai-Mura Nuclear Power Plant. Ouchi and Shinohara were mixing a batch of fuel containing uranium in a … Continue reading Hisashi Ouchi and Masato Shinohara
I Can't Believe It's NonFiction 