Skinwalker: Horror Stories

The Mountain Took Them. Or Did It?

A photograph exists from deep inside a Kentucky cave, taken on a day when everyone believed the man in the frame would survive. He didn't. The disturbing distance between that moment and his death is a story of peril and impossible odds. What sequence of events led to this tragic outcome, despite multiple chances for rescue?

In this episode, we delve into the harrowing true story of Floyd Collins, a seasoned caver trapped deep within Sand Cave. We explore the critical decisions, the unforgiving environment, and the desperate attempts to save him, revealing a tale of human resilience against the overwhelming power of nature.

Person: Floyd Collins
Date: January 30, 1925
Location: Sand Cave, Central Kentucky
Object: 27-pound rock
Status: Trapped

- Floyd Collins, 37, entered Sand Cave alone with only a small oil lamp.
- He was trapped 55 feet below the surface when his lamp went out and a 27-pound rock fell on his left ankle.
- The tunnel walls were so narrow he couldn't reach his own ankle to move the rock.
- His brother, Homer Collins, arrived 30 hours later with food and water, assessing the impossible situation.
- Homer spent 8 hours chiseling at the limestone wall in an attempt to widen the passage, with little success.

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Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

Some nights bring camping horror stories, forest horror stories and road horror stories; others bring home alone horror stories, haunted stories, eerie stories, strange stories and unsettling tales  true creepy stories and creepy encounters that never made the news.

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The Delicate Question: Owen Coffin's Last Draw

A plaque in West Virginia marks the only known case where a ghost's testimony helped convict a murderer. This isn't fiction; it's the true story of Zona Shue, a 23-year-old woman found dead at the foot of her stairs, her neck at an unnatural angle. How did a dead woman speak from beyond the grave to reveal her killer?

In this episode, we delve into the chilling details surrounding Zona Shue's mysterious death in 1897 and the extraordinary events that followed. Explore the unsettling actions of her husband at the funeral and the mother's unwavering conviction that led to an unprecedented trial.

Person: Zona Shue
Date: January 23, 1897
Location: Lewisville Mill, West Virginia
Status: Murder conviction
Case: The Greenbrier Ghost

- Zona Shue was 23 years old, four months married, and pregnant when she died.
- An 11-year-old boy found her body at the foot of her staircase.
- The doctor initially ruled her death as "pregnancy complications."
- Her husband, Erasmus Shue, dressed her for the funeral and obscured her neck with a scarf and high collar.
- Zona's mother, Mary Jane, claimed her daughter's ghost appeared to her four times, describing her murder.

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Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

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The Guillotine in the Prayer Room

In this episode, we delve into the baffling case of Ricky McCormick, a 41-year-old man whose body was discovered in a cornfield north of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1999. Despite an initial ruling of natural causes, the circumstances surrounding his death and the cryptic notes found on him defy all logical explanation.

Person: Ricky McCormick
Date: June 30, 1999
Location: Cornfield 20 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri
Status: Unsolved
Case: Illiterate man found with undeciphered codes

- Ricky McCormick, 41, was found dead 20 miles from his city residence.
- He was functionally illiterate, unable to read or write beyond signing his name.
- Two handwritten documents, each with approximately 30 lines of complex code, were found in his pockets.
- The FBI and cryptographers have been unable to decipher these codes for over two decades.
- McCormick had no car, no driver's license, and no known connection to the cornfield location.

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Chained to a Corpse: The Lie That Won WWII

On February 6, 1821, four starving men drifted in the Pacific on a wrecked whaling ship. The youngest, eighteen-year-old Owen Coffin, asked a question that sailors had posed for centuries, a custom for when all other hope was lost. What happened next became one of maritime history's most disturbing true events, inspiring Herman Melville's novel.

In this episode, we delve into the harrowing true story of the Essex, a Nantucket whaling vessel, and its crew's desperate struggle for survival after a catastrophic collision with a sperm whale. We explore the grim custom of "the delicate question" and the impossible choices faced by Captain George Pollard and his cousin, Owen Coffin, when starvation pushed them to the brink.

Event: The Essex whaling ship disaster
Date: November 1820 (sinking), February 6, 1821 (the question)
Location: Pacific Ocean
People: Owen Coffin, George Pollard, Charles
Ship: The Essex

- The Essex was a whaling vessel from Nantucket, Massachusetts, supplying whale oil in the early 1800s.
- The ship sank in November 1820 after colliding with a sperm whale.
- By February 6, 1821, only four survivors remained in one of the small boats, having drifted for roughly three months.
- Owen Coffin, 18, proposed drawing lots to decide who would die so the others could eat.
- Owen drew the short strip of paper, sentencing himself to death, and was shot by Charles.

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Fifth Avenue Mansion: They Starved, Crushed by Secrets

In this episode, we explore the unsettling case of a missing man in Silver Plume, Colorado, and the strange connection to a novel being written in the same town. We delve into the details of the disappearance, the discovery of two skeletons, and the eerie coincidence that blurs the lines between fiction and reality.

Location: Silver Plume, Colorado
Year: 1988
Missing Person: Tom Young
Novel Author: Keith Reinard
Discovery: Two skeletons, one human, one animal

- Two hunters found two skeletons at the base of a pine tree in late July 1988.
- Both skulls had holes punched through them, and a rusted pistol was found several feet away.
- Tom Young, a former high school teacher, disappeared on September 7, 1987, with his black Labrador, Gus.
- Keith Reinard, a sports journalist, took three months of unpaid leave to write his first novel in Silver Plume.
- The last paragraph of Reinard's novel precisely described Tom Young's disappearance, including his clothes and direction.

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Every episode is horror narration done right: true scary stories and horror stories based on true events, told from the first chilling minute. Expect disturbing true stories, disturbing horror stories and dark true horror stories drawn from real testimonies.

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