<![CDATA[Stories by True Scares & Real-Life Nightmares on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@cindyparmiter?source=rss-6a241cb34b83------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*VVronZ18pldLU4cbgvPRRw.jpeg Stories by True Scares &amp; Real-Life Nightmares on Medium https://medium.com/@cindyparmiter?source=rss-6a241cb34b83------2 Medium Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:59:34 GMT <![CDATA[How Friday the 13th Became a Symbol of Bad Luck]]>

The number thirteen has long been considered unlucky. The idea is so ingrained in society that buildings seldom have thirteenth floors. It…

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]]> https://medium.com/@cindyparmiter/how-friday-the-13th-became-a-symbol-of-bad-luck-08acdb2fe10a?source=rss-6a241cb34b83------2 https://medium.com/p/08acdb2fe10a Fri, 13 Nov 2026 14:16:57 GMT 2026-11-13T14:16:57.204Z <![CDATA[The Haunting Story of “The Most Beautiful Suicide”]]>

On May 1, 1947, a young woman leapt to her death from the observation deck of the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in New York City…

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]]> https://medium.com/@cindyparmiter/the-haunting-story-behind-the-most-beautiful-suicide-7682f49590e4?source=rss-6a241cb34b83------2 https://medium.com/p/7682f49590e4 Mon, 09 Nov 2026 14:13:07 GMT 2026-11-09T22:17:39.400Z <![CDATA[The Dark History Behind the Nursery Rhyme “Do You Know the Muffin Man.”]]>

The sing-song rhyme “Do You Know the Muffin Man” first appeared on the scene in 1820 in Merry Old England. In time, it would evolve into a…

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Since having service personnel come to one’s home to repair appliances on the fritz is a part of life, most of us think nothing of opening…

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]]> https://medium.com/@cindyparmiter/deadly-repairman-the-horrific-murder-of-betty-jo-mcclain-thomas-f6c0780f7d87?source=rss-6a241cb34b83------2 https://medium.com/p/f6c0780f7d87 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 13:34:13 GMT 2026-11-01T13:34:13.797Z <![CDATA[Old Bloody Bones]]>

Stories of monstrosities that terrorize entire communities can be found in nearly every corner of the globe. While some are clearly…

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]]> https://medium.com/@cindyparmiter/old-bloody-bones-e0964665365a?source=rss-6a241cb34b83------2 https://medium.com/p/e0964665365a Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:22:02 GMT 2026-11-08T15:07:04.035Z <![CDATA[The Heavens Rained Down]]>

Since the first century, 77 A.D. to be exact, reports have surfaced of strange objects falling from the sky. We expect rain, snow, sleet…

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]]> https://medium.com/@cindyparmiter/the-heavens-rained-down-d48897a07b92?source=rss-6a241cb34b83------2 https://medium.com/p/d48897a07b92 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:01:04 GMT 2026-11-08T15:07:33.293Z <![CDATA[The Shocking Crimes of Gerald and Charlene Gallego]]>

When thirty-one-year-old Gerald Armond Gallego walked into a Sacramento poker club in September of 1977 and laid eyes on a petite blonde…

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]]> https://medium.com/@cindyparmiter/the-shocking-crimes-of-gerald-and-charlene-gallego-40f67c86d267?source=rss-6a241cb34b83------2 https://medium.com/p/40f67c86d267 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:57:46 GMT 2026-10-15T11:57:46.653Z <![CDATA[The Vanishing]]>

This account, which I first heard as a teenager, has haunted me for years. I didn’t know what to make of it then and still don’t to this…

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]]> https://medium.com/@cindyparmiter/the-vanishing-0d8be616c9db?source=rss-6a241cb34b83------2 https://medium.com/p/0d8be616c9db Mon, 12 Oct 2026 13:42:49 GMT 2026-11-08T15:08:00.786Z <![CDATA[The Buried Boy]]>

On the morning of March 8, 1921, John Brlich, an employee of the O’Laughlin Stone Company, was overseeing an excavating project near a…

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]]> https://medium.com/@cindyparmiter/the-buried-boy-288fd0511d8e?source=rss-6a241cb34b83------2 https://medium.com/p/288fd0511d8e Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:13:35 GMT 2026-11-08T15:08:44.420Z <![CDATA[The Red-Faced Man]]>

My great-grandmother lived in a house on a hill overlooking the one in which my mother was raised. It was country living in every sense of…

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