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The 2001 Cold Case of Judy Rawlings

Judy Carol Rawlings was born in 1985, near Asheboro, North Carolina. The 16-year-old left her home in early October 2001 for a doctor’s appointment in nearby Greensboro around 7:30 a.m., but she never returned. According to the cold cases listed on the Randolph County website, a local had given her a ride on a four-wheeler…

Are the Spirits from the 1915 Georgia Circus Train Wreck still entertaining the living in the afterlife at this cemetery

A few days before Thanksgiving in 1915, Con T. Kennedy’s traveling circus left from a stint in downtown Atlanta, where it set records for money and attendance, and headed towards Girard, Alabama, across a newly opened bridge in Columbus. The train was full of performers, animals, and equipment as it made its way down the…

“The Babyface Killer” Torments the Carolinas

Lesley Eugene Warren was born on October 15, 1967, in Candler, North Carolina. Warren began exhibiting signs of antisocial behavior at a young age, struggling with establishing emotional connections, which further worsened around 1970, after the birth of his baby brother. Around the mid-1970s, Warren’s condition worsened while attending elementary school in Candler, in western…

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