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 | The Dual Life of Chicago’s Pogo the Clown1970sThe Painted Smile: The Dual Life of Chicago’s Pogo the Clown Pogo There is a specific type of cold that settles in the bones when you realize the person shaking your hand might be the last person you ever see. In the 1970s, Northwest Chicago lived within this chill, though the source remained hidden in plain sight. To the community, John Wayne Gacy was a "Model Citizen"—a successful contractor, a political precinct captain, and a man who spent his weekends entertaining sick children as Pogo the Clown. But beneath the floorboards of his ranch house at 8213 West Summerdale Avenue, the air was thick with a secret that defied human comprehension. The Victim The Stench of the Crawl Space Neighbors often complained of a "rancid, swampy"... Read More |
 | The MacKenzie Poltergeist in Edinburgh1998In December of 1998, a homeless man wandered through Edinburgh’s storm-lashed streets. Seeking shelter from the night’s downpour he staggered into Greyfriars Kirkyard and broke into one of the old mausoleums in the Covenanter’s Prison section—no doubt attracted by its intact roof. Inside, the vault was pitch-black and the brave (or foolhardy) vagrant decided to explore his surroundings with what meagre light he possessed. He removed an iron grate in the floor and descended a short, twisting, stone staircase and entered a second chamber. There, he came across four wooden coffins. Perhaps looking for valuables to steal, the man began to smash open the dusty caskets. As he did so, a hole suddenly opened beneath his feet and he fell through a wooden division into a third... Read More |