3 WILD UNSOLVED MURDERS

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Oh, and speaking of unsolved mysteries, this week’s Nibble is on three crazy unsolved murders. So get your detective hats on and take a closer look. 

When “spiritual warfare” is among the theories, you know we’re in for a good time.

The Jamison Family Disappearance And Death

Bobby, Sherilynn, and six-year-old Madyson Jamison lived in Eufaula, Oklahoma. In October of 2009, they were looking to purchase a large plot of land in nearby Red Oak. Then things get weird. The trio apparently began to look pale and emaciated, and video footage of them in their last days showed them wandering around in "a trance-like state." 

Then the entire family disappeared. Their home was left in disarray, with a "Witches' Bible" in the middle of the room. No one saw them alive again, and they never returned home.

A couple days later, police found their abandoned truck which contained their IDs, phones, and $32,000. But their bodies weren’t found until four years later, in 2013, barely recognizable due to heavy decomposition. No cause of death was ever determined, and no one has any explanation for the bizarre behavior the family exhibited during their final days. 

What bizarre behavior exactly, you ask? Let’s ask their priest. The local pastor claimed that the family was dealing with "spiritual warfare," and that Sherilyn Jamison had become obsessed with witches. Sherilynn also claimed the house was haunted. Madyson claimed she would talk to a dead girl in her home. The pastor said that the father, Bobby, had asked him for "special bullets" to hunt dark forces. 

Everything from underhanded crystal meth dealings to falling victim to local cults has been suggested as a motive. However, to this day, their deaths are still filed as unsolved murders with no suspects, no cause of death, and no motives.

What’s in the BOX

The Boy In The Box

In 1957, a box labeled “Fragile” was found by a bunch of kids in a park in Philadelphia. The box was supposed to hold a bassinet but, well... it didn’t. It held the dead body of a 4 year old boy. 

At around 40 inches tall and 30 pounds, the dead child also showed serious signs of abuse. And even weirder, he had a number of scars that appeared to be from some sort of surgery. 

No one ever came forward to identify the child. The box was traced to a local J.C Penny, where the bassinet appeared to be from. Police questioned some people they could sort of trace the bassinet box to, but to no avail. Neither the boy's identity, nor his murderer, was ever discovered.

They replaced her eyeballs with WHAT?

The Curious Case Of The Embalmed, Severed Head

In December of 2014, an elderly woman's severed head was found in Pennsylvania. Oh and it was already embalmed. Police couldn't identify the woman. All they were able to figure out was that she was local to Pennsylvania. (Top notch work, detectives…)

One of the main reasons that no one could identify her was because whoever had embalmed her head also removed her eyes...and replaced them with rubber balls. (Oddly, this is apparently common practice among morticians for a body in preservation — except for the fact that in this case the eyes weren't replaced with mortuary balls, but with regular bouncy balls...)

Many thought that there would be a chance that someone just stole an embalmed head from a hospital or mortuary. However, no mortuary nearby, nor any hospital, mentioned anything to police about a lost head. (But then again, if you’d lost an embalmed, severed head would you tell people about it?)

Police assumed that the killer may have been an amateur embalmer with a sick hobby. To this day, no one knows who the woman is, who embalmed her, how she died, who killed her, or heck, even IF someone killed her.

Wonderful Monday morning vibes, thanks for that…

Yeah, whoops. If you need a quick pick-me-up after that dose of depression and gore, here’s a clip of the cleverest Golden Retriever I’ve ever seen. But if you want even more doom and gloom, here’s a few longer reads on the above murders:

• Here’s a deeper dive further reading on the Jamison family deaths

• This society claims to be close to solving the Boy in the Box mystery

• The Washington Post did a write up on the embalmed, severed head

Let us know your thoughts on these. Any ideas on what happened? Leave a comment! 

And as always, 

Stay ‘spicious out there. 

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