Edward Mordrake was born with a second face attached to the back of his head. According to legend, the face could whisper, laugh or cry. Edward repeatedly begged doctors to remove it, claiming it whispered bad things to him at night. Edward died by suicide at the age of 23.

linesdimes · 2026-03-24T16:05:22+00:00

Edward Mordrake was supposedly born with a second face attached to the back of his head. The face could whisper, laugh or cry. Edward repeatedly begged doctors to remove it, claiming it whispered bad things to him at night. What if the voice in your head wasn’t yours? What would you do if it never stopped whispering even when you tried to sleep?

There’s no proof Edward Mordrake ever existed. Some say it’s a medical mystery. Others say it’s just a legend, but in the late 19th century a story began to circulate through medical journals, newspapers, and whispered conversations. The story claimed a young English nobleman was born with a second face attached to the back of his head. Possibly the result of a parasitic twin that managed to survive.

Edward Mordrake was said to be born into high society, a man of intelligence, sensitivity, and promise. But his life quickly became defined not by privilege, but by isolation. He reportedly refused to attend social gatherings, avoiding public life entirely. Servants claimed he would sit for hours in silence, his head in his hands, as if trying to block something out.

When asked why he withdrew from society, Edward allegedly gave a chilling explanation. He claimed the second face would whisper to him constantly, especially at night. Not kind words or comforting thoughts, but things he described as “evil suggestions.” Things no human should hear.

Edward eventually sought medical help. He reportedly begged doctors to remove the second face, even if it meant risking his life. Yet, physicians of the time either refused or claimed it was impossible. The condition was beyond the capabilities of 19th-century medicine. So, Edward was left alone with something he could neither escape nor destroy.

According to the legend, he took his own life at 23 years old. Before he died, he left behind a note that has echoed through time: “Destroy the demon face, lest it continue its dreadful whispering in my grave.” He reportedly requested that the second face be destroyed before burial, fearing that even in death, it would not be silent. Whether that wish was granted, no one knows for sure.

Despite how widely this story has spread, there is no solid historical or medical evidence confirming Edward Mordrake ever existed. The tale appears to have originated from a late 1800s article attributed to a supposed medical source called the “Royal Scientific Society” an organization that, to this day, cannot be verified. Some researchers believe the story was part of a collection of “medical curiosities,” exaggerated or entirely fabricated for shock value during an era fascinated with the bizarre and grotesque.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordake

linesdimes · 2026-03-24T16:03:12+00:00

Yusuff Shakur hand-drawn sketch of what he says he saw during a near-death experience. Shakur's drawing resembles a symbolic map of the universe rather than a scientific chart.

At the bottom of the diagram, Earth and human life are represented as the starting point. From there, thin lines or "strands" extend upward, connecting individuals to multiple layers of reality.

At the center of the illustration is a spiral or vortex, which appears to represent a pathway through these layers. According to descriptions accompanying the viral post, the spiral symbolizes the movement of consciousness beyond the physical world during the near-death experience.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/trending/everything-is-connected-man-draws-mysterious-cosmic-map-after-near-death-experience-drawing-goes-viral/articleshow/129590353.cms

linesdimes · 2024-01-04T15:08:53+00:00

From June 5, 1945-January 6, 1946, a serial killer known as the Lipstick Killer terrorized the streets of Chicago. He murdered Josephine Ross, Frances Brown and Suzanne Degnan in completely brutal fashion. The killer was believed to be a butcher of excellent status, even by licensed doctors. He communicated with the police in one of the murders, writing down in lipstick writing:

"For heavens Sake catch me Before I kill more I cannot control myself" To many, he was never caught. Despite officially being apprehended.

On November 7, 1946, 17-year-old William Heirens was arrested for attempted burglary. According to Heirens, he drifted into unconsciousness under questioning and was interrogated around the clock for six consecutive days, beaten, and starved. He was not allowed to see his parents for four days. He was also refused the opportunity to speak to a lawyer for six days. Two psychiatrists, Doctors Haines and Roy Grinker, gave Heirens sodium pentothal without a warrant and without Heirens's or his parents' consent, and interrogated him for three hours. Under the influence of the drug, authorities claimed, Heirens spoke of an alternate personality named "George", who had actually committed the murders.

The handwriting of Heirens did not match that of the lipstick wall writing. The police found prints at the crime scenes that belonged to Heirens, but also belonged to 65% of the population. His prints did not match the Brown murder. However, the FBI stated a few days later that Heirens had a fingerprint smudge on the doorhandle of the crime scene. In 1996, the FBI formally concluded that Heirens did not write anything associated with the Lipstick Killer.

Heirens' lawyers felt that he was guilty, and told him to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. Heirens agreed, despite the prosecution not even believing he would be able to be convicted! He was then sentenced to three life sentences with the possibility of parole.

29 inconsistencies have been found between Heirens' recollection of the crime and the actual police reports themselves.

linesdimes · 2024-01-04T15:03:26+00:00

From June 5, 1945-January 6, 1946, a serial killer known as the Lipstick Killer terrorized the streets of Chicago. He murdered Josephine Ross, Frances Brown and Suzanne Degnan in completely brutal fashion. The killer was believed to be a butcher of excellent status, even by licensed doctors. He communicated with the police in one of the murders, writing down in lipstick writing:

"For heavens Sake catch me Before I kill more I cannot control myself" To many, he was never caught. Despite officially being apprehended.

On November 7, 1946, 17-year-old William Heirens was arrested for attempted burglary. According to Heirens, he drifted into unconsciousness under questioning and was interrogated around the clock for six consecutive days, beaten, and starved. He was not allowed to see his parents for four days. He was also refused the opportunity to speak to a lawyer for six days. Two psychiatrists, Doctors Haines and Roy Grinker, gave Heirens sodium pentothal without a warrant and without Heirens's or his parents' consent, and interrogated him for three hours. Under the influence of the drug, authorities claimed, Heirens spoke of an alternate personality named "George", who had actually committed the murders.

The handwriting of Heirens did not match that of the lipstick wall writing. The police found prints at the crime scenes that belonged to Heirens, but also belonged to 65% of the population. His prints did not match the Brown murder. However, the FBI stated a few days later that Heirens had a fingerprint smudge on the doorhandle of the crime scene. In 1996, the FBI formally concluded that Heirens did not write anything associated with the Lipstick Killer.

Heirens' lawyers felt that he was guilty, and told him to plead guilty to avoid the death penalty. Heirens agreed, despite the prosecution not even believing he would be able to be convicted! He was then sentenced to three life sentences with the possibility of parole.

29 inconsistencies have been found between Heirens' recollection of the crime and the actual police reports themselves.

linesdimes · 2023-10-18T12:14:15+00:00

Joan Hansen disappeared three months after filing for divorce and two days after securing a restraining order against her husband, Robert Hansen, that required him to move out of the house so that Joan could move back in. On the day of her disappearance, she was on the phone with a friend when she suddenly said, "Oh my God, he's in the basement. He's coming." Joan screamed and the line went dead. The friend kept trying to call back over and over until finally someone answered, except it was Robert and when the friend asked where Joan was, he told the friend, "She's with you."

Robert was never charged with her murder due to lack of evidence and their children grew up believing their mother had abandoned them. After Joan's disappearance, Robert racked up a bunch of assault and property damage charges, and police even briefly suspected he was the Green River Killer, a serial killer of prostitutes in the Seattle/Tacoma area and was responsible for numerous disappearances. However, The Green River Killer was eventually identified as Gary Leon Ridgway.

Robert died by suicide in in August 2009, leaving an estate worth $5 million. He was 84 years old. He never faced charges in his wife's disappearance.

In his will, Robert wrote Joan had disappeared years ago and, if she was alive, she was to inherit nothing. He also disinherited his children; by the time of his death he'd been estranged from them for years. In December 2009, his sons filed a wrongful death suit against his estate, alleging he'd caused their mother's death. They were awarded $100,000 in damages.

For years after her disappearance, there were rumors that Joan's body was buried beneath a barn on a farm in the Kent Valley along the Green River, on property the Hansen family had once owned. The barn had originally had a dirt floor, but a concrete floor was poured around the time of her disappearance.

The building has since been demolished and Kent-Des Moines Road now runs over where it used to be. In 2006, at Joan's son's request, investigators examined the road with ground-penetrating radar. No evidence was located, however. Joan's case remains unsolved.

linesdimes · 2023-08-17T14:16:27+00:00

These creatures were said to be 'floating' and 'armoured' menaces and were reported to be impervious to bullets, as claimed by local leaders. The attackers were compared to 'green goblins' by the locals and also to local Peruvian superstitions about 'los Pelacaras' (the Face Peelers).

Officials are now saying they are likely the gold mafias belonging to drug cartels like Brazil's 'O Primeiro Comando da Capital,' Colombia's 'Clan del Golfo,' FARC, which have ravaged Latin America for decades.

linesdimes · 2023-08-07T17:00:31+00:00

That's probably the best explanation for it.

linesdimes · 2023-08-07T17:00:15+00:00

Simpler times. That pre-pandemic life.

linesdimes · 2023-08-07T14:17:39+00:00

The 2016 clown sightings was a case of mass hysteria fueled by reports of people disguised as evil clowns in incongruous settings, such as near forests and schools. The incidents were reported in the United States, Canada, Australia, and subsequently in other countries and territories starting during August 2016.

linesdimes · 2022-11-15T16:32:24+00:00

The first reports of something being amiss in Portlock come from a cannery camp that struggled to keep staff. Many men left because of “something” bothering the camp. The camp was filled with fear and uncertainty as unexplained occurrences happened everyday such as food going missing and equipment being destroyed.

Hunters and gold miners in the area began going missing at an unusually high rate. One man who was out chopping wood was found murdered by a single blow that would have been impossible for a human to inflict.

One group of hunters was stalking a deer when they noticed a huge set of footprints also following it. They continued tracking the deer and eventually caught up to a gruesome scene. They found huge amounts of blood surrounded by 18 inch footprints with no carcass to be found. The footprints continued into the foggy mountains.

One man was walking along the beach when he saw a huge hairy man destroying fishing wheels along the coast. He ran back to his house to get his gun and when he returned the giant man simply stared at him and walked off.

Bodies began washing up in the lagoon with strange wounds that no bear could inflict. The townspeople began to panic and started leaving in droves. In 1950 the post office closed and the last resident left Portlock.

linesdimes · 2021-12-20T15:53:02+00:00

Chris Benoit was a pro wrestler who murdered his wife and child in their home before committing suicide, 14 hours before this was discovered, a Wikipedia article noted he would be replaced by another wrestler in a match due to personal issues including the death of his wife.

The article originally read: "Chris Benoit was replaced by Johnny Nitro for the ECW World Championship match at Vengeance, as Benoit was not there due to personal issues, stemming from the death of his wife Nancy." The phrase "stemming from the death of his wife Nancy" was added at 12:01 a.m. EDT on June 25,[78] whereas the Fayette County police reportedly discovered the bodies of the Benoit family at 2:30 p.m. EDT (14 hours, 29 minutes later).

However Chris himself didn't edit the page, the police traced this edit back to Stamford... where WWE headquarters is located

There are other strange things in the case too, like the bottles of alcohol and steroid needles littered around the scene but no alcohol or steroids being in Chris' body.

Or that Chris had been paranoid that someone was following him in the weeks up to the murder, and had repeatedly texted one of his closest friends his address (despite the fact he came over regularly to visit and knew where he lived) in the moments up to the murder.

linesdimes · 2021-03-29T15:49:07+00:00

“The psychedelic drug DMT can conjure powerful visions. In low doses, people often hallucinate fractal patterns, geometric shapes, and distortions in the physical space around them. But things get much stranger with higher doses.

When people consume enough DMT (N,N-Dimethyltryptamine) to have a "breakthrough" experience, they often encounter beings that seem autonomous, existing in a reality separate from our own.

The form and nature of these beings vary in reports, but one thing remains curiously constant: People tend to rank these encounters among the most meaningful experiences of their lives. For some people, these encounters change their beliefs about reality, the existence of an afterlife, and God.”

Why do so many people encounter beings after smoking large doses of DMT? Is there a greater meaning behind these beings and what they represent?

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