Forsaken Spaces | Stories of abandoned places

The Boathouse

by Lexxy B. | Jun 25, 2018 | Rural spaces

We'll never know what Ray Earl Wasser told children to lure them into the boathouse. He was convicted of kidnapping and murdering three but is suspected in the disappearances of eleven kids, ages seven to ten. None escaped to tell what happened. In 1992, the year...

Hull Home

by Lexxy B. | May 27, 2018 | Houses, Rural spaces

There's not much in life that's harder than losing a child. I can't even imagine the gut-wrenching sadness. The Hull family of Northern Appalachia lost seven. That we know of. There's no question that life in the remote mountains was brutally hard. Medical care was...

The Old Leatherman Shack

by Lexxy B. | Apr 24, 2018 | Rural spaces

There are very few facts known for certain about the Old Leatherman, aka Jules Bourglay. In his book about the man, Peter Kenneth Ryan bases most of his information on what Bourglay himself claims in interviews. But by the time Ryan meets Bourglay, the Old...

The Zilker House

by Lexxy B. | Mar 29, 2018 | Houses, Suburban Spaces

You won't find any mention of the Zilkers or their house on the web. There are no newspaper articles and there's no public record of any kind. No court records, no real estate records, nothing. It's weird. So, how do I know that they even existed? I used to live two...