People

Ordinary people, extraordinary lives, and the stories that set them apart.

Tonda Dickerson
Dickerson v DenoEdward Seward

Tonda Dickerson’s $10 Million Waffle House Tip Became One of the Strangest Lottery Nightmares Ever

Mark and Jacoba were said to have been showing signs of stress and paranoia in recent weeks
DisappearancesElla Tromp

The Tromp Family Disappearance Was Australia’s Strangest Case of Shared Delusion

Black-and-white photograph of Japanese billiards champion Masako Katsura standing at a billiards table during a 1952 World Three-Cushion Billiards Tournament appearance in San Francisco. She wears a satin dress, holds a cue diagonally across her body, and looks focused while spectators sit in the dim background.
BilliardsJapanese

How Masako Katsura Became the First Lady of Billiards and Changed the Sport Forever

Lauren Spierer's image was uploaded to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System and the surveillance footage was released by the Bloomington Police Department.
Bloomington PDFBI

The Disappearance of Lauren Spierer Still Haunts Indiana University 15 Years Later

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