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The Spiritualist Murder/suicide: Rev Mark Mata was a psychic medium, running his own version of a New Age Christian ministry. He told his followers that God had given him the gift of clairvoyance during the passing of Pope John Paul II in 2005. On January 20th of 2015, his spiritually evolved career ended when he fatally shot his 42-year-old wife, and their 6-year-old son, before committing suicide. Pick those that you follow carefully. SEE MY WEEKLY ODDITIES SHOW ON MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL #babettebabylon #babettebombshell #hauntedhotel #strangehistory #truecrime #criminaljustice #extremedeaths #murder #psychicpowers #spiritualism #christianity #parapsychology #spiritmedium #criticalthinking #rationality #rationalthought #skepticism #fortean #xfiles

The Fire of The St. Ferdinand de Halifax Asylum: On December 31st of 1917, a fire of unknown origin reduced the iscolated Saint Ferdinand de Halifax asylum, for mentally handicapped girls, to ashes. The small staff of nuns, from the Quebec Sisters of Charity, struggled to rescue the 180 screaming patients from their secured rooms as flames consumed them. Some of the girls were violent, others were hysterical with terror, and still others rushed toward the bright flames with fascination. In the end, it was amazing that only 45 girls perished. The site of the fire has now been totally reconstructed, in the county of Megantie, near Plessisville, Quebec, but is rumored to still be plagued by the ghosts of the mentally challenged girls who died that sad night. #babettebombshell #forgottenhistory #hauntings #ghosts #paranormal #parapsychology #ghosthunters #disasters #extremedeaths #holidaydisasters #fortean #xfiles

The Death of Rasputin: On December 30th of 1916, the court of the last Tsar of the Russian Empire took extreme measures to eliminate Grigori Rasputin. As her personal adviser and mystic faith healer, Rasputin had an iron grip on the Tsar's wife. His name had become synonymous with debauchery, villainy and abuse among the Russian people, so his presence in the Tsar's inner circle was viewed to be a large contributing factor in the impending fall of the Russian Empire. An elite group of conspirators kidnapped him, and threw Rasputin as dinner party... they fed him enough poison to kill an elephant, but the famed sorcerer refused to die. He was then stabbed... beaten... castrated... and shot repeatedly, but Rasputin still refused to give up the ghost. Eventually they threw his body into a hole in the ice of a river and submerged him until he was frozen solid. #babettebombshell #extremedeaths #conspiracytheories #forgottenhistory #criminaljustice #truecrime #rasputin #cultleaders #fortean #xfiles

The Death of Dian Fossey: On December 27th of 1985, the famed primatologist, and anthropologist, Dian Fossey was murdered. She had been at war with Rwandan poachers for years, who were in the business of killing and trafficking the endangered mountain Gorillas that she had so loved and committed her life's work to. Dian was discovered beaten to death with a fatal blow to her head having been delivered with a machete. Rwandan courts later convicted one of the trackers on her team, who she had fired after suspicions of his ties to covertly assisting poachers came to her attention. His name is Wayne McGuire, and he avoided prosecution by returning to the United States, where no extradition treaties would send him back to face charges. He was subsequently appointed to a position with Health and Human Services division of the State of Nebraska. #babettebombshell #anthropology #dianfossey #animalrights #conservation #mountaingorillas #feminism #environmentaldistasters #ecology #extremedeaths #criminaljustice #truecrime #victimadvocacy #victimsrights #culturalviolence #fortean #xfiles

The Christmas Disco Inferno: On December 25th of 2000, a shopping center in Luoyang, China, was being used for a holiday disco event. The lower sections of the building were undergoing construction, and as a result, a fire started in the basement. It went totally unnoticed until it was too late. Elevators lost power, boxes of merchandise blocked doors, and black smoke obliterated escape routes. Only 12 people out of 300 attendees in the disco survived... far more died on the street, and fighting to contain the horrific holiday fire. #babettebombshell #disasters #extremedeaths #holidaydisasters #fortean #xfiles

The Andover Incident: On December 24th of 1171, a Priest was in the middle of performing his Christmas Eve sermon to a crowded church, in Andover, Hants, England. The parishioners gasped when all the candles in the chapel extinguished themselves simultaneously. To everyone's horror, a gigantic demonic boar materialized behind the alter and circled the priest menacingly. When he raised his hands in a prayer of banishment, lightening emerged from the ceiling and struck him dead. The church was plunged into darkness and when order was restored, the giant pig was nowhere to be found. #babettebombshell #hauntedhotel #strangehistory #extremedeaths #supernatural #demonicpossession #demons #harbingersofdeath #omens #masshysteria #paranormal #parapsychology #fortean #xfiles

The Solar Temple Murder/Suicides: On December 23rd of 1995, the bodies of 16 members of The Order of the Solar Temple Cult were discovered arranged in a star formation, deep in the woods of the French Alps. Two of the groups leaders had murdered the others ritualistically through stabbing, asphyxiation, and poisoning, before then committing suicide themselves by lighting themselves on fire. This was a repeat of a international ritual in 1994, in which 53 other followers had committed murder/suicide in both Switzerland and Quebec. #babettebombshell #cults #extremedeaths #humansacrifice #superstition #religiouscults #religion #massmurder #religouszealots #victimadvocacy #victimsrights #culturalviolence #freedomfromreligion #criticalthinking #rationalthought #rationality #skepticism #fortean #xfiles

The Children of The Guillotine: On December 17th of 1793, children were executed by means of beheading, by the Guillotine, for the first time, in Nantes, France. Within the next three years 22 children, as young as 10-years-old were beheaded for crimes as simple as stealing bread. #babettebombshell #hauntedhotel #forgottenhistory #criminaljustice #truecrime #capitalpunishment #extremedeaths #executions #guillotine #childabuse #massmurder #victimadvocacy #victimsrights #culturalviolence #fortean #xfiles