Timeless Tales

A Four-Month-Old Baby Went to Daycare for a Nap. The CCTV Footage Revealed Something His Parents Never Expected. On February 3, 2021, four-month-old Charles “Charlie” Cronmiller was dropped off at Little Lovey, an in-home daycare in Dunwoody, Georgia. His parents had trusted the daycare owner, Amanda Harris Hickey, to care for their baby while they went about their daily lives. Charlie was still too young to protect himself or even reliably change his own position while sleeping. That afternoon, Hickey placed Charlie down for a nap. She later told investigators that she had put him on his back and believed he had somehow rolled onto his stomach. But when investigators examined the daycare's surveillance footage, the recording told a different story. The video showed Hickey placing Charlie face-down in a portable crib and leaving him there. Charlie struggled for an extended period before eventually becoming motionless, while Hickey did not return to check on him for more than two ho...

She Escaped Through a Window — Then Realized the Intruder Had Followed Her In September 2014, actress Melora Rivera was asleep inside her home in Venice, California, when she suddenly realized that a stranger had broken in. She had almost no time to think. Instead of confronting him, Rivera grabbed her phone and climbed through a window onto the second-story roof, still wearing the flannel shirt she had been sleeping in. She crouched beneath a roof ledge and called 911, hoping the intruder would remain inside. Then she realized he had followed her outside. A neighbor, Alexandria Thompson, happened to see the terrifying scene from the street and began taking photographs. One of those images captured Rivera huddled on the roof while the man appeared just above her, looking over the ledge in her direction. The photograph looked like something from a horror movie, but Rivera was actually trapped there, with a drop of more than 20 feet below her and nowhere safe to run. Rivera l...

Angela Hansen has endured a level of heartbreak that few people could ever imagine. On July 4, 2023, her husband, Kyley, drowned during a family pool party, leaving Angela to raise their children without him. Now, she is facing another devastating loss. On Friday, while Angela was cleaning out the family van at a car wash, her 22-month-old daughter, Ada, was struck and killed by a truck. According to Angela’s sister, Lauren Paskett, who spoke with KSL, Angela had parked near the car wash playground, where Ada and her 4-year-old sister were playing. At some point, Ada called out for her mother, and her older sister took her hand and began walking her back toward Angela. Then, in a tragic accident, a nearby truck began moving forward and struck Ada. The loss has devastated the entire family, and Ada’s 4-year-old sister is also struggling after witnessing what happened. For Angela, the pain is even deeper because Ada was her youngest child and, as her family described it, felt like the la...

In January 1923, three men from the expedition set out across the frozen ice toward Siberia in search of help. They disappeared into the Arctic and were never seen again. That left Ada Blackjack and Lorne Knight alone on Wrangel Island. Knight was suffering from scurvy and was becoming increasingly weak, while Ada had never been trained as an explorer or hunter. She had originally joined the expedition as a seamstress because she needed the money to pay for medical treatment for her young son. But with no one else coming to save them, Ada had to learn how to survive. She taught herself to shoot, set traps, search for food and chop wood. She cared for Knight as his condition deteriorated, all while trying to keep herself alive in one of the harshest environments on Earth. Throughout the ordeal, she also kept a journal documenting what was happening around her. On June 23, 1923, Lorne Knight died. Ada was now completely alone, except for Vic, the expedition's cat. There was ...

Why Phil Spector Terrified Some of Rock’s Biggest Names Phil Spector became one of the most influential music producers of the 20th century, creating his famous “Wall of Sound” and working with artists including The Beatles, John Lennon, Leonard Cohen, The Ramones and many others. But behind the legendary producer was a man whose behavior became increasingly erratic, volatile and frightening. By the end of his life, Spector was serving a 19-years-to-life prison sentence after being convicted of second-degree murder for the 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson. He died in prison in 2021. But the stories about Spector's disturbing behavior long predated the Clarkson case. He was known for carrying firearms, and accounts from musicians describe recording sessions in which his unpredictable behavior and access to guns created an atmosphere of fear. One of the most infamous examples came during the recording sessions for John Lennon's Rock 'n' Roll album in Lo...

A Mother Lost Her Husband. Then Tragedy Took Her Little Daughter Too Angela Hansen has endured a level of heartbreak that few people could ever imagine. On July 4, 2023, her husband, Kyley, drowned during a family pool party, leaving Angela to raise their children without him. Now, she is facing another devastating loss. On Friday, while Angela was cleaning out the family van at a car wash, her 22-month-old daughter, Ada, was struck and killed by a truck. According to Angela’s sister, Lauren Paskett, who spoke with KSL, Angela had parked near the car wash playground, where Ada and her 4-year-old sister were playing. At some point, Ada called out for her mother, and her older sister took her hand and began walking her back toward Angela. Then, in a tragic accident, a nearby truck began moving forward and struck Ada. The loss has devastated the entire family, and Ada’s 4-year-old sister is also struggling after witnessing what happened. For Angela, the pain is even deeper becau...