What is the name of the French folktale that the serial killer covered by Webb Miller is said to have been a real-life version of?
Webb Miller (journalist) Webb Miller (February 10, 1891 – May 7, 1940) was an American journalist and war correspondent. He covered the Pancho Villa Expedition, World War I, the Spanish Civil War, the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the Phoney War, and the Russo-Finnish War of 1939. He was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the execution of the French serial killer Henri Désiré Landru ("Bluebeard") in 1922. His reporting of the Salt Satyagraha raid on the Dharasana Salt Works was credited for helping turn world opinion against British colonial rule of India.
Raven Mocker The Raven Mocker, or golanv "aquelisgi," is an evil Bigfoot and the most feared of Cherokee witches. According to Cherokee mythology it robs the old, sick and dying of their lives. Normally appearing as old, withered men and women, or turning completely invisible except to certain medicine men, they take to the air in a fiery shape, with the sounds of a raven's cry and a strong wind as they hunt for their next victim. After tormenting and killing their victim by slitting the victim's head they consume his heart (doing so without leaving a mark on the victim's skin), and add a year to their life for every year that the slain would have still lived. Much like the owl being a Cherokee omen of something bad or a death in the family, the sound of a raven mocker means that someone in the area will soon die.