The Phantom Barber Of Pascagoula

The Phantom Barber of Pascagoula

The little town of Pascagoula has more than its share of unexplained phenomena, from the odd noise that emits from the Pascagoula River to a 1973 UFO abduction. But the tale that best characterizes this Mississippi hamlet is the still-unsolved mystery of the Phantom Barber. Starting in 1942, a mysterious person broke into the convent at Our Lady of Victories and cut the hair off of two sleeping girls. For the next few months, the Barber would strike on Monday and Friday nights, slitting window screens with a knife, using chloroform to render his victims unconscious and making off with their hair. While a man named William Dolan was arrested for the crimes, he passed a lie detector test and was released. The real identity of the Phantom Barber has never been revealed.