#11: Mississippi’s Elusive Phantom Barber
Hair was the only prize, and that made the intrusions feel stranger than theft. In Pascagoula, Mississippi, during 1942, residents reported waking to find that someone had cut locks from their hair while they slept. The Phantom Barber’s name sounds almost playful until the picture settles in: bedrooms entered, sleepers approached, scissors used, valuables ignored.

