The Black Dahlia case, the fact that such a gruesome act of murder was committed, and that the lead suspect is very likely the killer, but didn't serve jail time sickens me. Also its quite interesting how one of the suspects died on the anniversary of the last time she was seen alive.

PennyoftheNerds:

I know there were several suspects, but I assume you are referring to George Hodel. And if so, it baffles me that his family even thinks he did it. So much so that his son became a detective in part to try and prove his father was guilty.

In 1991 the body of a man James Allen Killam was found by hikers close to a path in New Brunswick, Canada. According to newspapers they had no suspects.

However, someone I know was a former roommate that owed Killam money. Killam even told his mother that someone was out to get him. After his death Killam’s car was found in the parking garage of a building the person I know worked in. This same person was caught and charged with credit card theft/fraud for using Killam’s credit cards after he went missing. The murder weapon was determined to be a knife. The person I know gave a knife to their friend to hold for “safe keeping”.

The person I know went to trial which ended in it being thrown out due to circumstantial evidence. I can’t prove it but I am convinced the person I know is a murderer…and he got away with it.

Yogurt Shop Murders in Austin, Tx. False confessions, overturned convictions, DNA not giving the answers, this case is so confusing. But someone raped and killed 4 teenage girls before setting a fire and we still don’t know who they are. It’s not okay.

The Mary Morris murders. Two women both named Mary Morris that were both killed just a few days apart in a really close proximity to each other.

A local case from 1977. A small Indiana town with a population of less than 2,000 had 3 unsolved child m*rders committed in the same year. After the third m*rder, the k*llings stopped and the cases remain unsolved.

The owner of a funeral home business went to Camden, Maine with his wife. They had some kind of altercation. The wife disappeared, and was never found.

Police in the home town think they know that there was foul play, but have no leads that they can follow. The case is closed.

The disappearance of Kyron Horman. The kid was at school with his stepmom, she saw him walk down the hall in the school and he was never seen again. Gone. Disappeared without a trace.

There's no evidence at all. People like to believe the stepmother k*lled him or something but there is no sound evidence, and I believe the search for him was the most money Oregon has spent on a missing person case. Over 10 years later and there's still nothing.

About three years ago there were suddenly a rash of ladies throwing themselves down garbage chutes in Chicago to commit s*icide. All within a year or so timeframe. Generally in the same area downtown.

Everyone was saying it was random s*icide or just bad luck.

I don't buy it.

I think there was a serial k*ller or something operating in the city.

If you've ever lived in a high rise you know it's damned near impossible to accidentally throw yourself down a garbage chute. And I just don't see most women choosing that as their way out.

That family that got murderd in the French alps and the cyclist who came across the scene and the little girl stayed still under her mums dress for 8 hours

Does anyone have a update on this.

Chetanzi:

Her sister survived also, despite being shot multiple times and pistol-whipped on the head. They're teenagers now and being re-interviewed for any new leads. Poor girls. I kind of agree with the other commenter who replied to you... sounds like it was a professional hit. Left the gun (shattered, in pieces) at the scene of the crime. Shot the cyclist execution-style. Freaking horrible.

It’s not necessarily a cold case, but There were several (2-5) of John Wayne Gacy’s victims who went missing while Gacy was confirmed to be out of town. IIRC, the bodies of those victims were all under his house. That means someone else had to at least kidnap and hold the victim until Gacy returned if the accomplice(s) didn’t actually m*rder the boys.

The boy in the box always makes me very sad. No one ever found who he was and it just hurts my heart so much that there’s some family out there that will never know what happened to their little boy, and that he died in such a horrific and scary way.

Finnrip:

Yep. Wikipedia says: “Another theory was brought forward in February 2002 by a woman identified only as "Martha." Police considered "Martha"'s story to be plausible but were troubled by her testimony, as she had a history of mental illness.[12][14] "M" claimed that her abusive mother had "purchased" the unknown boy (whose name was Jonathan) from his birth parents in the summer of 1954.[8][15] Subsequently, the boy was subjected to extreme physical and sexual abuse for two and a half years. One evening at dinner, the boy vomited up his meal of baked beans and was given a severe beating, with his head slammed against the floor until he was semiconscious. He was given a bath, during which he died. These details matched information known only to the police, as the coroner had found that the boy's stomach contained the remains of baked beans and that his fingers were water-wrinkled.[8]”

The case of Joshua Maddox.

In 2008 Joshua Maddox left his house to go for a walk and never returned. 7 years later in 2015, his body was found in the chimney of a cabin that was in the process of being demolished.

There are multiple weird elements to the case:

-Josh was found in the fetal position facing head-first into the chimney

-In order to have gotten into the chimney he would have needed to scale the building and remove a metal grate that was blocking the entrance, placed there so that animal were not able to get in.

-Josh was found completely nude except for a thermal shirt

-the cabin was still locked and secured.

And strangest of all:

-His clothes were found neatly folded inside of the cabin, sitting right in front of the fire place.



There's so may weird details of the case that just don't make any sense whatsoever.

Jessica Chambers. She was set on fire inside her vehicle, and was found by paramedics walking down the road fully engulfed in flames.

-RadarRanger-:

Thanks, I came looking for this one. She tried to speak the name of the guy who burned her alive but her scorched flesh could no longer produce the sounds correctly. She was seen on cctv at the gas station, but whoever she was with was not visible in frame.

Heather Teague. She was dragged into the woods from a riverbank. The abduction was witnessed from across the river by a man using a telescope.

I don't know if this counts, but honestly... the whole friendship I have with my best friend. She's the only person in this world who I can actually be completely vulnerable with and open up to. We've been through a lot and we've hurt each other more than once, but we always come back to each other, some how some way by putting aside our selfishness and being there for one another, all while honoring ourselves. If I could pick one thing though, it's the times when she says, "I see you. I see you in your pain."

I feel so f*****g seen and heard by her like I never have before. Rather than barking at each other and arguing, we always take a step back and come back with understanding and love in our hearts. Because at the end of the day, we know that we always want to continue being friends. And we want to fix things because we love each other. It's a lot more than anyone else has ever done in my life.

I used to live with a family where one of the kids was autistic. We’ll call her Gigi.

Gigi had limited vocabulary and was truly a special need child. She wouldn’t respond if people spoke to her and just seemed lost in her own little world.

The reason why I lived with the family is because for some reason Gigi acknowledged me and it was a rare thing for her to do. The mother asked me if I would be open to living with them to help with Gigi and I accepted because I knew how difficult it was for anyone to be accepted into Gigi’s world. Perhaps it was because I was in my early twenties and she was only ten and probably entering puberty. I think she found something in me that she could relate to in her limited capacity.

Anyway, I lived with this family for a few months but eventually they found a nice house and decided to move. I wasn’t able to go with them due to the location of the house so found new living arrangement.

The day before the move, I sat Gigi down to say goodbye bc she had become very attached to me. I told her in the simplest way I could by saying, “Gigi go. Couch potato stay”. She kept insisting, “Gigi go. Couch potato go” but I had to remain adamant so she understood that I could not go with her.

Finally, after a few minutes of going back and forth, she finally realized I really wasn’t going to live with her family anymore and said, “Gigi cry. Gigi cry.” She then wandered off to watch a Disney movie.

It tore me up and was one of the most touching things I ever experienced.

A coworker once told me, "You're like everyone's best friend." I'm not sure why exactly that struck me so deep, I don't even know if it was her intention, but it made me feel really happy to hear that my personality is so inviting and friendly to other people. And now that I'm leaving that job, seeing everyone sending me quick messages about how they'll miss me has me believing that she was right about that too.

My grandpa, on his deathbed, whispered, 'You were my favorite'.

It was a small thing:

I gave the lunch I had brought with me one winter weekday to a destitute man huddled near the locked front doors of a church. (I'd gone there to practice for a forthcoming organ recital.)

He simply said, "Thank you - I haven't had any food for about 3 days."

It seemed as though he was as starved for someone - anyone - to care about him as for the food itself.

"I want my daughter to grow up and be like you."

I was living/teaching Emirates in the UAE. My class, all men. So for a man in a patriarchal society to say that to an independent, unmarried, educated, western woman was a wow moment. I felt like I contributed to women around the world being seen, respected, and valued. 😊.

"Wow he's a human angel!" I fostered a puppy who was given up for adoption because she was apparently a bad dog. I took her in and just treated her like she was my own dog. She was adopted two weeks later and the pet adoption agency was shocked at her (positive) change of behavior.

My mom told me l was her lottery win in life.

"I don't need to go home, i'm already there" my gf in reference to hanging out with me.

The boys in high school rated us girls and I was a 7/10. It's always affected me. About 6 years later it came up at my work place for whatever reason and I said I was a 7. A sweetheart of a guy instantly, without missing a beat said, "Out of 7 though right?!" 

I went to the bathroom and cried. He has no idea how much he healed me with those words! 🥲 .