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People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained It’s nothing wildly infamous, but when I got my cat, I bought him a catnip cookie toy. He’d play with that thing for hours at a time. One day, it disappeared. We’ve rearranged the rooms multiple times since then and it’s nowhere to be found.

I know, it’s probably not what you’re looking for, but it’s the biggest unsolved mystery I know.

FacelessPotatoPie , Kim Davies Report

Final score:

198points

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Red PANda (she/they) 4 months ago

Nice to have a lighthearted one among all these grim other ones. It’s a nice break

108points

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained How did reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who was investigating the Kennedy assassination and had interviewed Jack Ruby, end up dead hours after appearing fine on the What’s My Line tv show? She was found sitting up in bed at home, in a room she didn’t normally sleep in, with her makeup still on and her Kennedy case file missing. It was never found and her death was never properly investigated.

OPMom21 , CBS Television Report

Final score:

193points

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Red PANda (she/they) 4 months ago

Well I can imagine it had something to do with Kennedy’s assassination…

105points

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained I grew up in a very small town. 4 people lived there named Reggie, and all of them mysteriously disappeared within 2 years. Never solved, not even a clue. Never heard from any of them again.

9 years go by, someone named Reggie moves to the town. Within 30 days, they disappear, never heard from again. That was 18 years ago, still no one knows what happened.

MaximumHemidrive , Pixabay Report

Final score:

164points

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Daria 4 months ago

potential reggiecide

388points

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained The Setagaya family murder, in which the Miyazawa family were murdered in their home in December 2000. The killer was confident, having left fingerprints and DNA evidence, as well as the clothes he was wearing, in the house. Sand was analyzed from the scene, and had sand from Edward's Air Force Base in California. Not only that, only 120 sweaters of the kind the killer was wearing were sold. Somehow, still not solved.

sushi-screams , 珈琲牛乳 Report

Final score:

136points

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Libstak 4 months ago

No cameras and cash sale would leave them with nothing. That idea that sales staff remember who they sell stuff to is rubbish. They forget you just as I am sure 80% of the time we forget them.

58points

redsparkypants , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained Amber Hagerman. She was about my same age and was killed in the city where I grew up. The AMBER alert system in the US was named in her honor and has helped safely recover many abducted children. However, Amber's murderer was never found and the tip hotline for her case remains open. Source.

Final score:

131points

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Alexandra Davis 4 months ago

I'm not American and had no idea it was called after her. I always assumed it was amber for the colour and other colours are for other things like a "green alert" was natural disaster, "red alert" was fire etc

57points

Papa 4 months ago

There are also Silver Alerts, for older people who are missing, often as a result of cognitive issues.

21points

digitalin 4 months ago

I mean, it's kinda both. The US loves long acronyms that spell things. I've read that it ALSO stands for "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response", which is obviously created just to fit the name. If her name weren't a color, there's a good chance her name wouldn't be used.

7points

Roland Nijveld 4 months ago

Ah lol. Here amber isn't really used as colour name but it is girls name..just never knew it was originally American. I live in the Netherlands

3points

AutumnGirl 4 months ago

Me too!

0points

Rizzo 4 months ago

Me too.

0points

WickedSwicket 4 months ago

Actually, red alert is part of command & conquer by electronic arts

-1point

Monster 4 months ago

AMBER Alerts, which stands for "America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response.

14points

Traveling Lady Railfan 4 months ago

Don't downvote. They're both right. Quick Google search says "AMBER stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response and was created as a legacy to 9-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped while riding her bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and then brutally πurdered"

27points

Savahax 4 months ago

In her memory then. *raises mug*

10points

Narelle Hussy 4 months ago

I cry everytime i come across articles about this poor little bugger, heartbreaking 2 know her killer still aint been found, R.I.P babygirl

6points

Just-4-2day 4 months ago

*Code Adam* is a child safety program that helps businesses, parks, and government buildings respond to missing children. The program is activated when a child is reported missing before law enforcement arrives. It's named after Adam Walsh, who was abducted from a Florida department store in 1981 at the age of six and later found murdered.

4points

Speak easy buttercup 4 months ago

There is a really good documentary on this out there! I believe it's on peacock but not 100% sure!

4points

FoxEcoLimaIndiaCharlieIndiAlfa 4 months ago

According to Elle Roque's comment, it is in fact on Peacock and the documentary is called Amber, The Girl Behind the Alert.

3points

Elle Roque 4 months ago

Documentary about her https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/movies/amber-the-girl-behind-the-alert/ae3a0a68-260b-3cac-925e-a762722a085f

3points

KimTx ‍️ 4 months ago

I also grew up neat Amber was taken. Went to school with her mother and aunt (my class). I hope one day they find the b*****d whom did it. God will deal with him, that's for certain!

2points

Agron54 4 months ago

California made a ridiculous thing called amber alerts, only for a specific ethnic group, because everything needs to be racialized.

0points

arthbach 4 months ago

We have 'amber alerts', but they are normally weather based, and have no relationship to child abduction. The lowest level of alert broadcast is the 'yellow alert' (very likely to happen). 'Amber' means it virtually guaranteed it will happen, and 'red' means there's a serious risk of loss of life.

0points

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained The guy who killed a japanese family, stayed hours inside the house with the corpses using their computer and eating their food. he even took a s**t and didn't flush the toilet. he left so much dna in the house and the police haven't found him.

(english isn't my first language so excuse any mistakes).

Hannah_own , Su San Lee Report

Final score:

129points

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tuzdayschild 4 months ago

No mistakes, well done.

92points

Nermalfan , Officer or employee of the United States Governmen Report

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained Brandon Swanson - he was on the phone with his father late one night after a car accident, said “Oh s**t!” and was never heard from again.

Final score:

119points

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Red PANda (she/they) 4 months ago

Relatable last words though

46points

My neighbor was beaten to death but he never admitted he was beaten while fighting for his life in the hospital. Even the nurse said it was obvious it wasn't just a fall. The police never started a case. That neighbor was very elderly and a sweetheart. He was murdered and the murderer is still there living free. Nobody cares and I'm disappointed in everyone involved. .

wrechin Report

Final score:

111points

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E.V. 4 months ago

Probably a family member. He wanted to protect them that's why he never said he was beaten.

108points

#10

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained Jack the Ripper's identity. Victorian London's most famous killer. Inspires countless stories and fascination. Women brutally murdered. Lots of apparent evidence. And despite all this.....noone can say for sure or even largely agree who he is! I work near Whirechapel too.....crazy the history there.

JewelerPowerful2993 , R. Taylor Report

Final score:

105points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 4 months ago

George Chapman, in my opinion. He fits best. Also, when he went to New York, the murders in London ended. Murders of street women in New York went up.

66points

sussyboingus , San Francisco Police Department Report

#11

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained Zodiac killer, mfer went around in a costume and wrote letters taunting the police and all sorts and they still aren’t sure for certain who dunnit.

Final score:

101points

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Jrog 4 months ago (edited)

Apparently the FBI had a lead suspect for a long time, connected through partial DNA match, weapon possession, match with composite portrait and even multiple confessions to relatives and friends who testified to investigators but the lead was not followed. After a whistleblower contacted a group of "internet detectives" about the evidence laying dormant, the case was brought to media attention and reopened in 2023. The suspect -who died in 2018 not before dispersing his conspicuous gun and assorted weapons collection- is named Gary Francis Poste, a former army technician involved in multiple suspicious deaths (a car crash and the homicide of his wife in a domestic violence incident).

107points

#12

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained The disappearance of the five Sodder children. Five of the family’s ten children vanished in a house fire on Christmas Eve, 1945. Their parents and siblings escaped, but no remains of the other five children were ever found. The fire did not burn that long or that hot; remains should have easily been found of at least some of the five children. The fire itself seemed suspicious, and the family believed the children were kidnapped.

Right_Sail_8616 , Unknown Report

Final score:

97points

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Bored something 4 months ago

Years later there was also a photo sent to the parents which looked like it could have been one of the children. They never gave up hope.

46points

#13

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained The Missy Bevers murder should have been solved a long time ago. Tons of video footage of the killer and their car, iirc.

ZeldaHylia: I can’t believe it hasn’t been solved. The killer is on video. I was always confused by why they said the killer looked female by the way they walked. Such a weird story. It had to be someone who knew her. You’d think someone in her life would recognize the person in the video.

Bigtomhead , Debby Hudson Report

Final score:

92points

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Upstaged75 4 months ago

The video of the person wandering around the church before she got there is chilling.

31points

#14

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained When I was a kid, over the course of like 10 years, a bunch of severed feet washed up upon the shores of Vancouver Island.

It was almost always one foot, in a shoe, like 3-5 years apart.

Super odd

Edit: since Aug 2007, 20 different feet have been recovered in the Salish sea region alone.

MajorRico155 , Lesly Derksen Report

Final score:

83points

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EliR 4 months ago (edited)

This is seen in a lot of places actually, usually near bridges and almost always in running and sport shoes. The most common theory is that they’re suicide victims who have jumped from bridges and as their bodies decompose their feet are protected by the shoes.

94points

ShittyDuckFace , Bernardino de Sahagún Report

#15

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained A bit off the cuff, but the Cocolitzli epidemics. This illness broke in Central America after Europeans made contact in the 16th century....and it destroyed entire villages; one epidemic killed 10-12 million people, even more than smallpox in the area. Absolute desolation.

No one knows what illness it was. Was it a hantavirus? Smallpox? Salmonella? Viral hemorrhagic fever? Why did it always appear after a drought? Where did it go? We will probably never know.

My favorite podcast, *This Podcast Will Kill You*, did an episode on Cocolitzli, going into detail about Contact and colonization and how & why there isn't much historical record on this.

For those who don't like to sleep at night

Final score:

80points

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Jrog 4 months ago (edited)

Latest studies basically confirm it was two different agents. First, Salmonella enterica; the bacteria DNA was found in the teeth of 31 skeletons throug MALT (metagenomic analysis), and it is known to cause paratyphoid fever, an illness that still kills about 30k people each year in places that have limited access to vaccine or antibiotics, or have abysmal health standards. It raged in the central american populations in 1545 in an higly viral form. Second, a proto-form of the smallpox virus (VARV). It is suspected to be one of many variants (among them, the common measles and smallpox) of the RPV, the bovine pest, that was endemic in Asia and Europe at the time. That specific strain does not exist anymore and has since been replaced by the form that evolved two centuries ago and spread worldwide before being eradicated by vaccines, but at the time for an unprotected population living in close quarters with debatable hygiene it spread quickly, sweeping through 1520s Mexico.

120points

Ok-Chicken213 , Los Angeles Police Department Report

#16

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained The Black Dahlia
It just seems so suspicious to me. It’s not everyday that a body just shows up cut in half, but there’s no blood in sight. If you read the page about the case from the FBI, something just doesn’t seem right.

Final score:

78points

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Red PANda (she/they) 4 months ago (edited)

That’s terrifying, especially knowing the condition of the corpse…(don’t try to look up any pictures of it if you don’t want nightmares, please please trust me on this…look up a description if you want to satisfy your curiosity)

39points

CalendarAggressive11 , Natalie Grainger Report

#17

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained In MA there was a young girl named Molly Bish that disappeared from her post as a lifeguard. Her body was found 3 years later. 24 years later and her killer has never been found.

Final score:

73points

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Savahax 4 months ago

Didn't know about her. Confirmed murder?

18points

out_for_blood , Clark Van Der Beken Report

#18

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained Bible John. It's insane that everyone who knew him covered for him. That's the only way he could've remained undetected.

For people who don't know, Bible John was a serial killer in 60s Scotland who had an extremely unique appearance, and it's pretty insane he was never caught.

Final score:

70points

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Jennifer Smith 4 months ago

I looked him up and he looks like an average guy to me

20points

Trumpsacriminal , Anonymous / Soviet investigators Report

#19

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained The Dyatlov Pass Incident.

Im aware of the new theory that recently has been presented, as a slab avalanche. But there are still questions that I don’t know.

Why was there high levels of radiation on the Hikers?

Why did they not die from impact from the slab avalanche? Most victims of such an avalanche are typically killed. Instead they cut the tent from the inside, and ran away. Also, wouldnt a slab avalanche push the tent? They are characterized by hard blocky material (had to google this)

I don’t fully accept the idea, but I’m open to having my mind changed.

Final score:

68points

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Jrog 4 months ago (edited)

The radiation has been explained. The victims lived downwind of the radioactive plume released by the Mayak plutonium plant explosion, two years before. One of them was involved in the cleanup efforts. Others lived in towns that sourced water from the Techa river, that in a spectacularly Russian fashion was used both to dump radioactive material and as a drinking water source.

75points

#20

JonBenét Ramsey

12345_PIZZA: The ransom note, to me, makes it so the only suspects are family members. That thing is just so long, so filled with movie like details, and so specific with John’s bonus. Plus it looks like Patsy’s handwriting.

Even so, I can’t think of any theory that makes total sense. If Burke did it on accident, why’d they send him to the neighbors since he could’ve let something slip? If John did it, would Patsy really help him cover it up? And if Patsy did it, how’d John seem to know right where the body was?

Switchgamer1970 Report

Final score:

63points

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Chewie Baron 4 months ago

I’m quite convinced by the theory that the brother did it, especially as it was known he had a very violent side to him.

35points

RainbowsandCoffee966 , Tristan Colangelo Report

#21

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained Carlene Tengelsen. In 1972 she disappeared after stopping by Westgate Mall here in Macon, Georgia. Carlene’s mom got a phone call from her youngest daughter, who was at a day camp. She called because Carlene hadn’t picked her up. Mr. Tengelsen found the car later that night. It was parked across the street from the mall at a doughnut shop. At the time, the police didn’t take her disappearance seriously, and assumed she ran away. Years later the police department issued a formal apology and admitted they dropped the ball. When Carlene’s parents moved away a year later, they asked a neighbor if they could keep a phone with Tengelsen’s telephone number at their house in case she ever called. Carlene never called.

Carlene Tengelsen’s Disappearance 52 years later.

Final score:

56points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 4 months ago

Reading the update made me cry. I can't imagine not knowing.

33points

AnonymousredditJo , US Federal Government Report

#22

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained The escaped prisoners of Alcatraz.

Themonsterkiddo: They most likely drowned. I’ve visited Alcatraz many times and that bay is treacherous. They used a makeshift raft at nighttime. The water in the bay is extremely cold, very choppy with strong currents, and San Francisco commonly has fog from night until morning. They probably got knocked over by a wave and died of hypothermia. If it was foggy they may not have even been able to see which direction the shore was and the darkness would only add to the confusion. It’s a super cool story but they most likely died in the ocean.

Final score:

53points

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liam newton-harding 4 months ago

Mythbusters proved that this was survivable. The FBI were REALLY focused on Angel Island, but the Mythbusters asked: why not aim for the Marin Headland, and use the current to get us there? And they did it. Plus, once escaped, it would be much easier to adopt a completely new identity, in that era.

86points

#23

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained The murder of Elizabeth Barraza.

It was caught on camera and the getaway vehicle was clearly seen. The murderer was speculated as being a woman or man in a wig. Truly bizarre.

cparksrun , IFCAR Report

Final score:

51points

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Jane Jayne Jain Jeign Jein 4 months ago

A woman or man - they really narrowed the field down with that lil nugget of deducting.

110points

#24

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained As a native of the Portland Oregon metro area, it's really sad that Kyron Horman's disappearance is still unsolved. He will be 21 this year. Disappeared at 7.

Ermes1234 , Adam Blank Report

Final score:

48points

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JoNo 4 months ago

The top unsolved mystery I think about is the disappearance of the three Beaumont children who went missing from an Adelaide suburban beach (in the state of South Australia). That was in January 1966. Nothing since. There's been theories of who took them and what happened, but no definitive answer and the case is still open. Their parents were left with no children and divorced in the following years. My heart ached that they never knew what happened, and for so many years up to their deaths, at 92 (mother in 2019) and 97 (father in 2023). Another mystery, though most Australians can surmise what happened, was the Australian Prime Minister (Harold Holt) going missing after swimming in rough ocean waters in December 1967. He was officially declared dead by drowning, though conspiracy theories abound.

38points

CougarWriter74 , Aleks Marinkovic Report

#25

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained Sneha Philip, the doctor who was last seen shopping at a store near her Lower Manhattan apartment the evening of Sept 10, 2001, but never returned home that night. Obviously, we all know what happened the next morning.

Her husband and family hired a private detective and fought to have a review of her case done for several years before she was officially named a 9/11 victim, even though there is no solid evidence to prove she was at or in the WTC at the time either plane struck or when the towers collapsed. BUT there's also no solid evidence to prove she WASN'T at the WTC either. It's so crazy. In a nutshell, there are about 4 or 5 theories on what happened to her and all of them are evenly plausible.

Final score:

45points

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Leah Brown 4 months ago

Michele Harris went missing September 11, 2001 from near Binghamton NY USA and has never been heard from or seen again. Many people think her husband used the chaos of the day to dispose of her. Possibly with the help of a good friend who owned many scrap and waste recycling yards.

15points

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#26

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained The lost A-bomb off the coast of America, which the US government said not to worry about in the 50's and tried to cover up. Was dumped in the ocean in an aviation accident and it's still lost to this day.

100x more powerful then what was dropped in Japan.

supaflashyxo , US Atomic Energy Commission Report

Final score:

43points

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Jrog 4 months ago

They found it in 2001 with modern hydrographic methods. It's firmly buried below 15 feet of silt at 70 feet deep, possibly leaking radiation. There is still one other missing airplane A-bomb laying in the Philippine Sea, east of Okinawa -where a fully armed US A4 Skyhawk fell off the carrier USS Ticonderoga while maneuvering for departure- and two atomic torpedoes laying with the USS Scorpion south-west of the Azores.

89points

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#27

Brian Shaffer's disappearance. He was in a bar and afterwards disappeared. Surveillance photos never show him exiting, but a search never found him. I don't remember the in depth details though.

Final score:

42points

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Meaghan Stewart 4 months ago

It reminds me of this one (restaurant?) worker who disappeared on shift and wasn’t see. Leaving on any of the cameras and then, iirc, they were found crushed and decomposed behind one of the fridges or something. Excuse the lack of clarity, just going off memory!

19points

#28

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained I was cycling home from work one day, I was 18 or 19. (This is in Ireland in the early 1980s). I thought I saw my first cousin walking along the path on the far side of the road. (He was living & working in a town about 25 miles away). So I went over to say hello.

It wasn't my cousin. It wasn't even anyone I knew. It wasn't anyone I had ever seen before. But he knew me, knew my name, knew where I was from, called me "*Mr [Loneswimmer]*".

I got utterly flustered and confused and embarassed and pretended I knew who he was and that I'd come over to say hello. So then I couldn't admit I had no idea who he was and I left after a brief exchange.

That was 40 years ago. I still have no idea who that was. I never saw him again. I could remember his face & voice for many years afterwards, I would even dream of him, but I've forgotten those now, except a vague sense.

LoneSwimmer , Fons Heijnsbroek Report

Final score:

41points

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ADJ 4 months ago

That is quite easily explainable, I too know many young people just because I know their parents, but I guess many of these young people do not know me. Especially nowadays when people publish photos all over net it is quite easy to recognise some youngster and call him by his name. Back in the day, it was harder, but not impossible.

30points

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#29

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained Where Josh Powell put Susan Powell’s body.

FunnyMiss: POS family is an understatement. It was truly insane what he did to her before and after her death. The poor social worker on the phone with another POS acting like she was overreacting and not taking the appropriate fast action.

I know 911 dispatchers are heroes 99 out of 100 times. The one time he wasn’t? A poor woman doing a job very few would ever want watched her charges die at the hands of their dad. I cannot imagine the anguish I’d feel after that.

CokeNSalsa , 112 Uttar Pradesh Report

Final score:

39points

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Alicia M 4 months ago

Josh Powell will go down in my book as one of the biggest POS's to ever live.

28points

#30

Sea people. An entire civilization who destroyed a couple of empires and very little is known about them. It’s still not even known if it was on specific group. There’s theories, but nothing really confirmed. Who they were, where they came from, their motivations, daily life, religion, etc. Just an entire group of people who brought down the lives of thousands, destroyed established, seasoned societies and armies, and we know very little facts about them. They are literally considered a possible huge figure in the late Bronze Age collapse and there’s just nothing known for sure.

EDIT: I meant there isn’t a lot we know for sure. Lots of theories and speculation using a lot of random puzzle pieces, but not much definitive conclusions. Don’t know too much about it so I’m inspired to look more now lol.

swaggysalamander Report

Final score:

33points

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Jrog 4 months ago

There is no comprehensive explanation, but some historically proven facts give a very good lead on the whole story. Let's follow the facts 1) In the late bronze age populations moved from Greece to current Palestine after a string of earthquakes destroyed Thebes, Mycenae, Pylos and several other major cities. 2) A couple centuries later, as documented by archaeological findings, droughts pushed several populations to move, among them said Greeks "expats", populations from northern Africa, Lybians and Nubians and other minor ethnic groups such as Teresh (prototurkish), Pelesets and Shardans. 3) The Sea People used wear Tereshi fashion, used African iconography, had greekish military practices, wore Peleset headwear and used Shardan blades. It's like the term "Sea People" relates to a loose cultural aggregation of such populations.

56points

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#31

Justin Richardson. He was in my class and went missing in 2001. It was the summer before 8th grade. The story I heard back then was just he went out to a woods party with some older friends and disappeared and he might have runaway to live with a supposed girlfriend he has in Chicago. It was a small town with not many families so it wasn’t uncommon to have friends older or younger so I didn’t think too much of it. Years later I got curious and read some of the news stories and it just seemed so much worse than I originally thought. The story doesn’t make any sense, three 18-21 year olds doing meth with a 13 year old. Two get separated so Justin and the remaining guy start searching for them covering well over 10 miles just walking back to town and then back to the forest to search more. Then they search the rest of the night and when the guy comes down off the meth he passes out for like 12 hours and when he wakes up Justin is gone. The original guys are found 15 miles south along the train tracks the next day. Then the theory somehow is Justin while his friend was sleeping decided to runaway to Chicago after being on [substances] all night walking around the forest? My guess is they murdered him and hid the body somewhere out in the forest which I think now is one of the leading theories.

Hi-Point_of_my_life Report

Final score:

17points

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#32

Ray Gricar. A journalist came close to solving it and was threatened by a very powerful man and dropped her investigation. What was he digging into and what happened.

Nena902 Report

Final score:

13points

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Crescent 3 4 months ago

He was the DA in Centre County, PA. There is also some speculation that his disappearance had to do with his investigation of reported child molestation by coaches at Penn State University. This was several years before the Jerry Sandusky scandal came to light.

6points

#33

If you are a Long Island serial killer fan, the whole Shannon Gilbert story is pretty strange. She was found dead in a field around Gilgo Beach after running around a neighborhood naked. She called 911 and said some weird stuff like they are going to kill me but investigators think she just had a psychotic episode, ran into the marsh land and died of the cold. Her death and body helped identify there was a serial killer in Gilgo Beach. He was eventually was caught last year and is now suspected as being one of the most prolific SKs in American history.

phaskellhall Report

Final score:

12points

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CanadianDimes 4 months ago

The use of the word "fan" here is disturbing

24points

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#34

The yogurt shop murders in Austin, Texas back in 1991. “The 1991 Austin yogurt shop killings are an unsolved quadruple homicide which took place at an I Can't Believe It's Yogurt! shop in Austin, Texas, United States on Friday, December 6, 1991. The victims were four teenage girls: 13-year-old Amy Ayers, 17-year-old Eliza Thomas, 17-year-old Jennifer Harbison, and Jennifer's 15-year-old sister Sarah. Jennifer and Eliza were the shop employees, while Sarah and her friend Amy were in the shop to get a ride home with Jennifer after it closed at 11:00 pm. Approximately one hour before closing time, a man who had tried to hustle customers in his queue was permitted to use the toilet in the back, which took a very long time and may have jammed a rear door open. A couple who left the shop just before 11:00 pm, when Jennifer locked the front door to prevent more customers from entering, reported seeing two men at a table acting furtively.”.

Final score:

12points

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Sherribobbins 4 months ago

I went to high school with the three older girls. It's very sad. My then room mate (I was a few years older than the girls) and I were at Denny's that night drinking coffee and acting cool, and drove by I Can't Believe it's Not Yogurt, on the way home. There was a TON of police, ambulances and fire personnel there. I remember my roommate and I trying to figure out what had happened. It was a safe area of town and I had been to that shop dozens and dozens of times, as well as the mall and the pizza place. There's still many people in Austin who want answers.

9points

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#35

The death of Cindy James. She was harassed multiple times through phone calls, house fires, phone lines being cut, and dead animals being left outside her apartment. Even though she moved apartments multiple times, she was continually harassed, and police and private investigator couldn’t figure out who harassed her. Cindy suddenly died, even though she was happy the morning of her death and showed no signs of depression.

Here’s a great podcast episode about it.

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12points

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Red PANda (she/they) 4 months ago

Being happy doesn’t mean you’re not depressed. She could have been happy cuz she knew it was all gonna be over soon.

22points

#36

A red panda went missing from the Norfolk, VA zoo...never found a trace of it.

Also, Jon Bennet Ramsey murder.

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Red PANda (she/they) 4 months ago

NOOOOO that was my cousin 😔

34points

#37

This dude got lost in the catacombs, and they found camera footage of his journey, but at some point he drops the camera and just starts to run.
As far as I know, nobody has found out wtf happened to him.

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11points

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Jrog 4 months ago

OP could have been more vague by replacing "catacombs" with "somewhere" and "camera" with "thingy".

24points

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#38

Johnny Gosch paper boy who went missing during his route in west des moines iowa. he was seen talking to a police officer under the bleachers at a game and asked to go on his route alone. he was told no but went anyways. he was seen giving directions to someone and his dog was found attached to the wagon he used for the papers. no one knows where he is but it's suspected he was sold into trafficking and is in hiding now. his mother noreen has claimed to have seen him as an adult. it's so eerie. he was also one of the first milk carton kids i believe.

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Manny 4 months ago

Etan Patz (1985) Etan Patz, first missing kid on a milk carton . New York New York State United States, 1985.

7points

#39

IMO it's a tie between Jimmy Hoffa & DB Cooper. Hoffa's body was allegedly buried by the mafia (some say underneath either old Yankee Stadium or NY Giants field). Cooper hijacked a plane, jumping out with thousands of $$$'s. And all have to go on is a sketch of his face.

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10points

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Tobias Reaper 4 months ago

come on we all know DB Cooper was Loki and he just went back to Asgard

14points

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#40

People Are Pointing Out 30 Mysterious Events That Are Still Unexplained The girl I knew who disappeared without a trace in 1989, when we were 12/13 years old. She was a good kid, not the type to run away or anything; most likely was abducted and murdered, by the same couple who killed a few other girls in the area around that time. She was walking home from school, and her keys were found later near a wooded area - then her backpack was found in a nearby creek.

FBI page here

And speculative theories here

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#41

Jody huisentruit. She was a local news anchor who was kidnapped and presumed dead. There's a lot of stories from folks back then about police involvement and her owing a d**g debt. She was well liked so that story is seen as kind of s******g on her memory, but I've personally heard stories from several people that all kind of say the same thing.

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Alicia M 4 months ago

I remember when this happened and I have thought of her from time to time over the years. Really sad it's not been solved.

4points

#42

One that really messed me up when I read it was this old case of the Mattoon, IL, gasser. Someone was spraying some sort of noxious gas into people’s windows at night. It turned into mass hysteria. It f****d me up when I learned about it because one, it’s super creepy, and two, it violates your sense of feeling safe, just sleeping at night with your windows open trying to get some fresh air in a time before AC, only to be gassed by some creep.

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Jrog 4 months ago (edited)

It didn't turn into mass hysteria. It was a textbook case of mass hysteria form the very beginning. Someone starts claiming a wild theory, other people link unrelated events to said theory and create a reinforcing feedback loop. In no time the wild theory becomes a "fact" and more people connect their experience to the theory, losing view of the most obvious explanation. It's the way most conspiracy theories form.

15points

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#43

My friend was killed in a home burglary. She was a photographer and she had cameras in her house. They never caught the people who did it and the police haven ever said s**t about it.
Absolutely not one update since her murder and it’s been a while.

Final score:

6points

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Pyla 4 months ago

Like I said before, unless you have a copshop with a cold case group and a fire under their buns, they won't do c**p.

3points

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Charlotte A. 4 months ago

I wish more of these were written in the assumption that not everyone knows what the OP is talking about. And when BP does compilations like this I wish they'd add info to the unclear ones instead of just copy/paste everything.

27points

Eunice Probert 4 months ago

I agree! They assume that everyone is from the USA and knows about the murders.

8points

Stacy Jones 4 months ago

I'm kinda glad, I've spent the whole morning researching mysteries I didn't even know about. It's been a really enlightening morning. But I get what you're saying, these short entries don't give you a lot of information.

0points

Bryn 4 months ago

Google is a thing you know...

-3points

Debbie 4 months ago (edited)

Madeleine Mc Cann https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdwijning_van_Madeleine_McCann And Natalee Holloway, although the last one is short of resolved: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/18/us/joran-van-der-sloot-natalee-holloway-plea-wednesday/index.html

13points

Aussiegirl 4 months ago

I thought of Madeleine McCann as well

5points

Shark Lady 4 months ago

The police/authorities etc often "know" who committed loads of crimes but, certainly in the UK, won't go to trial if they don't think their evidence can get over the 'beyond reasonable doubt' threshold. It sucks and a lot of time the police are blamed, but if the evidence isn't there, what can they do. If a suspect chooses to do a "no comment" interview, which most solicitors advise, it makes it even more difficult.

6points

Dan Flo 4 months ago

The Sandby Borg Massacre in Sweden. 1500 years later, and still no clue what the hel happened: https://www.world-archaeology.com/features/the-sandby-borg-massacre/

6points

Eunice Probert 4 months ago

It is astonishing how many murders have gone unsolved because they police didn't care and made no attempt to work on them.

6points

Moosy Girl 4 months ago

Or sometimes because they did care but got hindered every step of the way by forces out of their control.

3points

Dumb teenager 4 months ago

Well that was depressing. I’d kind of hoped it would be more about natural phenomena like ball lighting and stuff, but I guess it matched the title

6points

Nils Skirnir 4 months ago

Before DNA testing, CCTV, national databases, etc both the rate of reporting and solving of disappearances/murders was quite low. Under 50% in many places based on recent estimates. Anecdotally most every town I’ve lived in has stories of missing people.

4points

Roland Nijveld 4 months ago (edited)

Eefke Wolf. 25 year old woman who went missing in 1983 in The Netherlands. Was seen walking out of the door at work with her helmet, going towards her moped. Next day she didn't arrive at work and it was discovered her moped was still there untouched. only clue is that she told her parent she would sleep at work and said to co workers she would go home. So might had a secret appointment with someone.

2points

Lucky2BAlive 4 months ago

Cyber Sleuth Alert. One missing is one of the longest unsolved mysteries in the history of NJ. It’s the Judith Kavanaugh murder. Anyone who could be hurt by the conclusion has passed on. But it would be great to solve it. I know how I would feel about it.

2points

RAM31280 4 months ago

No mention of the Lane Bryant murders in Tinley Park, IL. 5 women murdered 2/2/2008, and 1 injured. The lone gunman got away and the case has long since gone cold.

2points

Mavis 4 months ago (edited)

The West Memphis Three. I watched the movie Devils Knot not knowing anything about the case and found it fascinating and awful.

2points

Bored something 4 months ago

Ì have always wondered about the Marie Celeste, the princes in the tower, as a kid I had only ever read that Richard III killed them or had them killed, as an adult I lean towards that he didn't. Also Maura Murray's disappearance, and the Yuba county 5, that's a weird one.

2points

Lorraine R 4 months ago

Lucy Worsley did an excellent hour on the two princes; she doesn't come to any specific conclusion, but I came away with the conclusion that the bones found in the 17th century should be tested for DNA. Also, I read an explanation for the Mary Celeste: she was carrying a volatile cargo, which they thought had become unstable, so the crew and passengers quickly evacuated to a boat they carried onboard, and tied the boat to the ship with a rope at what they hoped was a safe distance if the cargo exploded; they intended to re-board after they were certain the cargo was stable again, but somehow the two vessels became detached and the boat was stranded with no way to get back to the ship.

0points

SkyyCaramba 4 months ago

spreading awareness about this thing that never got resolved: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/silver-alert-canceled-for-missing-88-year-old-dallas-woman/3581450/ if you see it, please please please make sure to call

1point

Brian Droste 4 months ago

There was the Burger Chef murders that took plac in1978 in Speedway Indiana. 4 young employee were found murdered. I believe there were suspects no actual proof who did it. It is still unsolved to this day.

1point

Bongokittycat 4 months ago

Quite a few of these have featured on Expedition Unknown with Josh Gates, well worth a watch! And for me also, it would be Madeline McCann and Jack the Ripper, I have some sixth sense and have my own theories on both, but won't bore you. Lol.

1point

RageOfAquarius 4 months ago

One of my favorite shows! Totally worth a watch for anyone who likes mysteries or archaeology.

1point

The Doom Song 4 months ago

The disappearance of Australian prime minister Harold Holt....

1point

Bored something 4 months ago

He was mentioned along with the Beaumont children.

3points

distant_echo 4 months ago

Elisa Lam

0points

ronniebeaton00 4 months ago

My favourite unsolved mystery is the that of the Legio IX Hispana - the 9th Spanish Legion. In early 1st century AD, the legion marched from their garrison at Eboracum (present day York) into what is now Scotland and disappeared from the historical record. That's over 5000 men. Vanished into thin air.

0points

BarkingSquirell 4 months ago

I found it difficult to upvotes posts about such horrific events. I'll save them for the cats and nature photos.

0points

Lorraine R 4 months ago

Then there's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Were they really killed in a hail of bullets in South America, or did they make their way back to the States eventually and live in obscurity until they died? There are aguments on both sides.

0points

Stacy Jones 4 months ago

Some of these are so heartrending, but it is good to remember that new mysteries are being solved every day. We even now know who the Somerton Man was, Charles Webb, for crying out loud. The Boy in the Box, I didn't think that one even could be solved after so long, but he has a name now, Joseph Augustus Zarelli. So I do think these will all eventually be solved.

0points

T'Mar of Vulcan 4 months ago

I always wondered if they ever found Kobie Hammond, a toddler who went missing at a rest stop in South Africa in the '70s. His parents were unpacking the car or something and he was toddling around. They heard and saw nothing, but when they looked for him he was just gone. They assumed someone had stopped, grabbed him and just driven off. I've never been able to find anything about this case online. I only know about it because I read about the case in a magazine many years ago.

0points

athornedrose 4 months ago

what happened to hakeem pinckney? how were the medical facility, PMPED, and court systems involved? why have we heard so much about the other murdaugh firm clients and so little about what happened to him?

0points

Zephyr343 4 months ago

I was always concerned the Delphi murders would not be solved. Right now though, I want to know what happened to Jacob Yoblonski from Wisconsin. Missing for over a year

0points

Game Guy 4 months ago

Surprised Jodi Huissentruit isn't in there. News anchor for KIMT in Mason City Iowa. On her way in to work one morning, disappeared between her apartment and the station. Found some of her stuff on the ground next to her car, but never found a trace of her.

0points

Flarpel Blarpel 4 months ago

i have a bunch 1. the murder of Jeannette DePalma 2. the disappearance of the Roanoke 3. The alphabet killer

0points

Moosy Girl 4 months ago

My once favourite uncle, who was loved by everyone, spent a few years in Australia, came back, stopped speaking to most of our family, started abusing his parents and then shot himself in the face (he survived). Nobody knows why.

0points

Trisec Tebeakesse 4 months ago

Susan Taraskawicz, Revere MA (1992). She was a year ahead of me at Saugus High School. https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mother-still-seeking-answers-30-years-after-daughters-death/2835024/

0points

Jess Smith 4 months ago

When I was a baby, my mom left a credit card out near me, does something for a bit and then the card is gone. Oh, well, it probably went somewhere, right? Doesn't show up. Maybe it's hidden? We moved later, no credit card. It's gone and there is a very slim chance I have a *very* expired credit card in me.

0points

Kat 4 months ago

The Belgian terrorist group 'bende van Nijvel' who robbed and murdered in the 80's ... Strong links to the federal police , never solved

0points

Moosy Girl 4 months ago

Our very own bottomless well of conspiracy theories!

1point

Mark Karol-Chik 4 months ago

Back in 1983, in the Denver metro area, there were a couple of families who were killed during the night by an intruder with a blunt instrument. This was never solved.

0points

Amy Smith 4 months ago (edited)

I don't think Thelma Todd killed herself. Although like someone like Robin Williams, people often can and do seem fine before hurting themselves in some way, I honestly think there's something else there, it's just that in the 1930s I suppose the technology wasn't there to prove otherwise. Also, Andrew Gosden, kid just vanished into thin air.

0points

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Charlotte A. 4 months ago

27points

Eunice Probert 4 months ago

I agree! They assume that everyone is from the USA and knows about the murders.

8points

Stacy Jones 4 months ago

0points

Bryn 4 months ago

Google is a thing you know...

-3points

Debbie 4 months ago (edited)

13points

Aussiegirl 4 months ago

I thought of Madeleine McCann as well

5points

Shark Lady 4 months ago

6points

Dan Flo 4 months ago

The Sandby Borg Massacre in Sweden. 1500 years later, and still no clue what the hel happened: https://www.world-archaeology.com/features/the-sandby-borg-massacre/

6points

Eunice Probert 4 months ago

It is astonishing how many murders have gone unsolved because they police didn't care and made no attempt to work on them.

6points

Moosy Girl 4 months ago

Or sometimes because they did care but got hindered every step of the way by forces out of their control.

3points

Dumb teenager 4 months ago

Well that was depressing. I’d kind of hoped it would be more about natural phenomena like ball lighting and stuff, but I guess it matched the title

6points

Nils Skirnir 4 months ago

4points

Roland Nijveld 4 months ago (edited)

2points

Lucky2BAlive 4 months ago

2points

RAM31280 4 months ago

No mention of the Lane Bryant murders in Tinley Park, IL. 5 women murdered 2/2/2008, and 1 injured. The lone gunman got away and the case has long since gone cold.

2points

Mavis 4 months ago (edited)

The West Memphis Three. I watched the movie Devils Knot not knowing anything about the case and found it fascinating and awful.

2points

Bored something 4 months ago

2points

Lorraine R 4 months ago

0points

SkyyCaramba 4 months ago

1point

Brian Droste 4 months ago

1point

Bongokittycat 4 months ago

1point

RageOfAquarius 4 months ago

One of my favorite shows! Totally worth a watch for anyone who likes mysteries or archaeology.

1point

The Doom Song 4 months ago

The disappearance of Australian prime minister Harold Holt....

1point

Bored something 4 months ago

He was mentioned along with the Beaumont children.

3points

distant_echo 4 months ago

Elisa Lam

0points

ronniebeaton00 4 months ago

0points

BarkingSquirell 4 months ago

I found it difficult to upvotes posts about such horrific events. I'll save them for the cats and nature photos.

0points

Lorraine R 4 months ago

0points

Stacy Jones 4 months ago

0points

T'Mar of Vulcan 4 months ago

0points

athornedrose 4 months ago

0points

Zephyr343 4 months ago

I was always concerned the Delphi murders would not be solved. Right now though, I want to know what happened to Jacob Yoblonski from Wisconsin. Missing for over a year

0points

Game Guy 4 months ago

0points

Flarpel Blarpel 4 months ago

i have a bunch 1. the murder of Jeannette DePalma 2. the disappearance of the Roanoke 3. The alphabet killer

0points

Moosy Girl 4 months ago

0points

Trisec Tebeakesse 4 months ago

Susan Taraskawicz, Revere MA (1992). She was a year ahead of me at Saugus High School. https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/mother-still-seeking-answers-30-years-after-daughters-death/2835024/

0points

Jess Smith 4 months ago

0points

Kat 4 months ago

The Belgian terrorist group 'bende van Nijvel' who robbed and murdered in the 80's ... Strong links to the federal police , never solved

0points

Moosy Girl 4 months ago

Our very own bottomless well of conspiracy theories!

1point