Within the basement of the Catacombs of Lima, lie the remains of affluent residents of the city who held the belief that they would be the final ones to find eternal rest in their expensive burial sites.
While some believe the story of Margorie McCall, the “Lady with the Ring,” is true, others believe a lack of evidence and burial records suggest the legend of the Lurgan woman who survived premature burial is mere folklore.
Evelyn Hartley's disappearance sparked a search involving 2,000 people. In the first year following her disappearance, investigators questioned more than 3,500 people.
David Glenn Lewis was identified after 11 years, when a police officer discovered a photograph of his distinctive glasses in an online missing-persons report.
A novel nematode species from the Siberian permafrost shares adaptive mechanisms for cryptobiotic survival.
Louis Le Prince was the first person to create moving pictures—but he mysteriously disappeared in 1890, and his fate is still unknown.
Within hours of completing a million-dollar business transaction in Toronto, entertainment tycoon Ambrose Small mysteriously disappeared. Despite an international search, no trace of him was ever found.
The Book of Soyga is a 16th century manuscript on demonology that was written in Latin. But the reason it's so mysterious is that we have no idea who actually wrote the book.
Researchers created a 3D image of a Bronze Age woman who was likely part of Europe's "Bell Beaker" culture.
Some believe that it is a natural rock formation, while others claim that it is an ancient statue that was carved by an unknown civilization lost to time.