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Kaspar Hauser: The 1820s unidentified boy mysteriously appears only to be murdered just 5 years later

In 1828, a 16-year-old boy named Kaspar Hauser mysteriously appeared in Germany claiming to have been raised his entire life in a dark cell. Five years later, he was murdered just as mysteriously, and his identity remains unknown.

bySeig Lu

November 11, 2022 11:08 pm

The unsolved locked room murder of Joe Elwell, 1920

On June 11, 1920, Joseph Bowne Elwell was killed in a room that was locked from the inside. So how did his death happen?

byNash El

November 5, 2022 6:22 am

The unsolved mystery of the Marilyn Sheppard murder case

In 1954, an Osteopath Sam Sheppard of a prestigious Cleveland clinic was convicted guilty of killing his pregnant…

byNash El

November 4, 2022 6:13 am

What happened to Michael Rockefeller after his boat capsized near Papua New Guinea?

Michael Rockefeller went missing in Papua New Guinea back in 1961. He's said to have drowned after trying to swim to shore from capsized boat. But there're some interesting twists in this case.

byNash El

October 21, 2022 11:47 am

Reincarnation: The strange case of James Arthur Flowerdew

Flowerdew was haunted by visions of a city surrounded by deserts for many years.

bySeig Lu

October 21, 2022 11:48 am

Did British explorer Alfred Isaac Middleton discover a mysterious lost city?

The mysterious disappearance of Alfred Isaac Middleton. Where're the missing city of Dawleetoo and the casket of gold?

bySeig Lu

October 21, 2022 11:48 am

Black snow mountains Telefon Bay volcanic crater, Deception Island, Antarctica. © Shutterstock

Lost by Deception Island: The strange case of Edward Allen Oxford

Edward Allen Oxford was marooned for two years during the end of World War I on what he claimed to have been marooned for no more than six weeks on an inhabitable tropical island off the coast of Antarctica. Officials called him 'insane'.

bySeig Lu

October 21, 2022 11:48 am

Who was Valiant Thor – the stranger in the Pentagon?

Valiant Thor, the extraterrestrial who lived and advised at the Pentagon for three years in the 1950s. He met with President Eisenhower, as well as the vice-president at the time, Richard Nixon, to warn something.

bySeig Lu

October 21, 2022 11:48 am

Andrew Crosse and the perfect insect: The man who accidentally created life!

Andrew Crosse, an amateur scientist, made the unthinkable happen 180 years ago: he accidently created life. He never explicitly stated that his little creatures were conjured from the aether, but he was never able to discern where they originated from if they weren't produced from the aether.

byNash El

October 21, 2022 11:48 am

The unexplained disappearance of Paula Jean Welden © Image Credit: HIO

Paula Jean Welden’s mysterious disappearance still haunts the town of Bennington

Paula Jean Welden was an American college student who disappeared in December 1946, while walking on Vermont's Long Trail hiking route. Her mysterious disappearance led to the creation of the Vermont State Police. However, Paula Welden has never been found since, and the case has left behind only a few bizarre theories.

bySeig Lu

October 21, 2022 11:48 am

Who killed Kelly Cook, the backup babysitter?

15-year-old Kelly Cook vanished from her home in Alberta in 1981, considering one of the province's most high-profile incidents.

byLeo De

October 21, 2022 11:48 am

The Boy in the Box: ‘America’s Unknown Child’ is still unidentified

The "Boy in the Box" had died of blunt force trauma, and was bruised in many places, but none of his bones had been broken. There were no signs that the unidentified boy had been raped or sexually assaulted in any way. The case remains unsolved to this day.

bySeig Lu

October 21, 2022 11:49 am