Unsolved Mysteries

PEOPLE

Silent-film star Marie Empress boarded the RMS Orduña in 1919, entered her cabin, and vanished without a trace, leaving behind one of cinema’s most enduring mysteries, baffling investigators ever since.

THINGS

In early September 1944, Mattoon, Illinois, found itself at the center of one of America's strangest mysteries. Residents began reporting nighttime attacks involving a sweet-smelling gas that allegedly left victims nauseated, weak, and temporarily unable to move. Within days, newspapers across the country were covering the bizarre story, turning the "Mad Gasser" into a nationwide sensation.

THINGS

Phar Lap was a living legend as one of the greatest race horses of all time when a mysterious tragedy struck

PEOPLE

Weeks before the assassination of President Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald travelled to Mexico City. The purpose of his trip and what happened there are still shrouded in mystery.

EXPERIENCE

As a kid, my brother would talk about "the man in the hat" whenever he was at my grandma’s house. Years later, we made a disturbing discovery.

THINGS

"People don't just love mysteries. They are obsessed with them—especially the kind that are never definitively solved"—Karin Slaughter Throughout time, there have been occurrences in history and nature that seem completely unexplainable—whether it be a...



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