On November 24, 1971, a man who identified himself as “Dan Cooper” boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 305. The short flight was scheduled to go from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle, Washington, in only half an hour. However, Cooper had other plans for the commercial jetliner. Once the plane was in the …
Read MoreCynthia Anderson mysteriously vanished from her job as a secretary at a law firm in August 1981. She had received threatening phone calls from a stranger for months leading up to her disappearance, and authorities immediately assumed that foul play was responsible for Anderson vanishing. However, the lack of physical …
Read MoreOn February 1, 1959, nine hikers in the Dyatlov Pass went missing. An investigation found that the group made camp on a slope in a remote region of Dyatlov, made themselves dinner, and seemingly went to bed as normal. However, at some point in the evening, something disturbed the group …
Read MoreOn December 1, 1948, a pair of joggers on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia, noticed a man lying on the sand. The man was well-dressed and appeared to be relaxing under the warm summer sun. They paid the figure no mind and continued on their morning jog. When they returned …
Read MoreOn August 6, 1930, a New York State Supreme Court Justice named Joseph F. Crater disappeared without a trace from New York City. Crater’s disappearance caused a media sensation and received massive publicity, but his whereabouts and ultimate fate remain a mystery. What happened that late summer day in NYC, …
Read MoreOn the evening of March 18, 1984, Ezaki Glico CEO Katsuhisa Ezaki was taking a relaxing bath. Two armed, masked men broke into his home and kidnapped him, shocking his mother, wife, and children, who were all home at the time. The assailants sent Ezaki’s company, Japanese candy manufacturer Glico, …
Read MoreThe bizarre death of Michelle von Emster continues to confound investigators. Was her death a freak accident, or was she the victim of a brutal murder? On Friday, April 15, 1994, in San Diego, California, surfers noticed a strange shape in the water that two seagulls were resting on. Upon …
Read MoreThree women that disappeared from Springfield, Missouri, in the summer of 1992. They have become known as The Springfield Three. Over a quarter-century ago, they vanished from one of the girl’s homes just one day after two of them graduated high school and have never been seen since. A Mysterious …
Read MoreBorn George Keefer Brewster, the actor George Reeves was once best remembered for his role as the title character in the TV series Adventures of Superman. In the modern era, however, he’s remembered more due to the mysterious circumstances of his death in 1959. George Reeves’ Acting Career Born in …
Read MoreA ring with a big blue sapphire has earned a teenaged murder victim the nickname of “Princess Blue” and, along with other jewelry, comprises the only strong identifying clues investigators have in trying to solve a nearly 30-year-old mystery. Man finds a pile of bones On September 10, 1990, in …
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