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Historical mysteries iceberg is an iceberg chart topic. On r/IcebergCharts, the highest-scoring available chart on it, "Historical Mysteries", was posted by u/JohnCallahan98 on 30 July 2021 and had about 504 upvotes when it was collected.[1] A text version, "Ultimate Historical Mysteries and Oddities" by insomniatv1337, is hosted on IcebergThreads, where it had 764 views as of 29 October 2026.[2]

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"Historical Mysteries" by u/JohnCallahan98 (30 July 2021)

Tiers[edit]

Tiers and entries from the IcebergThreads version[2]. Notes after a dash are shortened from the author's explanations.

One - Common Culture[edit]

  • Alcatraz Escapees – In the early morning of June 12, 1962, a prison guard at Alcatraz went to rouse a sleeping prisoner. When he shook him, the man's head tumbled out of the bed onto the floor. It was discovered that…
  • Amelia Earhart – Amelia Earhart planned to be the first woman to fly around the world. Unfortunatley for her, she would disappear while on her journey in 1937. While a search was carried out to find her and navigator…
  • Amityville Horror – In November of 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his parents and four younger siblings in cold blood insider their family home in Amityville, New York. In December of 1975, the Lutz family moved into…
  • Anti-Stratfordian Theory – For the last 500 years, Shakespeare has been credited with writing 39 plays, 154 sonnets and a selection of other works. However, Anti-Stratfordian theories refers to the fact that many believe…
  • Area 51 – Beginning in the 1940s, Area 51 is an American military based shrouded in secrecy. Initially built to test Lockheed planes and other top secret military equipment, it has become the subject of many…
  • Ark of the Covenant – The Ark remains one of the most mysterious biblical artifacts. Said to be a wooden chest covered in gold and ornatley designed, it houses the original stone tablets upon which the Ten Commandments…
  • Assassination (and Life) of Rasputin – Rasputin was as mysterious a man in life as he was in death. Rising from peasant to one of the most powerful men in Russia, he used a mix of spirituality and occultism to secure his power. Shortly…
  • Atlantis – An ancient island mentioned in the works of Plato and said to have sunken underwater. While almost definitely an allegory, some believe it to be more than fiction.
  • Babushka Lady – A woman seen on the Grassy Knoll at the assassination of JFK. She is believed to have either witnessed, recorded or even been involved in the death. There are many conspiracies surrounding her…
  • Beaumont Children – In 1966, three young children, Jane, Arnna and Grant Beaumont, went to a beach nearby their southern Australia home. It was a trip that they would never return from and to this day, they remain…
  • Bermuda Triangle – The Bermuda Triangle is a section of ocean in the Atlantic which many claim to be linked to numerous disappearances and supernatural occurrences. Beginning with the USS Cyclops, several ships and…
  • Biggie & Tupac Drive-Bys – By the mid-1990s, rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. (or Biggie Smalls) were at the top of their game. However, on September 13, 1996, Shakur was gunned down in a drive-by shooting at a Las…
  • Black Dahlia – In early 1947, the body of Elizabeth Short was found just a few feet from a neighbourhood sidewalk. Her body had been surgically cut in half and completely drained of blood, and a letter later sent…
  • Blame the Jews Rhetoric – The idea that, in every circumstance, there is always a way to blame it on the Jewish. There is, not surprisingly, a large number of texts preaching antisemitism based on fabricated myths of Jewish…
  • Blarney Stone – Sitting within the walls of Ireland's Blarney Castle is the Blarney Stone, a block of limestone said to give visitors the gift of the gab. The stone was set into the castle in 1446 and while the word…
  • Bobby Dunbar – In 1912, Bobby Dunbar disappeared into the wilderness. Eight months later, he was found, though this little boy was in the care of a woman who claimed he was not Dunbar, but rather her son, Bruce…
  • Borden Murders – In 1892, Lizzie Borden claimed to have found her father and stepmother murdered in the home she shared with them. It was clear that they had been killed via axe and when it was unclear who had killed…
  • Brown-Goldman Murders – On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and friend Ron Goldman were found stabbed to death outside her Los Angeles home. Brown had been married to football player O.J. Simpson, but the…
  • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – In 1907, outlaws Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid left for Bolivia, looking to leave behind a life of crime for honest work. But in 1908, a robbery outside of San Vincente left locals pointing to…
  • Cain's Jawbone – A murder mystery novel/puzzle originally published in 1934 which has only been solved by four people in the decades since.
  • Cambrian Explosion – Around 540 million years ago, there was a sudden surge in the amount of animals and plant life on the planet, as displayed in the fossil record. No one is sure what exactly caused this explosion of…
  • Catacombs of Paris – Just under Paris are miles and miles of tunnels filled with the skeletal remains of about six million people. The Catacombs are so confusing that many areas are closed off to tourists and it is…
  • Christmas Truce – December of 1914 saw the first Christmas of WWI, a date that many soldiers spent in the trenches. Already a few months into fighting, many armies had begun to face exhaustion on both sides. With…
  • Chupacabra – The Chupacabra, literally meaning goat-sucker, is a Latin-American cryptid said to drink the blood of farm animals. The first case of the creature was said to be in the 1970s, but the first reported…
  • Cocaine Bear – Not unlike the movie, a black bear in Georgia consumed a massive amount of cocaine dropped by smugglers. Unlike the movie, the bear ended up dying of an overdose before it went on a rampage.
  • Cottingley Fairies – Two young girls claimed to have found fairies while exploring the woods one day. When no one believed them, they returned with photographs of them with the fairies. They gained widespread attention,…
  • Creationists – Creationism is the belief that the world was created by a higher power, usually referring to Christian belief in the story of Genesis. Creationists refers to those who strongly believe in what's…
  • Crop Circles – A crop circle is an area of field that has been flattened to create a pattern. Most often seen during the latter half of the 20th century as "proof" of alien visitation, they began appearing…
  • D.B. Cooper – On a plane in 1971, an unknown man informed a stewardess that he had a bomb and demanded $200 000 and a parachute. Upon receiving the money, he jumped from the plane. Since then, neither him, his…
  • Dancing Plague of 1518 – In Summer of 1518, Strasbourg was suddenly struck by a plague. Not one of illness, but rather of dancing. In the street, one woman randomly broke out into dance and could not control herself. For a…
  • Dead Sea Scrolls – The Dead Sea Scrolls are some of the oldest written texts and are important in biblical history. Despite this, the origin of the scrolls and who wrote them remains unknown.
  • Death of Houdini – On Halloween of 1926, Houdini died of peritonitis after taking a punch to the gut. This was a common trick Houdini performed, though this time he had been hit before he could brace himself. However,…
  • Devil's Footprints – In the fresh morning snow on a day in 1855, residents in Devon, England awoke to find hoof-like marks spanning across 40-100 miles. The prints were not only on the ground, but on roofs and other…
  • Dingo Ate My Baby! – An infamous pop culture joke, people often forget that it began with the death of Azaria Chamberlain. In August of 1980, Azaria's parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, took the baby with them on a…
  • Donner Party – In 1846, a group of pioneers were on their way to California when they became stranded in the woods. Stuck in the wild over the course of the winter, the party slowly ran out of food. While some…
  • Door to Hell – How the Darvaza Gas Crater formed remains a mystery, but how it lit on fire in 1971 and has continuously burned since is not. Located in the Turkmenistan desert, the crater was discovered likely in…
  • Dorothy Arnold – In December of 1910, Dorothy Arnold left her family home and never returned. The 25-year-old heiress had left to buy a dress, declining multiple offers of company and telling her mother she would…
  • Drowning of Natalie Wood – Natalie Wood was an actress who received a premonition when she was young that she would drown in dark water, instilling a lifelong fear in her. While she avoided water the majority of her life, she…
  • Dyatlov Pass – In 1959, nine hikers disappeared while hiking in the Ural Mountains. When their bodies were found, the injuries and campsite were found to be highly suspicious. It was unclear the exact circumstances…
  • Edinburgh Castle – Edinburgh Castle has a notorious reputation for hauntings. Many have claimed to spot a headless drummer, the Lady in Grey and even Mary, Queen of Scots herself. Even discounting its long supernatural…
  • El Dorado – In the 16th century, Spanish colonists in South America reported a city of legend. It was so rich with gold that the king would cover himself head to toe in gold dust before diving into a sacred pool…
  • Elephant Man – Joseph Merrick was a man in the late 19th century who developed a strange condition (likely the rare Proteus syndrome) and subsequently became a 'freak'. He was known as the 'Elephant Man' for the…
  • Fiji Mermaid – Originally exhibited as a part of Barnum's American Museum, the Fiji Mermaid was passed off as the mummified body of a real mermaid. It was not realized until later that P.T. Barnum had attached the…
  • Flannan Isles Mystery – James Ducat, Thomas Marshall, and Donald McArthur were three lighthouse keepers working on the isle of Eilean Mòr off the Northwestern coast of Scotland. The three were experienced, which surprised…
  • Flight 19 – In December of 1945, five torpedo bombers carrying fourteen men mysteriously vanished while flying over the Bermuda Triangle (see tier 1). The men were all experienced pilots who were flying on a…
  • Fountain of Youth – A mythical fountain said to restore the youth of anyone who drinks from it. It has appeared in many pieces of literature dating back to Ancient Greece, though the most famous iteration of the legend…
  • Franklin's Lost Expedition – The Franklin Expedition set out in 1845 intending to sail through the Northwest Passage. However, the two ships, the Terror and the Erebus, along with their crews would never return. For over 150…
  • Goddard Squadron Ghost – Freddy Jackson was an air mechanic in the squadron of Victor Goddard when he was killed in an accident onboard the HMS Daedalus. After his funeral, the squadron posed for a photo. Upon further…
  • Grey Gardens – Grey Gardens was once an opulent mansion tucked away in East Hampton, New York. The home belonged to the Beale family, who were wealthy, connected and even related to First Lady Jackie Kennedy.…
  • Grim Reaper – The Grim Reaper is a personification of death, most famously depicted as a skeleton cloaked in a dark robe and carrying a scythe. This personification can be seen in cultures across the world, daring…
  • Hanging Gardens of Babylon – Said to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Hanging Gardens were one of the ancient worlds most beautiful attractions. Still, much mystery surrounds them. The exact location, how…
  • Harold Holt's Last Swim – Harold Holt served as Prime Minister of Australia for less than two years before he disappeared in the blink of an eye. Holt was an avid swimmer, having fished and swam many Australian beaches. In…
  • Heaven's Gate – In 1997, a San Diego suburb was shocked when the bodies of 39 people dressed in identical tracksuits and sneakers were found in a nearby home. They were all members of the cult Heaven's Gate, whose…
  • Helicopter Hieroglyphics – The helicopter hieroglyphics are a set of motifs within the Temple of Seti I that many pseudo-scientists believe to be a helicopter, thus proving time travel or contact with aliens or whatever…
  • Henry Hudson – After a mutiny on board his ship, explorer Henry Hudson, along with his son and seven of his men, were set adrift in what is now James Bay. The men were never heard from again and what exactly…
  • Hitler in Argentina – Ever since Hitler shot himself in 1945, there have been rumours that he actually escaped. With his body found by Soviets during a time of Soviet disinformation campaigns and unfounded rumours of a…
  • Holy Grail – Said to be the grail that Jesus used at the Last Supper, this relic is a prominent part of many myths and legends. Throughout history, many have reported to have it in their possession, though it…
  • Hope Diamond – First found in India in the 17th century, the Hope Diamond is a giant 45 carat blue diamond with a long history and an infamous curse. Some say that the curse began after the diamond was stolen from…
  • Illuminati – Though they are often the subject of many conspiracies, the Illuminati were actually a real secret society. Born during the Enlightenment Era, they were essentially a poor man's Freemasons. They…
  • Indus Valley Script – The Indus Valley is a region in what is now Pakistan, once home to the Harrapan civilization. The Indus Valley script are the characters and motifs that the Harrapan civilization left behind.…
  • Jack the Ripper – Possibly the most famous serial killer of all time, Jack the Ripper murdered several women in the Whitechapel district of London. The goriness and spectacle of the crime attracted much attention, as…
  • James Dean's "Little Bastard" – In 1955, actor James Dean was on his way to a race in Salinas, California. He was driving his Porsche, nicknamed 'Little Bastard", when he was involved in a brutal head-on collision, which ultimately…
  • Jell-O Creations – The rise of Jell-O in the 1950s and 1960s can largely be attributed to the end of rationing following WWII and an increase in housewives who fell under the control of diet culture. Not so easily…
  • Jimmy Hoffa – A union leader heavily involved in mob activity, Jimmy Hoffa disappeared one day in 1975 after a meeting. Even after FBI investigation, who took him that day, what they did to him and where he ended…
  • John & Yoko's Bed-in – A bed-in is a from of nonviolent protest first seen in 1969 when John Lennon and Yoko Ono held a bed-in at the Hilton Amsterdam, followed by another at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Derived…
  • Johnny Gosch – The original kid to be put onto a milk carton, young Johnny Gosch disappeared one day while delivering newspapers. Many searched for the young boy, to no avail. Until he mysteriously reappeared on…
  • JonBenét Ramsey – On the morning of December 26, 1996, a frantic 911 call was made in Boulder, Colorado after a note from kidnapers was discovered on the staircase of the Ramsey home. The night before, six-year--old…
  • Kaspar Hauser – In 1828, a teenager clutching a letter showed up in the town square of modern day Nuremberg. Upon questioning, he was barely able to write or speak with officials and told them that he had been…
  • Kennedy Family Curse – The Kennedy family has had a prominent spot in American politics and culture for decades. However, the family has been plagued with tragedy after tragedy, including the deaths of four of the family's…
  • Kilroy Was Here – Kilroy was here is essentially one of the first memes. Becoming popular during WWII with American troops, the image depicts a man with a long nose peeking over a wall. Similarly, the British troops…
  • King Midas – The legend of a king who was gifted with the golden touch, meaning everything he touched would turn to gold. It became more of a curse as time passed, until he begged the gods to take it back. Some…
  • King Tut's Curse – When King Tut's tomb was opened in 1923, no one had done so for over 3000 years. In order to ensure the tomb stayed closed, it was said that a curse was placed upon the tomb that would strike anyone…
  • Kraken – The kraken is a legendary sea monster written about throughout maritime history. Most often attributed to Norwegian myth, where it was first spotted in the Norwegian Sea in a 1700 account, sailors…
  • Krampus – Originating in Medieval Germany, Krampus has gained a reputation as being the anti-Santa Claus. An old Pagan tradition, Krampus is said to be a half-goat demon that whips and then kidnaps naughty…
  • Late Bronze Age Collapse – The Bronze Age was a time of great advancement for humanity. Until it suddenly collapsed. Exact reasoning for the collapse has not been deteremined, with speculation ranging from a giant storm, to…
  • Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping – On a March night in 1932, the infant son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped from his crib. A ladder and a ransom note were left behind and this quickly became the biggest new story of…
  • Linear A – Linear A is a script used by the Minoan civilization. It has remained difficult to decipher though and has yet to be cracked, unlike the similar Linear B which was cracked in the 1950s.
  • Looted Art and the Amber Room – The Amber Room was an 18th century Prussian palace room covered in amber panels, gold and priceless artworks. During WWII, Nazis ransacked the palace, dismantling the room. The treasures of the room…
  • Lost Works of the Library of Alexandria – When Caesar suddenly found himself cut off by a battalion of Egyptian ships, he ordered that they be burnt in order to get them out of his way. However, the fire spread to the Library of Alexandria,…
  • Mallory and Irvine's Lost Camera – In June of 1924, Andrew Irvine and George Mallory attempted to become the first people to reach the peak of Mount Everest. The two were last seen making their way to the peak and for over 80 years,…
  • Man in the Iron Mask – The Man in the Iron Mask was a prisoner kept under the reign of Louis XIV. He was first arrested under a pseudonym, before he was imprisoned in the Bastille and an iron mask put onto his face. No one…
  • Marian Apparitions – A Marian apparition is a reported appearance or appearances of the Virgin Mary. There is a rigorous process from the Vatican to authenticate the appearance of Mary, and of the many claims, only…
  • Mary Celeste – In 1872, the ship Mary Celeste was seen drifting, even though it had been supposed to arrive in Italy a few days before. When sailors went to investigate the ship and offer help since it was so off…
  • Max Headroom Broadcast – Viewers of a Chicago television station in November of 1987 were shocked when suddenly their broadcast was interrupted by a man dressed in a Max Headroom costume. The first interruption lasted less…
  • Michael Rockefeller – Michael Rockefeller was the 23-year-old son of then New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Being a part of one of America's richest families meant that he could pursue his passion of researching…
  • Missing Link – The idea of the "missing link" refers to the transitional form in an evolutionary series. Many species with incomplete data in their evolutionary trees have been described by geneticists as having…
  • MKUltra – MKUltra was an experimental program run by the CIA to test the effect of drugs during the 1950s to 70s. The goal was to see the effect that drugs had on brainwashing and psychological torture when a…
  • Moai of Easter Island – The Moai are the giant statues on Easter Island, which are believed to be representative of gods, though it's unknown. The giant structures are hundreds of years old and were not only carved without…
  • Mothman – Mothman is a legendary creature, described by witnesses to be a large, winged, man-like creature. In 1966, a group reported driving past a creature with glowing red eyes, which then chased them down…
  • Nazca Lines – The Nazca Lines are approx. 1000 sq. kilometres of lines covering the Peruvian desert depicting various animals and plants. There are over 10 000 individual lines depicting nearly 300 figures, and…
  • Nazi Hunt for Treasure – During the second world war, as Germany conquered Europe, Nazis also pursued a fervent hunt for spiritual objects. Their obsession with relics led to several high command officers commanding troops…
  • North Sentinel Island – In the Bay of Bengal, there is a small island home to the Sentinelese people, an indigenous tribe that has fiercely defended their isolated home. Little is known about the Sentinelese people as they…
  • Oak Island – Even before the events of 1795, rumours persisted that Oak Island in Nova Scotia was not just a place where famed pirate Captain Kidd had landed, but was also where he hid his famed treasure. Three…
  • Origin of Languages – For centuries, people have attempted to examine the origin of language and its relationship to the evolution of humans. The history of languages has been hotly debated from multiple different fields…
  • Out-of-Place Artifacts – An OOOA is an historical artifact that is considered to be beyond the means of the time period it's dated to. Often, these are found to be hoaxes or are misinterpreted by those who either don't know…
  • Patterson-Gimlin Film – In 1967, friends Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin were horseback riding through Northern California when they saw a hairy apelike creature hiding in an old construction site. The two had a camera on…
  • Paul is Dead – In 1966, rumours circulated that Paul McCartney, the incredibly famous singer-songwriter front man of the Beatles, had died. The rumour stated that McCartney had been killed in a car crash and, with…
  • Phantom Islands – A phantom island is an island recorded and mapped, only to be found later that it does not exist. Some of these islands are claimed to contain fantastical and mysterious lands. However, the reasons…
  • Philosopher's Stone – The Philosopher's Stone is an alchemical stone claimed to be able to turn certain elements to silver or gold, making it the ultimate alchemical element. The search for it dates back as far as 300 AD…
  • Pied Piper of Hamelin – Legend says that during the Middle Ages, the German town of Hamelin was overrun with rats, and the people were desperate. When the Pied Piper arrived, he said he could solve their problem - for a…
  • Presidential Pets – Of the forty-two US presidents who have kept pets, there have been some odd animals. Jefferson had two bear cubs and at least 40 sheep - one of which possibly killed a little boy. Van Buren had two…
  • Prince Rupert's Drops – In 1660, Prince Rupert of the Rhine brought to England a fascinating little discovery - incredibly tough glass beads created by dropping molten glass into cold water. The teardrop shaped glass could…
  • Princes in the Tower – King Edward V was only 12-years-old when his father died, making him king. However, his reign was never made official, and lasted only a few days before he and his younger brother, Richard of…
  • Roanoke Colony – Established in 1585, the Roanoke Colony set out to be the first permanent English settlement within North America. However, when they were running low of supplies, a group was sent back to England.…
  • Romanov Survivors – In July of 1918, Bolshevik guards killed the final Czar, his wife and their five children via firing squad. The bodies were then transported to a remote location, where no one would find them. In the…
  • Rosetta Stone – The Rosetta Stone is a large slab of granite-like rock upon which is a decree written in three texts on behalf of King Ptolemy V. While a section of the slab is missing, it is a highly important…
  • Roswell Incident – In 1947, the remains of a crash were discovered. With this being the early Cold War era and recent reports from Kenneth Arnold (tier 2), the rancher who found them considered that the strange remains…
  • Saint George and the Dragon – A religious myth that tells of the great knight Saint George. When a dragon drained a village of all of their tribute and livestock, it started to take human sacrifices. Until the dragon was defeated…
  • Saint Valentine's Day Massacre – Taking place on Valentine's Day of 1929, this shocking massacre saw the deaths of several unarmed members of a bootlegging gang. Coming in the midst of prohibition, when the control of the sale of…
  • Salem Witch Trials – The Salem Witch Trials were one of the last witch trials and one of the few in America to take place. After a group of young girls claimed to have seen a slave communicating with the devil, it began…
  • Satanic Panic – Beginning in the 1980s in America, the Satanic Panic was a moral panic that saw many white suburbanites claim there was a widespread, underground satanic network. It saw thousands of accusations…
  • Sea People – The Sea People are believed to be a seafaring civilization during the Late Bronze Age. They are believed to have targeted many Mediterranean and North African civilizations, eventually playing a…
  • Shroud of Turin – The Shroud of Turin is a piece of linen cloth first documented in 1354, which has a faint image of a man on the front and back. Upon discovery, it was venerated within the Catholic church as they…
  • Sodder Children – After the Sodder family house burnt to the ground on Christmas Eve, 1945, five of the family's ten children were declared to have died within the fire. However, no remains were found and a conspiracy…
  • Sold Soul of Robert Johnson – Robert Johnson was an early blues musician, easily one of the first to earn the amount of fame that he did. Rumour has it, though, that in order to earn this fame, he sold his soul to the devil at…
  • Somerton Man – In 1948, the body of a man was found on Somerton Beach, Australia. It was suspected that it was suicide considering he had the words 'Tamam Shud' (roughly 'it is ended') concealed within a pocket of…
  • Stockholm Syndrome – Stockholm syndrome is a condition believed to occur when captives begin to sympathize with their captors, coined after the Normalmstorg Robbery that occurred in Stockholm in 1973. Jan-Erik Olsson…
  • Stonehenge – Stonehenge is a monument situated in the United Kingdom which features several stones 13 feet high, seven feet wide, and weighing around 25 tons. Where the stones came from and how they reached their…
  • Superman Curse – Since 1948, eleven actors have undertaken the role of Superman. The strange occurrences that have happened to several of those actors has led to what some deem "the Superman curse". In 1948, Kirk…
  • Surgeons Photograph – In 1934, the Daily Mail would publish what has become the most famous photo of the Loch Ness Monster. Depicting the neck and head of the monster, the photographer asked to remain anonymous as his…
  • Tank Man – On June 4, 1989 in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, a parade of tanks rolled in and killed hundreds of protestors, mostly students. The next day, the tanks left and one lone man stood in their way. The…
  • Temple Menorah – The Hebrew Bible tells of the original menorah, a seven-branched candelabrum made of pure gold and lit with fresh olive oil. It was kept in the Tabernacle but, after the siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE,…
  • Terracotta Warriors – The discovery of the Terracotta Warriors was a surprise when they were found in 1974. No records existed of the more than 8000 warriors, many of which had unique features. Rumours have persisted that…
  • The 27 Club – The 27 Club refers to a group of musicians, actors and other famous people who died at the age of 27, usually due to suicide or drug overdoses, though some from stranger reasons. People believed to…
  • The Day the Music Died – While flying to their next performance, musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper's plant tragically crashed. Holly had chartered the plane, eager to reach the next stop on their tour…
  • The Many Plots Against Hitler – There were a lot of assassination attempts against Hitler both leading up to and during the war. More radical ideas included bombs hidden in brandy bottles, tanks overtaking him and his entourage and…
  • Tomb of Jesus Christ – After being crucified, Jesus was taken to a tomb for three days before He rose. The location of this tomb though is unclear, despite the vital role it plays in the story of the crucifixion. Many…
  • Toxic Woman
  • Trojan Horse
  • Tunguska Event
  • Typhoid Mary
  • USS Cyclops
  • V-J Day in Times Square
  • Venus de Milo's Arms
  • Vlad the Impaler
  • Voynich Manuscript
  • Washington's "Wooden" Teeth
  • Who is Mona Lisa?
  • Wilhelm Tell
  • Winchester Mystery House
  • Zodiac Killer

Two - Uncommon Culture[edit]

  • Agatha Christie's Disappearance
  • Alien Autopsy
  • Anna Anderson
  • Annabelle the Doll
  • Antikythera Mechanism
  • Aokigahara Forest
  • Assassination of Olof Palme
  • Axeman of New Orleans
  • Baba Yaga
  • Banshee
  • Barney and Betty Hill Incident
  • Bell Witch
  • Bimini Road
  • Bludgeoning on Ice
  • Bohemian Grove
  • Boy in the Box
  • Brown Lady of Raynham Hall
  • Burial Site of Genghis Khan
  • Caligula-Neptune War
  • Century Egg
  • Changelings
  • Charles II of Spain
  • Chicago Tylenol Murders
  • Cleveland Torso Murderer
  • Codex Gigas
  • Crystal Skulls
  • Cursed Ring of Rudolph Valentino
  • Death of Edgar Allen Poe
  • Dennis Martin
  • Einstein's Last Words
  • Elongated Skulls
  • Enfield Poltergeist
  • Falcon Lake Incident
  • Female Hysteria
  • Final Years of Nefertiti
  • Fox Vault Fire
  • Frederick Valentich
  • Führerbunker Escapes
  • Getty Kidnapping
  • Glenn Miller
  • Golem
  • Great Train Robbery
  • Green Children of Woolpit
  • Göbeklitepe
  • H.H. Holmes' Murder Castle
  • Henry Tandey's Mercy
  • Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
  • Indulgences
  • Iron Pillar
  • Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Theft
  • Isdal Woman
  • Isla de las Muñecas
  • Jean Spangler
  • Jefferson Still Lives
  • Jersey Devil
  • Jesus' Real Birthday
  • JFK-Lincoln Coincidences
  • Keddie Cabin Murders
  • Kenneth Arnold's Flying Saucers
  • Kentucky Meat Shower
  • Kola Superdeep Borehole
  • La Tomatina
  • Lady Dai's Mummy
  • Lady of the Dunes
  • Lascaux
  • Last Moments of the Challenger
  • Leatherman
  • Little Albert Experiment
  • Lost City of Z
  • Lost Treasure of the Tsars
  • Lost Years of Jesus
  • Louie, Louie
  • Louis Le Prince
  • Mad Trapper of Rat River
  • Mammoth Cave Incident
  • Man From Taured
  • Mocha Dick
  • Mongolian Death Worm
  • Mystery of the Minoans
  • Napoleon's True Height
  • Nebra Sky Disk
  • Oscar Zeta Acosta
  • Ozzy Osbourne Head-Biting Incidents
  • Paula Jean Welden
  • Perron Family Haunting
  • Philadelphia Experiment
  • Phineas P. Gage
  • Phoenix Lights
  • Physician-Induced Assassination
  • Plague of Athens
  • Poe Toaster
  • Post-Mortem Photography
  • Pre-Columbian Transoceanic Contact Theories
  • Project Pigeon
  • Red Scare
  • Riddle of the Great Sphinx
  • Roald Amundsen
  • Robert Chesebrough's Vaseline-Based Diet
  • Royal Turducken
  • Sappho's Lost Poems
  • Sedlec Ossuary
  • Shakespeare's Grave
  • Silent Twins
  • Spear of Longinus
  • Spontaneous Human Combustion
  • Spring-heeled Jack
  • Taxi Driver Assassination Attempt
  • The 634 Attempts Against Castro
  • The Town That Dreaded Sundown
  • Three Reigns of Pope Benedict IX
  • Thylacine
  • Tomb of Alexander the Great
  • Tulip Mania
  • Unsinkable Sam
  • Vela Incident
  • Villisca Axe Murders
  • Violet Jessop, the Unsinkable Woman
  • Viper Room
  • Voyager Golden Records
  • Walter Collins Imposter
  • War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast
  • Who Shot First at Waco?
  • WIlliam Martin and Operation Mincemeat
  • Wojtek the Bear
  • Woolly Mammoths and Pyramids
  • Wow! Signal
  • Wunderwaffe

Three - Sounds Familiar[edit]

  • 1904 Olympic Marathon
  • 335 Years War
  • Ada Constance Kent
  • Adidas vs. Puma
  • Aeschylus and the Tortoise
  • Affair of the Sausages
  • Agent 355
  • Agent Garbo
  • Albert Ostman Abduction
  • Alfred Loewenstein
  • Altamura Man
  • Ambrose Bierce
  • Amy Lynn Bradley
  • Andorra-German War
  • Angels of Mons
  • Animal Trials
  • Antarctica's First Citizen
  • Anti-Comet Pills
  • Apollo 11 Missing Tapes
  • April 11, 1954
  • Ariel School UFO Incident
  • Attempted Kidnapping of Princess Anne
  • Aztec Death Whistle
  • Baleroy Mansion Chair of Death
  • Battle of Castle Itter
  • Battle of Los Angeles
  • Beale Ciphers
  • Beast of Gévaudan
  • Ben Franklin's Alphabet
  • Benjamin Bathurst
  • Bennington Triangle
  • Bentinck's Tunnels
  • Billionaire Boys Club
  • Björk Stalker
  • Blanche Monnier
  • Bloody Benders
  • Blue Fugates
  • Bobbitt Penectomy
  • Bobby Leach's Slip
  • Broad Daylight Killing
  • Bundy's Escapes
  • Cadaver Synod
  • Caesarion's Father
  • Captain Charles Johnson
  • Capture of Guam
  • Casket Letters
  • Casu Martzu
  • Celestial Phenomenon Over Basel
  • Centennial Light Bulb
  • Chappaquiddick Incident
  • Charles Joughin
  • Cher Ami
  • Cindy Anderson
  • Clever Hans
  • Cockle Bread
  • Colleoni Coat of Arms
  • Complaint Tablet to Ea-nāṣir
  • Conqueror Cancer Cases
  • Cooper Family Falling Body Photo
  • Copper Scroll
  • Cromwell's Posthumous Execution
  • Curse of Tippecanoe
  • Daedalus Sea Serpent
  • Dahomey Amazons
  • Dare Stones
  • Dashrath Manjhi Road
  • David Cox
  • Death of Jean Seberg
  • Death of van Gogh
  • Defenestrations of Prague
  • Demon Core
  • Depression-Era Dance Marathons
  • Devil Made Me Do It Case
  • Devil's Kettle
  • Did the Count of St. Germain Die?
  • Dowling Wrecking Ball Theft
  • Drowning of Tom Thomson
  • Dybbuk Box
  • Eduard Bloch's Nazi Protection
  • El Fausto
  • Emu War
  • Eternal Flame Falls
  • Exorcism of Roland Doe
  • Eye of the Sahara
  • Fairy Shoe of Beara Peninsula
  • Fall of Amy Dudley
  • Female Stranger at Alexandria
  • Fenian Raids
  • Fieschi Letter
  • Forest Swastikas
  • Fox Sisters
  • Frano Selak's Brushes With Death
  • Fuchsprellen
  • Gef the Mongoose
  • Genie Wiley
  • Ghostbusters Ruling
  • Glen and Bessie Hyde
  • Goddard Timeslip
  • Godfrey's Cordial
  • Great Midwest Fires of 1871
  • Great Molasses Flood
  • Greek Fire
  • Green Boots
  • Groom of the Stool
  • Hammersmith Ghost
  • Hans Steininger's Beard
  • Hattie McDaniel's Oscar
  • Haunting of Peg Entwistle
  • Hearst Kidnapping
  • Helen Brach
  • Hellfire Club
  • Henry Every and his Crew
  • Hexham Heads
  • Hinterkaifeck Murders
  • Immortal Beloved
  • Insoluble Mystery of Isidore Fink
  • Invention of Cornflakes
  • Jean-Marie Loret's Illegitimacy
  • Jerome of St. Mary's Bay
  • Jerry Lee Lewis' Third Marriage
  • Jersey Shore Shark Attacks
  • Joan Risch
  • John Doe No. 24
  • John Favara
  • Joseph Force Crater
  • Joseph of Cupertino and Flying Saints
  • Juliana the Great Dane
  • Jump of Franz Reichelt
  • Just Judges
  • Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter
  • Kettle War
  • Killing of Johnny Stompanato
  • Kowloon Walled City
  • Krakatoa Eruption
  • Kugelpanzer
  • L'Oiseau Blanc
  • L-8 the Ghost Blimp
  • La Pascualita
  • Laughing to Death
  • Lawrence Joseph Bader, or John 'Fritz' Johnson
  • Liston's Deadly Surgery
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy
  • Lluvia de Peces
  • Lobster War
  • Long Man of Wilmington
  • Lord Darnley's Murder
  • Lost Army of Cambyses II
  • Lost Dutchman's Mine
  • Lost Regiment of Gallipoli
  • Lotus Feet
  • Louis XIX's Reign
  • Madame Butterfly
  • Madness of the Fairy Tale King
  • Malleus Maleficarum
  • Mama Cass' Ham Sandwich
  • Martin Family Disappearance
  • Michel Lotito and the Cessna 150
  • Michelle Remembers
  • Mike the Chicken
  • Minituare Coffins of Arthur's Seat
  • Missing Minutes of Watergate
  • Mono Grande
  • Montezuma's Treasure
  • Moscow's Vodka Drought
  • Most Precious Blood
  • Mummia
  • Muramasa
  • Murder in Room 1046
  • Mutiny on the Bounty
  • Mystery of Marie Rogêt
  • Mystery of the Etruscans
  • Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
  • Nephilim
  • New Swabia
  • Nicholas Barclay/Frederic Bordin
  • Nottingham Cheese Riot
  • Oath Against Henry Symeonis
  • Octobering
  • Operation Cat Drop
  • Optography
  • Oro de Moscú
  • Otafuku's Perpetual Stew
  • Ourang Medan
  • Overtoun Bridge
  • Panmunjom Axe Atrocity Incident
  • Panzerschokolade
  • Phaistos Disc
  • Phantom Time Hypothesis
  • Pie Ban
  • Pineapple Mania
  • Playboy Curse
  • Pope Donus II
  • Pope Joan
  • Possession of Anneliese Michel
  • Princess Caraboo
  • Project Pegasus
  • Proton Beam Survivor
  • R.M. Qualtrough
  • Rabbit Births
  • Radcliffe Line
  • Radium Girls
  • Raft of the Medusa
  • Rainmaking
  • Rakotzbrücke
  • Red Barn Murder
  • Red-Headed Vampires of Greece
  • Resurrection of George Washington
  • Richard Colvin Cox
  • ROAR!
  • Safety Coffins
  • Saved from the Titanic
  • Schliemann Excavations
  • Sean Flynn
  • September Pope
  • Servant Girl Annihilator
  • Shanti Devi
  • Shark Arm Case
  • Sheppard Murder Case
  • Shooting Death of Meriwether Lewis
  • Sigurd the Mighty and Maelbrigte the Buck-Toothed
  • Silphium
  • Skinwalker Ranch
  • Skylight Caper
  • Snippy the Horse
  • Sober Sue
  • Solomon Northup
  • Solway Spaceman
  • Son of Sam's Motive
  • SOS Sign Incident
  • Sostratus of Aegina
  • Spinalonga
  • Springfield Three
  • SS Californian
  • St. Didacus Automaton
  • St. Pancras Walrus
  • Stranger at the Grand Canyon
  • Sword of Calais
  • Sylacauga Meteorite Victim
  • Tarim Mummies
  • Tarrare
  • Ten Lost Tribes
  • Terminal Man
  • Tessem and Knutsen
  • Thaw of Jean Hilliard
  • The Day the Clown Cried
  • The Great Disappointment
  • The Last Duel
  • Theft of the Irish Crown Jewels
  • Three Identical Strangers
  • Three Secrets of Fátima and the Miracle of the Sun
  • Tibetan Aryans (According to the Nazis)
  • Tomb of Antony and Cleopatra
  • Tomb of Timur
  • Transporting Soldier
  • Travelling Show Corpse
  • Travis Walton Incident
  • Treasure of Pancho Villa
  • Tree of Ténéré
  • Trepanning
  • Truth of Princess Qajar
  • Tsutomu Yamaguchi
  • Tulpa
  • Turtle Submarine
  • Twenty-One Quiz Show Scandal
  • Un-Murderable Michael Malloy
  • Uncanny Valley Evolutionary Hypothesis
  • Unkillable Soldier
  • Unusual Fall of Garry Hoy
  • Valentina Vassilyev
  • Vatican Library Contents
  • Victor of Aveyron
  • Vinča Symbols
  • Vostok Station Chess Game
  • Wadi al-Hitan
  • War of Jenkins' Ear
  • Wendigo
  • What did Pope Leo say to Atilla the Hun?
  • White Sands Footprints
  • Who Put Bella Down the Wych Elm?
  • William Desmond Taylor
  • William Stuart-Houston
  • Wreck of the Titian: Or, Futility
  • Year of Confusion
  • Younger Lady
  • Yuba County Five
  • Zone of Silence
  • Zone Rouge
  • Zoo of Pablo Escobar
  • Zoroaster
  • Ötzi's Killer

Four - Getting Obscure[edit]

  • Acheiropoieta
  • Adam Rainer
  • Alab Petroglyphs
  • Alejandro Bello
  • Americana, Brazil
  • Ancient Sex Curse of Cyprus
  • Andean Jungle Shelters
  • Anglo-Zanzibar War
  • Antarctic Fruitcake
  • Architecture Terrible
  • Assassination of Piersanti Mattarella
  • Audley's Town
  • Baba Vanga
  • Bal des Ardents
  • Balloonfest '86
  • Banquet of the Chestnuts
  • Barbara Newhall Follett
  • Barge T-36
  • Bat Bombs
  • Bathysphere Creatures
  • Battle of the Frogs
  • Beast of Bladenboro
  • Bell Island Boom
  • Ben Franklin's Bodies
  • Bermagui's Missing Men
  • Black Donnellys
  • Blackfriar Massacre
  • Blood of St. Janarius
  • Bloody White Baron Ungern
  • Bohr-Heisenberg Meeting
  • Bonfire of the Vanities
  • Boston Corbett
  • Bought all the Tea
  • Brazen Bull
  • Breeching
  • Butcher of Cinkota
  • California Airship Scare
  • Carl Disch
  • Carroll A. Deering
  • Cash-Landrum Incident
  • Cat Nuns
  • Cats of Louis Wain
  • Cauldrons of Siberia
  • Cave of Kelpius
  • Champawat Tiger
  • Charles C. Morgan
  • Chase Vault Coffins
  • Chichijima Incident
  • Children's Crusade
  • Chopin's Heart
  • Christa Helm
  • Clara the Rhino
  • Coconut Religion
  • Colonel Blood
  • Coral Castle
  • Corporal Jackie
  • Crocker Land Expedition
  • Crowley in WWII
  • Crown Prince Sado
  • Curse of Jacques de Molay
  • Curse of the Colonel
  • Curse of the Wandering Jew
  • D-Day Crossword Puzzles
  • Dahlsjö Case
  • Dalles des Morts
  • Darien Scheme
  • Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov
  • Death by Meteorite
  • Death of Christopher Marlowe
  • Delhi Purple Sapphire
  • Dighton Rock
  • Doggerland
  • Doina Bumbea
  • Dorothy Eady
  • Dorothy Jane Scott
  • Dr. Crippen
  • Drapetomania
  • East Bay Walls
  • East German Balloon Escape
  • Edward Mordrake
  • Edwin Booth
  • Egg War
  • Emperor Norton
  • Escapes of Yoshie Shiratori
  • Evelyn Hartley
  • Execution of Triboulet
  • Exploding Trousers
  • Exploding Whale of Oregon
  • Extranationality of Princess Margret's Birth
  • False Dmitry
  • Fee, Fi, Fo, Fum and Phooey
  • Female Husbands
  • Finalaska
  • First Mooning
  • Flights of Thomas Fitzpatrick
  • Flora Stevens
  • Flores Island Hobbits
  • Fly Geyser
  • Football War
  • Fordlandia
  • Fort Blunder
  • Forty Elephants
  • Founding of Liberia
  • Frank Devereaux
  • Frederick McDonald
  • Fu-Go Balloon Bomb
  • Ghost Plane of Pearl Harbour
  • Gouvernor Morris and the Whalebone
  • Great Moon Hoax
  • Great Pizza Funeral
  • Great Smog of London
  • Great Stink
  • Great Stork Derby
  • Gregor MacGregor and Poyais
  • Hall-Mills Murders
  • Hand of Glory
  • Harrison Ruffin Taylor
  • Haydn's Skull
  • Hayes and Sweet Kiss
  • Hell Hound of Mons
  • Hemingway's New Atlantis
  • Heslington Brain
  • Hessdalen Lights
  • Hilbert's Problems
  • Himalayan Towers
  • Hoia-Baciu Forest
  • Holy Prepuce
  • Houska Castle
  • How to Keep the Nile Coming
  • Huberta the Hippo
  • Hugo's Funeral
  • Icelandic Bananas
  • If Day
  • Incident at Petrich
  • Ivy League Nude Posture Photos
  • James E. Tedford
  • James Joyce's Love Letters
  • James William Boyd
  • Jeffrey Derosier
  • Jeffrey Hudson Pie
  • Jewish Pope Andreas
  • Joan Gay Croft
  • John the Posthumous
  • Joseph Bowne Elwell
  • Karyn Kupcinet
  • Kidnap Years
  • Kierksdorp Spheres
  • Kijong-dong
  • King Zog I
  • Kneeling Nun
  • Konkursas Pasaulio Ilgaplaukės
  • Kray Twins
  • Kuldhara
  • L.W. Wright
  • Laetitia Toureaux
  • Lake Vostok
  • Last French Guillotine Execution
  • Laureen Rahn
  • Lemuria
  • Lewis and Clark's Mercury Trail
  • Lieserl Einstein
  • Lionel the Lion-Faced Man
  • Little Red Man of Paris
  • London Beer Flood
  • Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island
  • Lord Timothy Dexter
  • Lost Books of the Bible and Forgotten Books of Eden
  • Lost Lemon Mine
  • Loveday
  • Luck of Kokura
  • Machete Murder of Keith Blakelock
  • Mackle Kidnapping
  • Mademoiselle Sagée's Companion
  • Madman's War
  • Malin Matsdotter
  • Man-Eating Lions of Tsavo
  • Mango Cult
  • Marfa Lights
  • Margarine Bootlegging
  • Mars Bluff B-47 Incident
  • Massacre of Tenochtitlan
  • Masturbating Man of Pompeii
  • May 1605 Papal Conclave
  • May Day Mystery
  • Metro-2
  • Min Min Lights
  • Miracle of Calanda
  • Monsieur Chouchani
  • Monster of Florence
  • Moon-Eyed People
  • MV Joyita
  • Napoleon vs the Bunnies
  • Nauscopy
  • Nazi Anti-Tobacco Movement
  • Nazi Hunt for the Yeti
  • Near Misses of Nuclear War
  • Nelson's Brandy
  • New Coke Conspiracy
  • New England Vampire Panic
  • New England's Dark Day
  • Newgate Monster
  • Night Witches
  • Norse Abandonment of Greenland
  • North Korean Movie Kidnappings
  • Olga of Kyiv
  • Onfim's Writings
  • Operation Aswang
  • Operation Gunnerside
  • Operation Highjump
  • Operation Northwoods
  • Order of the Pug
  • Orgone
  • Origin of the Sumerians
  • Ortolan Bunting
  • Ossett Murder Case
  • Owen Parfitt
  • Padmanabhaswamy Temple Treasures
  • Palais Idéal
  • Patomskiy Crater
  • Penelope the Platypus
  • Philippe Petit
  • Phosphorous Jack
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini
  • Pimlico Mystery
  • Poison Squad
  • Pollock Family Tragedy
  • Pope Celestine V
  • Pope Leo X's Elephant
  • Poveglia
  • Predictions of Erik Jan Hanussen
  • Project Paperclip
  • Publius Afranius Poitus
  • Pumina
  • R.P.G.
  • Raciborz Mummy
  • Redpath Mansion Mystery
  • Reichstag Fire
  • Republic of Pirates
  • Reykjavík Confessions
  • Riddle of Chaco Canyon
  • Roman Dodecahedrons
  • Rome's Secret Name
  • Rongorongo Codex
  • Rosalia Lombardo
  • Rosie Ruiz
  • Rudloe Manor
  • Rudolf Diesel
  • Sacred Band of Thebes
  • Sale of the Eiffel Tower
  • Sanpaku Eyes
  • Scepter of Dagobert
  • Schizophrenia as Visions from the Divine
  • Seigneur of the Swans
  • Serpent Mound
  • Shag Harbour UFO Incident
  • Shooting of Anton Webern
  • Sibiu Manuscript
  • Sinatra Jr. Kidnapping
  • Sivatherium of Kish
  • SM UB-85 Sea Monster
  • Socrates and Ancient Spaceflight
  • SS Baychimo
  • Stayner Brothers
  • Steven Kubacki
  • Super Fight
  • Syndrome K
  • Tartaria and Mud Flood Theory
  • Tehran UFO Incident
  • Ten Cent Beer Night
  • The Pet Monster
  • Theft of the Holy Prepuce
  • Thomas Merton and the CIA
  • Throne of James Hampton
  • Tiger's Vengence
  • Tilma of Juan Diego
  • Tom and Eileen Longergan
  • Tomb of Betty Stiven
  • Topsy the Elephant
  • Treasure of Shellbird Island
  • Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment
  • Tuyuhun Invasion of Gansu
  • USS Willard Keith Phantom Sub
  • Vanishing Hotel Room
  • Varginha Incident
  • Viking Sally Murder
  • Vladimir Alexandrov
  • Vladimir Pravik's Eyes
  • Vulcan's USSR Bridge
  • Wall Street Bombing
  • War on Squirrels
  • Watermelon Riot
  • Weather Station Kurt
  • Wenceslao Moguel
  • West Point Eggnog Riot
  • Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping
  • Wolf Messing
  • Yeti Scalp of Khumjung
  • Zaragoza Goblin
  • Đorđe Martinović Incident

Five - Losing the Light[edit]

  • 1972 Iran Blizzard
  • A Father's Justice
  • Acoustic Kitty
  • Adam's Peak Footprint
  • Adamites
  • Adintology
  • Alken Enge Bog Bodies
  • Ambrose Small
  • American Hippo Bill
  • Angel of Hadley
  • Angel's Glow
  • Antonianism
  • Arctic Balloon Incident
  • Arnstadt and Plüschke
  • Arrichion of Phigalia
  • Arsenic Dresses
  • Assassination of Benjamin F. Lewis
  • Assassination of Spencer Perceval
  • Atlantropa
  • Atlit Yam
  • Avro Project 1794
  • B. Traven
  • Baby Monster
  • Bad Dürrenberg Shaman
  • Bald Mountain Tremor
  • Battle of Athens
  • Beached Body of a Giant Woman
  • Bethnal Green Screams
  • Bhagwanji
  • Bhangarh Fort
  • Bible John
  • Bloch Affair
  • Blood Countess Elizabeth Báthory
  • Bogle-Chandler Case
  • Bombing of Richard Singer
  • Bomena
  • Boontling
  • Bottle Conjurer
  • Bouvet Island Lifeboat
  • Bridge of No Return
  • Brotherhood of the Seven Rays
  • Burned House Horizon
  • Buzkashi
  • Bélmez Faces
  • Bérenger Saunière Conspiracies
  • Błędów Desert
  • Cachi the Poodle
  • Campden Wonder
  • Cape Ann Frenchmen of 1692
  • Capturing the Friedmans
  • Carrington Event
  • Caveman of Morocco
  • Charfield Children
  • Children of Llullaillaco
  • Chinese Alchemical Elixir Poisonings
  • Chowchilla Kidnapping
  • Chronicles From the Future
  • COINTELPRO
  • Colonies of William Walker
  • Corpse of Elena Milagro de Hoyos
  • Corpses of the De Witt Brothers
  • Crash at Crush
  • Criterion of Embarrassment
  • Curonian Colonisation
  • Czechoslovak Togo
  • Dallol
  • Dartmoor Hairy Hands
  • Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei
  • Diane Suzuki
  • Died for want of Lobster Sauce
  • Dog-Headed Race
  • Dogor
  • Dorothy Forstein
  • Double Life of Father Hans Schmidt
  • Double Life of John Damon
  • Dropa Stones
  • Drummer Boy of Chickamauga
  • Dublin Whiskey Fire
  • Dynamite Drowning of Danny Dodge
  • Eight Day Bride
  • Emilcin Abduction
  • Erfurt Latrine Disaster
  • Escape of Lester Eubanks
  • Execution by Snakebite
  • Fanny and Stella
  • Fasting Girls
  • Father Yod
  • Final Voyage of the Teignmouth Electron
  • Florida Machete Murders
  • For Anna Shooting
  • Francis Bacon and the Ghost Chicken
  • Fremantle Six
  • French Revolution as Illuminati Conspiracy
  • Galapagos Affair
  • Galvarino's Hands
  • Gangkhar Puensum
  • George's Island Murderer
  • Gladys Deacon's Wax Face
  • Glass Delusion
  • Goldsboro B-52 Crash
  • Granger Taylor
  • Great Amherst Mystery
  • Great French Mustache Strike of 1907
  • Great Library of Baghdad
  • Great Mull Air Mystery
  • Great Sheep Panic
  • Great Vowel Shift
  • Grech Bombing
  • Guglielma
  • Guillotine Living Heads
  • Gunkanjima
  • Gödel's Loophole
  • Harry Oakes
  • Hartlepool Monkey Hanging
  • Head of the Düsseldorf Vampire
  • Heracleion
  • Hiroo Onoda
  • Hitler Hormone Plan
  • Hittite Laws of Sex
  • Hochelaga
  • Hollinwell Incident
  • Houdini of Florida
  • Hughes Glomar Explorer
  • I Shot Andy Warhol
  • Identity of the Disciple Whom Jesus Loved
  • Ignaz Trebitsch-Lincoln
  • Jesus' Studies in Japan
  • John Frum
  • June Robles
  • Kagome Kagome
  • Kanamara Matsuri
  • Kathy Hobbs' Premonitions
  • Kidnap of Elizabeth Canning
  • Kidnap of Shergar
  • Kidnapping of Aldo Moro
  • King of Islamestan
  • King Solomon's Gold
  • Klein Brothers
  • Krishna's Butterball
  • Kuril Islands Dispute
  • Køge Huskors
  • Lake Angikuni Village
  • Lake Baikal 1977 Submersible
  • Lawsonomy
  • Lead Masks Case
  • Lei Feng
  • Leichhardt and the Missing Men of the Outback
  • Leningrad Famine
  • Leopold III's Volcano
  • Lisa Au
  • Lookout Air Raids
  • Lord Lucan
  • Lord's Sparrow Incident
  • Los Angeles Central Library Fire
  • Lost Boy Larry
  • Lost City of the Kalahari
  • Lost Cosmonauts
  • Lost Muskflower Scent
  • Léo Major and the Battle of Zwolle
  • M/S Cabo Santa Maria Disco
  • Machine Elves
  • Madagascar Plan
  • Magic Head of Pope Sylvester II
  • Makassan-Australian Cucumber Contact
  • Marković Affair
  • Mary Agnes Gross
  • May December Affair
  • Miami Circle
  • Miedzianka
  • Miracle of 1511
  • Missing Bishop of Pyongyang
  • Mogui Cheng, the Demon City
  • Monster with 21 Faces
  • Monte Carlo Suicide Epidemic
  • Mount Nyangani
  • Mummies of Guanajuato
  • Murder of Chalino Sánchez
  • Murder of Dian Fossey
  • Murder of Francis Quayle
  • Murder of Isabella de' Medici
  • Murder of Manson's Uncle
  • Nanny of the Maroons
  • Nazis Polar Bear Mascots
  • New York City Moving Day
  • Nika Riots
  • Nizari Assassins
  • Nyiragongo Volcano
  • Oahspe: A New Bible
  • Odon Fires
  • Operation Cone of Power
  • Operation Midnight Climax
  • Operation Sea-Spray
  • Orphan Train Movement
  • Oslo Plaza Woman
  • Painless Parker
  • Pedestrianism
  • Person on Business from Porlock
  • Phantom Barber
  • Phobos II Final Transmission
  • Plain of Jars
  • Pol Pot's Apologist
  • Pont-Saint-Esprit Mass Poisoning
  • Pope Innocent VIII's Last Drink
  • Porpoise Burial
  • Portuguese Bank Note Crisis
  • Potsdam Giants
  • Prince Philip Movement
  • Prince Rupert and Boy
  • Prison de Kara
  • Project A119
  • Project Horizon
  • Punishment for Suicide
  • Qilakitsoq Mummies
  • Queenstown Shooting
  • Radithor Death of Eben Byers
  • Ratcliffe's Flaying
  • Raymond Robinson, the Green Man
  • Reconsecration of Tenochtitlan
  • Red Coronation
  • Rhythm 0
  • Robespierre's Jaw
  • Rohonc Codex
  • Roland the Farter
  • Roman account of a dragon
  • Roopkund Lake Bodies
  • Royal Grimm Trainwreck
  • Russian Fireball of 1663
  • Sacsayhuamán
  • Saducismus Triumphatus
  • Sam the Sandown Clown
  • San Domino
  • Sangha Tenzin
  • Scold's Bridle
  • Sea of Galilee Anomaly
  • Shugborough Inscription
  • Siberian Ice Maiden
  • Siege of Nishapur
  • Signora Monaro
  • Siri Thesis
  • Sleeping Girl of Turville
  • Sleeping Man Suicide
  • Snake Village
  • Society for the Suppression of Unnecessary Noise
  • Socotra Island
  • Sokushinbutsu
  • Soldier of Babie Doly
  • Soviet Ape-Men
  • Spaghetti Trees
  • SS Jesmond and Atlantis
  • Star Dust Accident
  • Starlite
  • Stella Lansing Case
  • Stockton Arsonist
  • Straw Hat Riot
  • Stupidity of Douglas Hegdahl
  • Survival of Poon Lim
  • Susanna Caroline Matilda
  • Susie's Dying Telephone Calls
  • Sweating Sickness
  • Symphonie Fantastique
  • Symphysiotomy
  • Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic
  • Thatcher's Loch Ness Monster Hunt
  • The Drag Queen and the Mummy
  • The Thing in the Woods
  • Tongan Castaways
  • Trans-Saharan Ostrich Expeditions
  • Trapped in Glass
  • Tribeč
  • Turnspit Dog
  • Two-Headed Animal Experiments
  • U-1206's Plumbing Problem
  • United Airlines Trip 23
  • Unity Mitford
  • Ursula Herrmann
  • Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
  • USS O'Bannon Potatoes
  • Utsuro-bune
  • Vanishing Evangelist
  • Vatican Chronovisor
  • Vault of Saints
  • Victor Penny's Death Ray
  • Vimana
  • Visoko Pyramid Claim
  • Waikato Saurian Affair
  • Wawel Chakra
  • Werewolf of Bedburg
  • Who Killed Kirov?
  • Wife Selling
  • Wilson's Worst Journey in the World
  • Woodhenge
  • World's Fair Bombing
  • World's Youngest Mother
  • Yanar Dağ
  • Yellow Cuban Balloons
  • Yonaguni Monument
  • Zero Stroke
  • Zip Gun Bomber
  • Zombies of Wharram Percy
  • Joanna Lopez

Six - Hidden Underground[edit]

  • 1755 Lisbon Earthquake
  • 1894 Rock Island Railroad Wreck
  • 1979 Ba'ath Party Purge
  • 300 Million Yen Robbery
  • 3X Murders
  • 939 City of San Francisco derailment
  • Accidental Death of an Anarchist
  • Adelaide Oval Abduction
  • Adena Wolf Man
  • Affaire Grégory
  • Andersonville
  • Andy the Goose
  • Angola Coast UFO Incident
  • Assassination of Mary Pinchot Meyer
  • Astronomy of the Dogon People
  • Atlas Vampire
  • Attack of the Dead Men
  • Babies Under Anesthesia
  • Baby Farming
  • Bacon Killed Dyer
  • Baekeland Murder
  • Bain Family Murders
  • Ballpoint Pen Affair
  • Bamboo Torture
  • Batagaika Crater
  • Battle of Hayes Pond
  • Battle of Ramree Island
  • Battle of the Marshes
  • Bhawal Case
  • Bielski Partisans
  • Blood House at Fountain Drive
  • Bluebelle Mass Murder
  • Body in the Cylinder
  • Bombers Affair
  • Bowen Family "Haunting"
  • Bowes-Lyon Sisters
  • Brabant Murders
  • Bradford Bishop
  • Brasher-Dye Disappearance
  • Burrowing Burglars
  • Byzantine Nose Mutilation
  • Cagots
  • Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21
  • Cave of the Crystals
  • Child Painter of Málaga
  • Chinese Pyramids
  • Chivruay Pass Incident
  • Chojolom Stone Head
  • Clovis Culture
  • Clovis-Solutrean Hypothesis
  • Cocoliztli Epidemics
  • Colonia Dignidad
  • Colorado Cannibal
  • Committee of 300
  • Conspiracy 58
  • Convulsionnaires at Saint-Medard
  • Cooper Sahara Crossing
  • Cornish Fogous
  • Crash of Dag Hammarskjold
  • Crew of the Sarah Joe
  • Crime of the Rue des Hirondelles
  • Cronica Universalis
  • Cult Death of Jeanette DePalma
  • Curse of Christopher Case
  • Cyrillid Shower
  • Dachau Hypothermia Experiments and Nazi Science
  • Death of Jean Perera Sinnappa
  • Death Valley Germans
  • Derinkuyu
  • Desecration of Big Nose George
  • Devil's Pool at Babinda Boulders
  • Diquís Spheres
  • Disappearance of Carl-Eric Björkegren
  • Discovery of Hedviga Golik
  • Dodleston Messages
  • Double Life of Stanley Williams
  • Doudeg Fra
  • Dr. Cecilia Giubileo
  • Dr. Fritz
  • Drowning of Violet Goglin
  • Dunkelgrafen
  • Elagabalus
  • Elsie Sigel and Chinese Restaurants
  • Emanuela Orlandi
  • Emperor of Central Africa
  • Encephalitis Lethargica
  • Execution by Elephant
  • Execution of George Stinney Jr.
  • Execution Souvenirs
  • False Quixote
  • Fandel Children
  • Freedon Freighter
  • Fritzl Case
  • Frog Boys
  • Fronczak Triple Disappearance
  • Fukurai Affair
  • Gedi Ruins
  • Germ Murder
  • Gilgal Refaim
  • Gilles de Rais
  • Girl in the Box
  • Goldfish Swallowing
  • Great Pox of 1495
  • Gunnel Gummeson
  • Hands of Perón
  • Hanging Coffins
  • Harpe Brothers
  • Hausjärvi Gravel Pit Murders
  • Head of Maria Rosenthal
  • Hemingway's Suitcase
  • Hexenkartothek Investigation
  • Hidden Character Stone
  • Him, the X-Rated Film
  • Hollowcombe Bottom
  • Hong Xiuquan
  • Hospitaller Colonization of the Americas
  • Hranice Abyss
  • Hákarl
  • I Modi
  • Icebox Murders
  • Insanity of Lincoln's Defender
  • Investor Massacre
  • Jamestown Jane
  • Jatinga Bird Suicide
  • Jedars
  • Jetpack Man
  • John/Joan Case
  • Jophar Vorin
  • Juan Pedro Martínez
  • Jumping Frenchmen of Maine
  • Kadaververwertungsanstalt
  • Kalkajaka Disappearances
  • Kansas' STD Imprisonments
  • Karel Novák
  • Kayhausen Boy
  • Khooni Nadi River
  • Kidnapping of Jessica Alba
  • Killer Nun
  • Killing of Prince Edouard-Xavier de Lobkowicz
  • Killing of Zinaida Reich
  • King's Drops
  • Kitum Caves
  • Kiviaq
  • Korotangi
  • Ksar Draa
  • Kuru
  • Lady of Lemba
  • Lake Bodom Murders
  • Lake Lanier
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri's Heart Attack
  • Land of Punt
  • Longyou Caves
  • Lord of the World Prophecies
  • Loropéni
  • Mad Gasser of Mattoon
  • Magdalena of the Cross
  • Makhunik
  • Malawi Leper Tree
  • Man of the Hole
  • Manacled Mormon Case
  • Managua Ripper
  • Mante People
  • Mantell UFO Incident
  • Marriage of Charlie Johns and Eunice Winstead
  • Marseille Bar Massacre
  • Martin Guerre
  • Marvin the Monster
  • Mary Shotwell Little
  • Mass Death in Demmin
  • Mellified Men
  • Mi6 Witchcraft Research Centre
  • Michigan Lake Stonehenge
  • Milgram Experiment
  • Missing Trio
  • Mitanni Capital of Waššukanni
  • Mona Lisa was a Chinese Slave
  • Moon 'Split in Two'
  • Mortara Case
  • Mount Aconcagua Potential Murders
  • Mount Lico Rainforest
  • Mouse in the Cotton Mill Mass Hysteria
  • Mr. Cruel
  • Mr. Kaor’s Letters
  • Muhammad al-Mahdi
  • Murder of Betty Shanks
  • Murder of Giovanni Borgia
  • Murder of Helen Betty Osborne
  • Murder of Philip Innes Fraser
  • Murders Aboard the Herbert Fuller
  • Mustansirite Hardship
  • Mystery Booms of the Rockies
  • Nakam
  • Naked Fugitive
  • Nandi Devi
  • New Chronology
  • Nicole Morin
  • Night Soil Men
  • Nitocris
  • Nongqawuse
  • Norodim Naradipo
  • Northern Rhodesia Forbidden Pit
  • Norway's Black Death Ghost Ship
  • Nub City
  • Nun of Kent
  • Oak Jozef
  • Occupation of Alcatraz
  • Oklo Reactor
  • Operation LAC
  • Operation Prato
  • Operation PX
  • Operation Red Dog
  • Origin of the Suicide Hotline
  • Oven Homicide
  • Palo Verde Amtrak Derailment
  • Pamela Werner
  • Pasilalinic-sympathetic Compass
  • Pauline Picard
  • Penn Station Sniper
  • Peştera Movile
  • Phantom Whistler of Louisiana
  • Phillips Family Allegations
  • Pickled Head of Diego Alves
  • Pico Cao Grande
  • Por-Bazhyn
  • Portlock, Alaska
  • Princess Thyra of Denmark and Vilhelm Frimann Marcher
  • Priory of Sion
  • Prohibition Poisonings
  • Précontinent II
  • Q Gospel
  • R. v. Parks
  • Rangoon Bombing
  • Reggio Revolt
  • Robert R.
  • Roman Town in China
  • Rosvall and Voutilainen
  • Roughcastle Brickworks Murder
  • Rui Pedro
  • Runit Island
  • Sack of Baltimore
  • Sacrifice of Maximilian Kolbe
  • Salt Spring Island Murder
  • San Francisco Plague
  • San Juanico Disaster
  • Sao Civlization
  • Sarov Monastery
  • Scottish Brochs
  • Shanay-timpishka
  • Sheriff Buford Pusser
  • Shindo Renmei
  • Sillamäe
  • Skree of Culloden
  • Skull Tower
  • Sleepytime Tea and the Urantia Book
  • Sporus
  • SS Waratah
  • Stalking of Cindy James
  • Stone Circles at Odry
  • Stone Circles of Senegambia
  • Suicide of Geli Raubal
  • Sultana Disaster
  • Sunspot Activity and Historical Warfare
  • Surtsey Island
  • SV Resolven
  • Tabby's Star
  • Teigin Case
  • Teresita Basa Case
  • Thames Torso Murders
  • The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
  • The Michael Teachings
  • Thurston County Ritual Abuse Case
  • Torysh
  • Trapped Sailors of Pearl Harbour
  • Trevaline Evans
  • Tromelin Island Castaways
  • Tucker's Cross
  • Tōkai Nuclear Accident
  • Ugly Carnivals
  • Unit 684
  • Vale do Amanhecer
  • Vampire of Meduegna
  • Vasile Gorgos
  • Venus Pellagatti Xtravaganza
  • Verëvkina Cave
  • Vipeholm Experiments
  • War on Cats
  • White Shaman Shelter
  • White Woman of Gippsland
  • Who Built Teotihuacán?
  • Who Killed Karen Silkwood?
  • Wilga Waterhole
  • Windover Skeletons
  • Woman in the Polka Dot Dress
  • Yamnaya
  • YOGTZE Case
  • Yogurt Shop Murders
  • Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis
  • Zannanza
  • Štěchovice Treasure

Seven - Covered Up and Forgotten[edit]

  • 1980s Franciscan Priest Murders
  • 1985 MOVE Bombing
  • Aguilar de Campoo Girls
  • Alcàsser Girls Fugitive
  • Alphabet Murders
  • Amber-Lee Cruickshank
  • Annie Hearin
  • Assassination of the Marquesses of Urquijo
  • Baglioni Family Massacre
  • Bhopal Disaster
  • Body in the Mondsee
  • Bohdan Piasecki
  • Borborite Rituals
  • British Pet Massacre
  • Carteron Murders
  • Chameleon Killer
  • Cheryl Grimmer
  • Cop Killer of Harbin City
  • Death of Edmund Berry Godfrey
  • Death of Pepsi Paloma
  • Deaths of Archambeau and Bruguier
  • Devin Williams
  • Diane Augat
  • Disputed Death of Jan Masaryk
  • Donora Death Fog
  • Doodler
  • Experiments in the Revival of Organisms
  • Family Murders
  • Famine Plot
  • Fatal Crash of Roger Williamson
  • Faxaskjól John Doe
  • Fernald State School Oatmeal
  • Fort Zverev
  • Fukushima Toilet Mystery
  • Furnace Girl
  • Gatton Murders
  • Gloria Martínez
  • God is a memory of a 'Ruler of the North'
  • Good Hart Murders
  • Göhrde Murders
  • Hamburg Rubble Murderer
  • Honolulu Strangler
  • Huang Yanqiu Incidents
  • Hypogeum
  • Iodine 131 Experiments
  • Ireland's Vanishing Triangle
  • Italian Hall Disaster
  • Itavia Flight 870
  • Jack Family DIsappearance
  • Jack Unterweger
  • Jameson Affair
  • Journey of David Glenn Lewis
  • Khamar-Daban Incident
  • Khuk Khi Kai
  • Killing of Don Henry and Kevin Ives
  • Kosovo Student Poisonings
  • Lake Natron
  • Lake Nyos Disaster
  • Larry Hillbolm
  • Lehi
  • Libyan Air Force MiG-23 Crash
  • Life of Thea Puymbroeck
  • Llanharry Murders
  • Los Galindos Massacre
  • Luna Park Ghost Train Fire
  • Macastre Triple Murder
  • MacDonald Lake Structure
  • Mad Queen of Madagascar
  • Mary VIncent Hitchhiking Attack
  • Matamoros Cult Murders
  • McDonald's Boys Case
  • Meuse Valley Fog
  • Michaela Garecht
  • Mirella Gregori
  • Moses Lall and Lila Buerattan
  • Most Radioactive Man Ever
  • Murder of Billie-Jo Jenkins
  • Murder of Daniel Morgan
  • Murder of Grace Livingstone
  • Murder of Kayo Matsuzawa
  • Murder of Kyllikki Saari
  • Murder of Raonaid Murray
  • Nine Unknown Men
  • Norman Prater
  • Nude in the Nettles
  • Oakland County Child Killer
  • Ogre of the Ardennes
  • Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders
  • Parsley Massacre
  • Pencil Murder
  • Personalities of Billy Milligan
  • Piia Ristikankare
  • Ponce Massacre
  • Rabivere Woman
  • Ratcliff Highway Murders
  • Rettendon Murders
  • Rif War Cancer Cases
  • Sada Abe Incident
  • Saint Aubin Street Massacre
  • Sandakan Death March
  • Sandby Borg Massacre
  • Santiago "Nani" Corella
  • Sati
  • Saw-Killer of Hanover
  • Schoolhouse Blizzard
  • Septic Tank Sam
  • Shell Centre John Doe
  • Shooting of Gunnar Tryggvason
  • Siege of Ma'arra
  • Sita Valles
  • Skoptsy
  • Story of Elsie Paroubek
  • Sukumara Kurup
  • Swill Milk Scandal
  • Syrl and Christine Orbach
  • Tardecitas de Sol Murder
  • Tarring of R. Wiley Brownlee
  • Tatra Mountains Mystery
  • TBZ Mumbai Heist
  • The Marianne Case
  • The Slaveholder
  • Tiwanaku and Puma Punku
  • Tlatelolco Massacre
  • Tollund Man
  • Tristan Brübach
  • Tynong North and Frankston Murders
  • Türkan Feyzullah
  • Unit 731
  • Unknown Bairn
  • Unnatural Death of Edith Smallpiece
  • Uwe Barschel
  • Vampire of Bucharest
  • Vending Machine Murders
  • Walker Family Murders
  • Wanda Beach Murders
  • Whipping Tom
  • Wilmington Insurrection of 1898
  • Ylenia Carrisi
  • Zigmund Adamski

Eight - All That is Unseen[edit]

  • 97% of History
  • Ant Hill Kids
  • Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
  • Auschwitz of Africa
  • Beast of Jersey
  • Belize Ripper
  • Bonebreaker Case
  • Butterbox Babies
  • Celina Mays
  • Dardeen Family Homicides
  • Dr. Eugène
  • Gaps in Human History
  • Geylang Bahru Family Massacre
  • Guangxi Massacre
  • Guaratuba Child Murders
  • High Priestess of Blood
  • Holy Martyrs of Jasenovac
  • Jerzy Zajkowski
  • Kalavryta Massacre
  • Kamila Szarmach
  • Kantō Massacre
  • King Leopold II's Congo Brutality
  • Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre
  • Maamtrasna Murders
  • Macías
  • Mahagi-Mwanza Mass Murderer
  • Maiden Tribute to Modern Babylon
  • Massacre of Feodosia
  • Massacre of the Acqui Division
  • MV Wilhelm Gustloff
  • Nanjing University Mutilation Case
  • Nazino Tragedy
  • New London School Explosion
  • New York Ripper Murders
  • Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
  • Ota Benga and Human Zoos
  • Our Lady of Akita's Apocalyptic Vision
  • Paleodictyon
  • Potential of Previous Life
  • Rack Man
  • Replacement of Sister Lúcia of Fátima
  • San Fran John Doe 60
  • Setiabudi 13 Case
  • Singapore Social Escort Disappearance
  • Starlight Tours
  • Stoneman Serial Murders
  • Toronto Hospital Baby Death Conspiracy
  • Torreón Massacre
  • Volhynian-Galician Slaughter
  • Woo Bum-kon Incident
  • Yondo
  • Łódź Gay Murderer

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  1. ↑ u/JohnCallahan98. Historical Mysteries. Reddit (r/IcebergCharts). 30 July 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 insomniatv1337. Ultimate Historical Mysteries and Oddities. IcebergThreads. 21 August 2026. Retrieved 29 October 2026.