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Mystery

Unsolved crimes, kidnappings left without resolution, and mysteries that will keep any internet sleuth puzzling all through the night.

15 Unsolved True Crime Cases that Haunt Our Readers

15 Unsolved True Crime Cases that Haunt Our Readers

It's the unanswered questions that consume us...

Serial Killers

By Kelsey Christine McConnell

Unsolved Crimes

The Tragic Unresolved Murder of Sharmini Anandavel 

The Tragic Unresolved Murder of Sharmini Anandavel 

By Orrin Grey

Family Murders

Little Girl Lost: The Heartbreaking (and Unsolved) Short Family Murders 

Little Girl Lost: The Heartbreaking (and Unsolved) Short Family Murders 

By Orrin Grey

Unsolved Crimes

UNSOLVED: The Horrific 1986 Killing of Shawn Edwards 

UNSOLVED: The Horrific 1986 Killing of Shawn Edwards 

By Orrin Grey

Unsolved Crimes

More Questions Than Answers in the Horrific Anaqua Springs Ranch Shooting 

More Questions Than Answers in the Horrific Anaqua Springs Ranch Shooting 

By Jena Brown

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Zombies

Clairvius Narcisse: The Real-life Vodou Zombie of Haiti

Clairvius Narcisse: The Real-life Vodou Zombie of Haiti

Eighteen years after family members buried his body, Clairvius Narcisse returned from the dead.

By Orrin Grey

Bizarre Travel

Death in Eyam: The Tragic Tale of England’s Plague Village

Death in Eyam: The Tragic Tale of England’s Plague Village

When the Black Plague arrived at Eyam's doorstep, its villagers were forced to choose between life or certain doom...

By Stephanie Almazan

Urban Legends

4 Freaky Cases of Skeletons Found in Unlikely Places

4 Freaky Cases of Skeletons Found in Unlikely Places

You never know what you’ll unearth in your own backyard…

By Orrin Grey

Urban Legends

The Legend of Bloody Mary

The Legend of Bloody Mary

They say if you chant her name three times, a bloodied face will appear...

By Stephanie Almazan

Historical Crimes

The Disappearance of Charley Ross

The Disappearance of Charley Ross

In 1874, little Charley Ross followed two strangers into a buggy and vanished from the streets of Philadelphia, never to be seen again.

By Steven Casale

Best Of

The Lineup’s Creepiest Stories of 2015

The Lineup’s Creepiest Stories of 2015

From mummified dream girls to phantom killers and little houses of murder, these creepy stories still send shivers down our spine.

By The Lineup Staff

Witchcraft

The Pendle Witches: England’s Deadly Witch Hunt Hysteria

The Pendle Witches: England’s Deadly Witch Hunt Hysteria

In 1612, a fear of witchcraft swept across northwest England and sent eleven souls to their deaths.

By Stephanie Almazan

Paranormal

The Blood-Soaked Legend of the Gardette-LePrete Mansion

The Blood-Soaked Legend of the Gardette-LePrete Mansion

In 1836, an unsuspecting passerby entered the Gardette-LePrete mansion and uncovered a scene of unimaginable horror.

By Adam Karlin

A Miscarriage of Justice Finally Rectified

A Miscarriage of Justice Finally Rectified

In 1964, three civil rights workers were murdered in cold blood ... and the mastermind behind it all walked away a free man.

By Fred Rosen

True Crime Books

Who Killed Karen Silkwood?

Who Killed Karen Silkwood?

She fought to expose the hazardous conditions of the Kerr-McGee nuclear facility—and just may have paid for it with her life.

By Grace Srinivasiah

Ravenous Spirit: China’s Hungry Ghost Festival

Ravenous Spirit: China’s Hungry Ghost Festival

In the month of the hungry ghost, the dead bleed into the land of the living.

By Adam Karlin

Unexplained

Cold, Starving, and Alone: The Lost Franklin Expedition

Cold, Starving, and Alone: The Lost Franklin Expedition

In 1845, the doomed Franklin expedition set sail for the Northwest Passage, never to be seen again.

By Elisabeth Tilstra

Crime Feed

Woman Declared Dead in 1989 Found Alive Long After Man Confesses to Killing Her

Woman Declared Dead in 1989 Found Alive Long After Man Confesses to Killing Her

Authorities presumed Petra Pazsitka was dead after a convicted killer confessed to her murder. That is, until she turned up alive and living under a false name.

By Crime Feed

Crime Feed

Decades-Old Murder Case Solved Thanks to John Wayne Gacy Investigation

Decades-Old Murder Case Solved Thanks to John Wayne Gacy Investigation

A California murder mystery has been cracked thanks to recently released evidence from the John Wayne Gacy Jr. case.

By Crime Feed

Witchcraft

Before Salem: The Bewitching History of America’s First Witch Hunt

Before Salem: The Bewitching History of America’s First Witch Hunt

Decades before the Salem witch trials, nearly a dozen individuals were put to death in colonial Connecticut for suspected sorcery.

By Elisabeth Tilstra

Best Of

Deacon of Death: Sam Smithers

Deacon of Death: Sam Smithers

The community knew the clergyman as a loving husband and father, but underneath his vestment was a sex-crazed, sociopathic killer.

By Fred Rosen

Crime Feed

Genius or Criminal? 5 Luminaries Who Couldn’t Stay out of Trouble

Genius or Criminal? 5 Luminaries Who Couldn’t Stay out of Trouble

From embezzlement to drug busts, these creative souls had a dark side.

By Crime Feed

Crime Feed

1,000-Year-Old Skeleton of Possible Murder Victim Found in Roots of Fallen Tree

1,000-Year-Old Skeleton of Possible Murder Victim Found in Roots of Fallen Tree

You never know what's buried in your own backyard.

By Crime Feed

Jack The Ripper

Jack the Rippers From Around the World

Jack the Rippers From Around the World

We see London, we see France, we see a Russian granny chopping up bodies with her bare hands.

By DeAnna Janes

“I Was Childhood Friends with a Cold-Blooded Killer”

“I Was Childhood Friends with a Cold-Blooded Killer”

Horror author Dale Bailey knew his friend Eddie was dangerous ... but he still wasn't prepared to discover the man was a murderer.

By Dale Bailey

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