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Some crimes stay a mystery no matter how hard people try to solve them. Who was Jack the Ripper? What happened to Amelia Earhart? Who killed JonBenét Ramsey? Where did D.B. Cooper disappear to? People have been asking some of these questions for years—and while there are a lot of theories, so far, there’s been no luck in solving them. Are certain crimes impossible to solve, or are people not looking in the right places? Are the answers out there for these cold cases?
These stories explore unsolved crimes old and new. Is there evidence lost to history? Are there people out there keeping secrets? Are some people just really good at hiding? These stories feed into innate human curiosity. There’s something unsettling about not having all the answers and it’s only natural to try and find them. Some questions have become impossible to answer, but the stories are fascinating nonetheless.
If you’re as fascinated (and disturbed) by unsolved true crime cases as we are, start with these stories:
And when you’re done with those, peruse the stories below.
There have been several Night Stalkers over the years . . . but few were as chilling as the first.
By Orrin Grey
They vanished into thin air.
Police assumed a man missing for 30 years was dead ... until the victim had his "Aha!" moment.
In 1938, a young woman's bright future came to an abrupt and brutal end.
For 36 years Beverly England's killer has roamed free. Now police say they finally have a suspect in her murder.
Who was the man (or woman) behind history's grisliest unsolved murder?
A mother's love becomes the darkest evil.
Three years before Jack ripped through London, a madman stalked the streets of Austin, Texas, slaughtering women where they slept.
By Orrin Grey
In 1947, the butchered body of Elizabeth Short was discovered in a vacant lot outside downtown Los Angeles.
By Adam Karlin
What could lead a mother to hurt her own children?
By Kara Nesvig
Who killed the Reverend and his pretty choir singer?
By Orrin Grey
On a quiet summer night in 1929, a mystic healer and his family were slaughtered in their home by a mysterious axe-wielding killer.
In 1874, little Charley Ross followed two strangers into a buggy and vanished from the streets of Philadelphia, never to be seen again.
An axe-wielding maniac stalked the streets of the Big Easy, and the only way to avoid slaughter was to play jazz.
By Adam Karlin
In the 1970s, Fred and Tom were two ambitious film students catching an advance screening of Star Wars. But their high times were about to come crashing down...
By Fred Rosen
In 1984, Günther Stoll scribbled down a cryptic message then disappeared into the night to his death. Could his final note be the key to his killing?
By Adam Karlin
Mysterious fishing boats strewn with rotting corpses are washing up along the shores of Japan, and officials are baffled.
By Crime Feed
She fought to expose the hazardous conditions of the Kerr-McGee nuclear facility—and just may have paid for it with her life.
In 1845, the doomed Franklin expedition set sail for the Northwest Passage, never to be seen again.
In 1989, Jacob Wetterling vanished without a trace. 26 years later, authorities have finally announced a person of interest in the case.
By Crime Feed