Category: Mysteries

Journalists who expose corruption or criticize their countries’ governments can be beaten, thrown in jail, or even murdered. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent nonprofit group that fights to protect journalists and freedom of the press, 764 journalists have been murdered worldwide since 1992. Many of these murders, including those in peaceful… Continue reading 10 Crusading Journalists Who Died Under Mysterious Circumstances

As amazing and breathtaking as the world’s oceans may be, they’re even more mysterious and sometimes cling unyieldingly to their secrets and mysteries. There are some parts of the ocean that no person has ever even been able to visit, and it’s in these parts that some of Earth’s unsolved mysteries lay waiting to be… Continue reading 10 Unsolved Sea Mysteries

Police officers make their living fighting crime and solving mysteries, but what happens when the shoe is on the other foot? What if a police officer becomes the center of their own unsolved mystery? Usually, when a police officer becomes the victim of a crime, law enforcement makes it a top priority to solve the… Continue reading 10 Bizarre Unsolved Mysteries Involving Police Officers

Australia’s unique natural world is rich with mysteries that remain unsolved. They are literally everywhere; in the sky, the plant and animal kingdoms, the ocean, strange dimensions, and sightings of things that once were. Science may one day solve some of them, but there are others that will forever remain a part of Australia’s mystique.… Continue reading 10 Natural Mysteries From Australia

At the current rate of discovery, there will soon be no mysteries left to solve, leaving all manner of scientists unemployed. Just kidding, the wacky minds of past civilizations have left us plenty of work, sometimes inconsequential but always enlightening. 10 Egyptian Animals The ancient Egyptians were keen naturalists and tedious archivists, allowing modern researchers… Continue reading 10 Mysteries Of The Ancient World We’ve Just Awesomely Solved

Although California is known for awesome things like Hollywood and Silicon Valley, it has its dark side, too. For decades, its alternative, freewheeling atmosphere has attracted weird cults like the Manson Family and Heaven’s Gate. It has also given the US more serial killers than any other state except Texas. Some of California’s unsolved mysteries,… Continue reading 10 Bizarre Unexplained Mysteries From California

In contemporary society, phone messages and voice mails are more annoying than helpful. Since cell phones with call displays became prevalent, messages are usually left only in emergencies or when your parents call. Still, there are cases of messages becoming integral clues in some truly disturbing unsolved mysteries. 10 The Murder Of John Masegian In… Continue reading 10 Unsolved Mysteries Involving Disturbing Phone Messages

The world is filled with fascinating mysteries that have long gone unsolved. In recent years, however, many of mankind’s most perplexing riddles and unsolved anomalies have finally been explained. While finding mysteries is fun, the solutions to these mysteries can be just as compelling. 10The Ceres Mystery Lights As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft approached the dwarf… Continue reading 10 Perplexing Mysteries That May Have Finally Been Solved

Whenever someone goes missing and their disappearance garners a lot of publicity, it’s inevitable that investigators will be flooded with tips from eyewitnesses claiming to have seen the victim. In most cases, these eyewitness sightings are never officially confirmed to be genuine, and it usually turns out that the witness saw someone else and mistook… Continue reading 10 Missing Persons Cases With Strange Sightings

Despite the passage of some eight decades, there are a handful of unsolved murders and disappearances from America’s Great Depression that still attract the public’s attention. Classic cases like the Lindbergh kidnapping, the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, and the Cleveland Torso Murders are the subjects of new articles, books, and documentaries every year. Although those… Continue reading 10 Little-Known Mysteries From America’s Great Depression