disappearances
The Enigmatic Exit of William Lidderdale
On January 8, 1892, 40-year-old William R. Lidderdale left his home in Ilminster, England for a brief business trip to London. He planned to meet a …
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Where is Kenneth Beasley?
Atlanta Constitution, February 17, 1905, via Newspapers.com A while back, I wrote about the tangled tale surrounding the disappearance, and presumed …
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The Body in the Cylinder
During the London Blitz, a bomb dropped on Liverpool uncovered a water-tight steel cylinder that had been embedded in a concrete building foundation.…
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Where is Trevaline?
Trevaline Evans, via Cascade News An utterly normal person, going about an utterly normal day in his/her utterly normal life. All is well. Not the …
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The Lost Boy: The Mystery of Melvin Horst
Melvin Horst America's most famous child kidnapping case is the 1932 disappearance of the Lindbergh baby. The notoriety of this still-enigmatic …
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The Disappearance and Death of Jeanne De Kay
On the night of December 30, 1919, twenty-year-old Jeanne De Kay, daughter of a wealthy entrepreneur and socialite, left her residence at Jane Addams…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
Milwaukee Journal, April 30 1937 Port Washington, Wis., (AP) —Sheriff Ben F. Runkel Friday continued a search tor Capt. George Doner, who disappeared…
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Newspaper Clipping of the Day
The following story was one of several "Remarkable unsolved mysteries" described by a New Zealand newspaper in June 1901: The annoying thin…
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In Deep Water: The Last Dive of the Lonergans
On Sunday, January 25, 1998, 34-year-old Tom Lonergan and his 29-year-old wife Eileen were part of a group of 26 passengers who set out in the scuba …
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The Pilots Who Walked Away: Answering a Fortean Riddle
The mystery involving Flight-Lieutenant William Conway Day (his name is usually erroneously given as "W.T. Day,") and Pilot Officer Douglas…
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The Strange Disappearance of Dorothy Forstein
Philadelphian Dorothy Cooper Forstein appeared to be happily married, comfortably well-to-do, a loving mother, and well-liked. She was, in short, on…
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Judy Smith's Final Destination: A Bizarre Murder Mystery
Judith "Judy" Eldridge did not have a particularly easy life. She was born in 1946 into a working-class family in Massachusetts. When she…
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California Gothic: The Strange Death of Edith Irene Wolfskill
"San Francisco Examiner," August 29, 1903, via Newspapers.com It seems inevitable that rich, powerful families attract any number of strang…
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