The unsolved locked room murder of Joe Elwell, 1920
On June 11, 1920, Joseph Bowne Elwell was killed in a room that was locked from the inside. So how did his death happen?
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Benedetto Supino: An Italian boy who could set things ‘ablaze’ by just staring at them
Benedetto Supino was 10 years old when discovered something quite strange about himself, he could set things ablaze by staring at them. In a dentist’s office in Formia, Italy, in…
The mysterious death of the silent film actress Virginia Rappe
On September 9, 1921, tragedy struck when the silent film actress Virginia Rappe passed away under mysterious circumstances.
The Boy in the Box: ‘America’s Unknown Child’ is still unidentified
The "Boy in the Box" had died of blunt force trauma, and was bruised in many places, but none of his bones had been broken. There were no signs that the unidentified boy had been raped or sexually assaulted in any way. The case remains unsolved to this day.
Black Dahlia: The 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short is still unsolved
Elizabeth Short, or widely known as the “Black Dahlia” was murdered on the 15th of January 1947. She had been mutilated and severed at the waist, with the two halves…
Rosalia Lombardo: The mystery of the “Blinking Mummy”
Even though mummification is still practised in some distant cultures, it is uncommon in the Western world. Rosalia Lombardo, a two-year-old girl, died in 1920 from an intensified case of…
The exorcism of Clara Germana Cele – A forgotten story from 1906
In 1906, a 16-year-old from South Africa, Clara Cele, was heard making a pact with the devil and soon began behaving erratically, tearing at her clothes, growling, speaking in tongues,…
Who was the mysterious ‘Man in The Iron Mask’?
The legend of the Man in The Iron Mask goes something like this: Until his death in 1703, a prisoner was held for over three decades across France, including at the Bastille, all while wearing an iron mask, concealing his identity.
The 1986 disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh is still unsolved
In 1986, a real estate agent named Suzy Lamplugh went missing while she was at work. On the day of her disappearance, she was scheduled to show a client called “Mr. Kipper” around a property. She has remained missing ever since.
The dead firefighter Francis Leavy’s ghostly handprint remains an unsolved mystery
For twenty years a mysterious handprint was visible on a Chicago fire station’s window. It could not be cleaned off, buffed off or scraped off. Many believed it belonged to…
