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Top 20 most terrifying mysteries that were finally solved

we're looking at perplexing crimes and historical events that were finally solved

By Francis DamiPublished about a year ago 13 min read

Today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 most terrifying mysteries that were finally solved For this list, we're looking at perplexing crimes and historical events that were finally solved. Are you pleased with these answers?

# 20. the Franklin Expedition's fate I'm not going to lose another man. For centuries, explorers sought a Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific across the Arctic Ocean, but their missions frequently ended in disaster; it's merely the ice that's one of the reasons. The most renowned was that of British Royal Navy commander John Franklin in 1845. His expedition ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, never returned, and search parties discovered only artifacts and human bones over time, but we've pieced together the complete story. The ships became caught in pack ice, and the crew perished as a result of famine, hypothermia, and sickness. The submerged Erebus and Terror were discovered in 2014 and 2016, respectively.

#19 Various lumps of stuff return that are not particularly pleasant. Imagine waking up in a ditch with only 17 dollars in your pocket and no memory of who you are or where you came from; that's what happened to amnesiac Pierre in May 1992. April was discovered wandering the streets of San Diego. and taken to a shelter, pieces of his life began to return to him, including faces and talents, but nothing came of his attempts to reconnect with his past life in September his case was featured on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries I was so sure this city would bring everything back but it did not this episode was seen by an old colleague of April's named Carol she found the show's tip line and told them everything they needed to know April was happily reunited with his family and man with

#18 Umbrella In November 1963, the obsession with John F. Kennedy spurred countless beliefs about conspiracies Some of the more intriguing ones concerned a figure seen in photos and films of the event brandishing an umbrella despite the sunny weather in Dallas there appears to be exactly one person standing under an open black umbrella could he have been complicit in the assassination he remained a mystery for 15 years until 1978 when Louis Steven Witt came forth Witt identified himself as the umbrella man and said that the umbrella was meant as a symbolic very enticing Mysteries fizzled out with a disappointing solution well I see then everything is tied up in a tidy little box truly I mean that

#17 The Paulding light of Michigan speaking of dreadfully disappointing replies .We came out here because someone told us about it, and we were just sitting around in the middle of the night, and some local people we knew had heard about it. Paulding is a small community in western Michigan that houses a famous piece of folklore one popular Legend says that the light is produced by the Wayward Spirit of a train conductor killed when his locomotive derailment just outside of town onlookers can spot a bright light flashing on and off at night. The residents of Paulding have several supernatural interpretations of this light, including ghosts. One particularly creepy story claims that it's a grandparent searching for their missing grandchild with a flickering Lantern, but the truth is far more boring turns out it's actually just headlights from a nearby highway so yeah bummer had people standing here with the pictures of the vehicles on the computer screen and it's like well that's it and you still won't believe it The man from Somerton,

#16 One of Australia's enduring mysteries may have been answered in the summer of 2022. On December 1st, 1948, a body was discovered in Adelaide Somerton Park, wearing American clothing embroidered with the name the end of a Keen inside his pocket was a scrap of paper reading tamom should Persian 4 be finished the book from which this paper was torn was eventually located and investigators discovered cryptic text written on the cover it looked for people with no date of death on that tree and there was one that stood out in July 2022 DNA assisted in identifying the man as Carl Webb. It is also now believed that the cryptic text found in the book were horse names as Webb frequently gambled on horse racing. Finally, the clothes were likely passed down from his nephew who once lived in the United States.

#15 on the list. The bloop was a very loud underwater noise captured in 1997 by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration foreign it was so loud that it was detected by sensors over 3000 miles away it doesn't sound like much at normal speed but it takes on its signature bloop noise when sped up Believers in Cthulhu quickly thought of a giant underwater monster, but the truth is more mundane: it was an ice quake caused by glacial movements. Man science can't let us have any fun.

#14 Anastasia's fate was intended to be sealed in the grave. On July 17, 1918, far-left revolutionaries the Bolsheviks murdered the Russian imperial Romanov family. In the aftermath, rumors circulated that grand duchess Anastasia, who was 17, had somehow escaped and survived; her body could not be found, and several people came forward claiming to be the Lost Anastasia; however, these stories turned out to be outright lies or the result of mental health issues, as was the case with famous imposter Anna Anastasiya. Anderson The long-running rumor was officially put to rest when the royal family's remains were identified with DNA grand duchess Anastasia was among them proving that she died with the rest of the romanovs

# 13 lady be good the World War II bomber lady be good was used to conduct a raid on Naples on April 4th, 1943 but it disappeared on its way back to Libya both the plane and its crew were considered lost no one knew what happened and the plane was not recovered that is, until 1958 when the crashed aircraft was discovered in the Libyan Desert. This raised even more questions because the plane was remarkably preserved and showed no signs of the crew where's the pilot stand where's the crow hey all the questions were eventually answered following an investigation the pilot had gotten lost in a sandstorm and ejected from the craft when it ran out of fuel the plane crashed and the men died while walking through the desert

#12 Sailing Stones of the strangest sights in all of nature can be viewed there. A large Trail leads behind a rock in the middle of the desert, appearing to have been pushed across the surface, yet there are no footprints or other signs of life. activity is present What the heck is going on with these rocks, especially in the Racetrack Playa of California's Death Valley with all these odd parallel paths that are obviously connected by some type of common force? Researchers have been intrigued by the occurrence for decades, but the secret has just lately been solved. The rocks slide across these sheets of extremely thin ice formed by the valley floor, and when the ice begins to melt, the movement leaves indentations in the ground that serve as their signature

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#11 Trails: The Death of Jun Lin would stroll the streets while using his mobile to stream because his mother is still concerned about him living in a large foreign city. His daily discussions with her were always the same: "Don't worry," he assured her, as he strolled the streets with his mobile streaming photographs. One of the most infamous films in internet history, dubbed One Lunatic One Ice Pick, was posted on May 25, 2012. It shows an Asian man being slain and dismembered by an unknown individual, making it obvious that the crime took place on the bed After different body parts were mailed to Canadian schools and government offices and these remains were connected to the man who was killed in the video, the case gained international attention and was a mystery for several days, but authorities eventually cracked it. Luca Magnotta was eventually apprehended in Berlin on June 4 about a week and a half after uploading the infamous video as a result of an international manhunt since fleeing Canada last week was arrested by police at an internet potentially faced with his capture. Magnotta was quickly linked to the grizzly murder and had already left the country. Tomorrow, Judge

#10 Is slated to hear a case involving Canada's legal system. One of the most well-known space photographs ever was captured by the Viking orbiters in the middle of the 1970s and shows the Sidonian face on Mars, which makes you question if there ever was a sophisticated civilization on the planet. This image of the Sidonia region of Mars, taken by the Viking orbiters in the mid-1970s, is one of the most well-known space images ever. People immediately noticed that one of the features had a startling resemblance to a human face or perhaps one of those old-school hockey masks because everything is in perfect proportion, with the faces being a mile and a half and two miles long, the eyes being a quarter mile, and those being a mile and a half long. Thoughts quickly turned to aliens or some sort of human settlement on the apparently barren planet, but the reality is considerably more dull. Turns out, this was only a lighting-related optical illusion caused by a low-resolution shot. More current, far better images of the same place show nothing but a dull hill with facial features .

#9. The building of the pyramids The construction of the Giza Pyramids, one of the most famous landmarks in the world, has baffled people for millennia, leading some to speculate that aliens must have been involved. After all, humans couldn't possibly drag and lift those stones into place, could they? Actually, yes. Researchers think that workers loaded the blocks onto sludges and wet the sand to make them easier to drag.

#8 The Tunguska event On June 30, 1908, a remote area of Russia was struck by a powerful and mysterious blast. Within an hour, the explosion and the great fire that followed destroyed a region of forest the size of Greater London. Those who witnessed the event believed it to be the end of the world. It took tens of thousands of people decades to complete, but no one said building a wonder of the world was easy. Numerous scientific papers have been produced about the occurrence and the region has been investigated for decades with many people trying to solve the strange case. It would take 105 years of inquiry to finally write the words "the end." It is now widely accepted that a 200-foot meteor travelling at 60 000 mph exploded over the area, causing what is known as a meteor air burst, which then destroyed everything below the meteor's detonation site. If the meteor had been a meteorite and the Earth had turned a little bit more, it would have destroyed Saint Petersburg an hour later, Helsinki an hour later, Stockholm an hour later, and Oslo

#7 After the death of Ryan Stallings death When Patricia Stallings brought her sick baby Ryan to the hospital, the doctors discovered what they believed to be ethylene glycol in the infant's blood, leading them to believe that he had been poisoned. The baby recovered, but Patricia was suspected of the poisoning, and Ryan was sent to live elsewhere. I was shocked and devastated because Ryan was my world, and after a subsequent visit, Ryan fell ill once more and passed away. Patricia was once more accused of poisoning Ryan and charged with homicide. Patricia's mother, Patty, was now accused of first-degree murder and imprisoned without bail; she was unable to attend Ryan's funeral and eventually testified against Patricia. She then had another son, who displayed the same symptoms. Later research revealed that both kids had methylmalonic acidemia, a condition. Because the symptoms of MMA and many poisonings are so similar, it would be very easy to mistake the diagnosis of MMA with multiple poisonings. An acidic byproduct of the condition can be mistaken for ethylene glycol. After being freed from prison, Patricia successfully sued the laboratory that conducted Ryan's blood test. An intriguing mystery surrounds the magnificent stone circle known as Stonehenge.

#6 The largely accepted belief is that the Stonehenge landscape was a huge Cemetery, a place to bury and respect the dead but one of Humanity's greatest mysteries Stonehenge has been standing for thousands of years.The widely accepted theory holds that the Stonehenge landscape was a large cemetery, a place to bury and worship the dead, but where exactly did the enormous stones come from? They are all roughly symmetrical, measuring 13 feet high by 7 feet across, and each weighs 25 tonnes. Experts have been attempting to solve the mystery for hundreds of years; some would have you believe that it was caused by aliens, but in reality, it was just the nearby woods. In 2019, researchers were able to conduct tests on The site has now been determined, but there is still one intriguing mystery: how did they move these 25-ton boulders 15 kilometres to the south?

#5 The Centennial Olympic Park; four: The North Carolina Mountains; there were undoubtedly some very, very powerful people in the area at the time who were able to control resources and the labour force to build some of the grandest monuments we've ever seen.The bombing of Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park on July 27, 1996, during the summer Olympic Games resulted in hundreds of injuries, but thanks to the valiant work of security guard Richard Jewell, direct fatalities were kept to a minimum—are you kidding me?—we're going to move? Self was first suspected of being the offender, but he was ultimately exonerated, and the case remained unsolved for several years before the FBI was finally called in. led to the discovery of a man by the name of Eric Rudolph who had carried out numerous other bombings throughout the American South Rudolph was finally apprehended in 2003 and pleaded guilty to all charges. He was given four life sentences and is currently being held in a supermax prison in Colorado. Rudolph had one live bomb and 250 pounds of explosives buried in these mountains, and in exchange for life sentences, he agreed to tell the government where they were all.

#4 The Case of Jamal Khashoggi's Disappearance The execution of Saudi journalist Jamal khashoggi sparked a new wave of condemnation for the Trump Administration. The United States responded by sanctioning several Saudis, but the Crown Prince has not yet been held accountable. In the autumn of 2018, news of journalist Jamal Khashogshi's case was widely reported. When Khashogshi went missing on October 2 of that year, he was visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. At the time, he was a journalist in exile who was seeing articles that were critical of the Saudi Arabian government. I believe that while his whereabouts were unknown for several weeks, most people had a good idea of what happened. Khashogshi was murdered within the consulate, it was subsequently established, and on October 25th Saudi Arabia's attorney general acknowledged that it was a premeditated killing, the CIA later came to the conclusion.

#3 The Golden State Killer One of the most notorious criminals in American history, the Golden State Killer has gone by many names. He terrorised California throughout the 1970s and 1980s, sexually assaulting at least 51 women and robbing over 10 homes. There was credible evidence that Khashogshi was assassinated on the orders of Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The identity of the perpetrator of these crime sprees—dubbed the "Golden State Killer" in 2013—was only revealed over time. by criminal . According to author Michelle McNamara, the case served as inspiration for the development of California's DNA database, and it was DNA evidence that ultimately led to the arrest of Joseph James D'Angelo in 2018 at the age of 72. He was given a life sentence in prison, and I believe we all accepted that justice would never be served in this case. Neither of them should have ever passed away in this manner.

#2 Was the collapse of the Maya civilization, which was the largest and most advanced pre-Columbian civilization in the Americas. The Maya flourished for thousands of years, developing the first written language in the Western Hemisphere, mastering mathematics and astronomy, and creating magnificent works of art. The civilization entered its so-called classic period. the year 250, and it persisted until the year 900. A mystery that has confounded historians for years was finally solved in the 21st century: the Maya were so overpopulated that they damaged the environment and created a devastating drought the extreme intensity of which the Maya civilization entered what is known as its post-classic period. Around that time, the entire political system collapsed, and the Maya abandoned their most important cities to move north. Today, the deserted jungles of the Yucatan serve as a stark warning that even the greatest civilizations can crumble

#1 Vampire clan, One of the spookiest "Unsolved Mysteries" episodes features Rod Ferrell and his purported "Vampire Clan." Jennifer Wendorf discovered her parents' beaten-to-death bodies in their Florida home in November 1996. Although authorities instantly suspected Ferrell in the homicide since he was close to the Wendorfs' second daughter, Heather, the case remained unresolved for weeks. Ferrell allegedly required prospective members to drink his blood in order to join the vampiric cult he oversaw in Kentucky. Ferrell and a guy called Scott Anderson were discovered to be guilty for the deaths of the Wendorfs and given life sentences when the grandmother of a member assisted authorities in locating the cult.

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