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History’s Unsolved Mysteries
UNEXPLAINED DEATHS
UNSOLVED MURDERS AND MYSTERIOUS DEATHS • Around the world, people have gone missing or been found dead, their deaths becoming a mythologised mystery
THE MYSTERIOUS MAN OF SOMERTON BEACH • While investigating the body of a man found dead on the sands of Somerton Beach, detectives would unearth secret codes, hidden phone numbers and a Russian spy ring – leaving them with more unanswered questions than viable clues
MURDER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS • When Estelle Chapon noticed that her neighbours’ shutters hadn’t opened for over a week, she called the police. Her actions instigated one of France’s most intriguing investigations to date
THE ATLANTA CHILD MURDERS RE-EXAMINED • Forty years after the Atlanta Child Murders shocked the world there are still many unanswered questions, and when even the victims’ mothers are unconvinced by Wayne Williams’ guilt, it’s time the case was re-examined…
MYSTERY OF THE YUBA COUNTY 5 • Five young men kissed their families goodbye and drove off to a basketball game. Four returned months later in body bags and one never returned at all. What happened on that freezing cold night?
THE CHICAGO TYLENOL MURDERS • On one infamous day in September 1982, Chicago was plunged into a state of panic when seven unsuspecting victims died after taking painkillers laced with cyanide. The killer has never been caught…
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES
VANISHED INTO THIN AIR • he bizarre disappearances of various famous individuals have instigated numerous conspiracy theories, but will we ever find out what really happened to these lost souls?
THE DISAPPEARING SKYJACKER • Has ‘DB Cooper’ eluded the might and manpower of the FBI for more than 40 years, or did he die from a failed parachute jump one night in November 1971?
THIRTY YEARS GONE: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF PHILIP CAIRNS • Almost 35 years ago, Philip Cairns disappeared without a trace walking from home to school. Was he snatched by a predatory paedophile or an obscure satanic cult?
SNATCHED FROM THE SUPERMARKET • Katrice disappeared on her second birthday while shopping with her mother. Four decades later, her desperate family are no closer to finding out what happened to their beloved little girl
RUN FOR YOUR LIFE • Picked up on a long walk back home by ‘a person or persons unknown’, teenagers Vanessa Conlan and Jessica Small thought their prayers had been answered. Instead a nightmare had just begun…
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ANDREW GOSDEN • Over a decade ago a 14-year-old Doncaster boy skipped school and bought a one-way ticket to London. What happened next remains a mystery that has haunted his family and police ever since
THE WEIRD & WACKY
SOMETHING’S AFOOT IN THE SALISH SEA • Since 2007, 21 individual human feet have washed up along a stretch of the northwest US and Canadian coasts, prompting rumours of serial killers, the paranormal, and spooky coincidence
ARE WE REALLY ALONE? • Have governments across the globe covered up proof of alien life? From ancient carvings to abductions, the truth really could be out there…
THE BIGGEST ART THEFT IN HISTORY • The story of this famous art heist would easily be at home in a Hollywood spy thriller
SECRET SIGNALS • Hidden inconspicuously amid the static are some mysterious transmissions – but what are they for? And who is behind them?
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HISTORY’S Unsolved MYSTERiES • Unsolved crimes & events that have baffled the world’s greatest minds