The Disappearance of Steven Damman By Emily Thompson. Also they had been scavenging in the forest hence their diet. He explained that the other guides on this trip are completely baffled. That means we need to take all sorts of existential risks like nuclear war, resource depletion, pollution, pandemics, etc. In January 2000, 18-year-old Zebb Quinn was meeting his friend Robert Jason Owens when he suddenly received an urgent page and rushed to the nearest payphone, presumably in his Model T. Via Rewards TVSeen here in one of the rare photos where he wasn't panicking over the camera stealing his soul. There’s some creepy shit in the world. I’d love … You're almost done. Some have elements that are particularly violent, bloody, gruesome, and unsettling. "I can't believe it!" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_face_murder_theory, Imagine a killer or killers that are so diabolical that they fool law enforcement into thinking they don’t even exist? Submit your writing to be published on Thought Catalog. No trace of him has ever been found. His parents went for a short walk thinking that their son was being watched by the grandparents. If you are hurting, this guided journal is for you. The green children of woolpit: Horrible Histories did a sketch about them. Courts offered 4 explanations but none were ever proven…. No explanation has ever been offered by Agatha. 12 years later, Owens was arrested and charged for the murder of pregnant Food Network star Cristie Schoen Codd … She was stabbed multiple times. December 13th noted that the storm was still raging on and that the three men had been praying. The strange thing is that on the mainland McArthur had been known as a tough guy and was a seasoned mariner. ", "So if this applies the wiper fluid, then the on switch should be ... hmmm ...". Some people tried hundreds of times and even if they could get the bag closed none of them could lock it. @MichaelDuschl. A few days after a major storm hit the isles, passing boats noticed that the lighthouse's "DON'T POINT YOUR SHIP IN THIS DIRECTION OR YOU DEAD" light was out. The area was searched for months but nothing was found. That's right -- Padilla was a licensed pilot, but he didn't have the necessary qualifications to handle a 727, which generally requires a crew of three people in order to function properly. Wikimedia Commons The crime scene where the body was found in the woods off Susquehanna Road in … Perhaps they ”disappeared” to start a new life? needing to keep his goddamn mouth shut.". The Colonial Parkway Killer on the parkway between Jamestown and Yorktown Virginia. It’s suspected he might be Canadian, however, as a worker described him having a Canadian accent. At around 2am, after around 47 minutes on the phone, Brandon yelled “OH SHIT” and the phone hung up. Weather did hinder search efforts as it was raining in the days immediately after the disappearance. Investigators found that at the time of his disappearance in 2005, Gricar was working on what would be known as the Penn State sex abuse scandal, which may or may not end up revealing an assistant football coach as a horrible dickbag who deserves all the prison. Thousands of people go missing every year. Something about unexplained mysteries demands attention. JLSnader/iStock/Getty Images"All according to my needlessly-complicated plan!". They even did a fictionalized version of the story on Cold Case. The landscaper was asked to wear a wire when speaking to her about it but nothing came up. Both men were last spotted being arrested by deputy Steve Calkins for driving without a license. The Antikythera mechanism. Forced disappearance Thanks for connecting! Smiley faces are a common graffiti symbol, but hey who knows. Where did he fall from? No bodies were ever found, no substantial evidence to link anyone to the disappearances, no clues as to what happened to the women and all within an (admittedly very broad) area the media started calling the ‘Vanishing Triangle’. In fact, besides a few absent life jackets and the door being stuck open, everything was in perfect order. I remember hanging out and talking to the police who were stationed outside their house. Harold Holt, the prime minster of Australia just disappeared while swimming at the beach in 1967. Hoping this case gets a little more exposure. It was the belief of some that he fell and hit his head. A June 7, 2015 article from CBC news had this from Doug, “It was very, very strange and difficult to explain why he ended up where he did,” said Fraser. Seen here in one of the rare photos where he wasn't panicking over the camera stealing his soul. Needless to say, it didn't help. Morgan was an English major at the University of Wyoming and had a summer job as a tour guide for white water trips on the Colorado River. But as sad as that is, most of those cases have perfectly logical explanations, like foul play, accidents, or people just starting over after realizing they'll never pay back their payday loans. Long story short: whole crew of a ship disappears with all their belongings left on board (even the booze). Gricar had previously investigated sexual misconduct charges against Penn State Football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky in 1998. The captain of the rescue ship quickly wrote the case off as all three men being caught outside in the aforementioned storm and drowning. ", "Her boobs could be a little bit bigger ..." Why? Estelle. The Mobs had such control over the government in WV that it was hushed up. They stated that the local newspaper had almost nothing about this event, which the area population thought was strange. "It's the finding of this inquest that the fire was accidental. 18:30 ingerir cápsulas, após efeito proteger metais aguardar sinal mascara” (’16:30 be at the specified location. "All according to my needlessly-complicated plan! Blimps are kind of the fat, slow-moving Rascal scooters of the sky, so Lieutenant Ernest Cody and Ensign Charles Adams probably felt like they were in for a relaxing balloon ride when they were assigned blimp patrol duty on August 16, 1942. A team soon arrived at the locked lighthouse, finding it occupied by unmade beds and an untouched meal on the table, with the keepers nowhere to be seen. After a frantic eight-month search, a child matching his description was found one state over in the company of a traveling tinkerer. He was found in a small drain wearing scuba diving gear and had no identification with him. The most popular theory at the minute is that she was sexually assaulted and killed by her 9 year old brother (far from fact, by the way) which just goes to show how crazy this mystery is. But there were witnesses who saw him pull over Terrance and arrest him. That’s some real life keyser soze shit, Edit: I’m merely speculating here about this supposed mystery, not saying I personally believe it one way or another. 90 years later, “Bobby’s” granddaughter was doing a genealogy project and discovered the old controversy. They should’ve known they’d be safe, so why would they be praying for the storm to pass over. Uncover inner peace and find the strength to move on with this guided journal + healing gift set which includes sage, a white purification candle, and a rose quartz stone. Each wore a formal suit, a lead eye mask, and a waterproof coat. A man named Larry Murphy, who was arrested in 2000 for rape and attempted murder, is a popular suspect, but he’s always denied it and there’s no real evidence to link him to the other cases. It is also on Reddit I think under true crime. The most depressing is JonBenet Ramsey. There is an online site that has a forum with people’s theories. However, the courts believed the Dunbars instead and convicted the tinkerer of kidnapping. The photograph was discovered in a parking lot by a woman, who claimed there was a Toyota van parked in the spot with a mustached 30+ yr old in the vehicle when she went inside the store. It was soon discovered that Quinn had been showing romantic interest in a woman named Misty Taylor, who had a jealous, physically abusive boyfriend. It's the curious details of a murder case that transfix true crime obsessives. Throughout American history, in fact, there’s been no shortage of unsolved murder cases that are as creepy as they are baffling… Unsolved Murders: The Boy In The Box. This incident matches other cases involving a boulder field. smithsonianmag.comAt least the parents could be comforted by their grim, stoic photos. Still one of the most fascinating incidents in American history. But what psychedelics cause drug overdoses with no signs of a struggle, and what’s with the masks and rain coats? I highly recommend searching it out. Creepy disappearances and unsolved murders. - No one who's seen the place. Something is making civilizations rare in the universe. January 5, 2019 | A Strange Mystery ... As chronicled in a New Yorker exposé, 23-year-old Pennsylvania resident Hannah Upp has led a life peppered with disappearances. They really did control West Virginia at the time and today their influence can still be felt. Now, obviously there are certain people in the readership whose mind immediately went to "UFO abduction," and that's only slightly stranger than our theory (Nazi Rocketeers! Cracked is published by Literally media Ltd.. That murderer took two of that family’s kids that day not just one. One child did die in the fire, but the other four were taken by the mob. 10) Scott And Amy Fandel: On September 4 1978, 13 year old Scott and 8 year old Amy Fandel mysteriously disappeared. Lots of speculation that the parents were behind it, but no one knows for sure. There are so many twists and turns to it that you should definitely read this very thorough write-up in Smithsonian magazine about it (after you finish reading this list, of course). For instance, he had Terrance’s car towed and told the tow operator that the car was abandoned. It is speculated that the female is Tara. About 20 minutes into the conversation he claims it wasn’t an aircraft that the only sound is a metallic sound. While the cases aren’t officially linked, the popular theory is that there was a serial killer/kidnapper. The fbi eventually released the notes to the public asking for assistance, in the hopes someone might recognize the code or be able to crack it. When a small team of police and firefighters arrived on scene, they noted the bodies’ odd conditions: The two males were lying next to each other, slightly covered by grass. Yes, the lack of bones was weird, but that must've had a rational explanation. A woman reported seeing four of the children with an older Italian man at a hotel and they appeared to be coerced into following him. The family has been focus as suspects but no body has ever been found. In 2003, American pilot and aircraft mechanic Ben Padilla arrived in Angola to supervise a team refurbishing an old Boeing 727. How the hell monkeys got to South America. In 1997 a baby in my neighborhood disappeared in the middle of the night. UVB-76 (The Buzzer) A radio station that produces , which broadcasts a buzzing noise at the same rate, however it is sometimes interrupted with Russian voices saying crap like “Command 135 initiated” it is just weird because anyone can listen to it, and it is very purposeful, but we don’t know what the hell its for. Like in the cases of ... On Christmas Eve 1945, the Sodder family was asleep in their Fayetteville, West Virginia home when a fire erupted, trapping five of the ten Sodder kids upstairs and, sadly, taking their lives before the firefighters could arrive. Category: Unsolved Disappearances. There has been nothing new on this event in over a month. Cracked is coming to Comikaze this weekend! YOGTZE is well known case about a dead man in Germany. Was the fire unrelated to the threats? Missing 6/2/15- Grand Canyon National Park, AZ. 2020 brings with it the start of not only a new year but a brand-new decade. With no ransom demands or anything? As his parents were on the way to pick him up, they were on the phone to him. No-one knows what the lights he saw were, why he yelled ‘OH SHIT’, why he was 20 miles from where he said he was, where he went or where he is. He was Bruce Anderson all along. Even a suvivor of the Zodiac identified Allen out of lineup (he was 8/10 sure that Allen was the man who shot them). They were unable to see him initially so they asked him to flash his cars lights. Happened in the 80s but its a pretty big thing in the area. Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira, The Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira. There was no evidence that anyone else had been inside the house, and on his computer history there was a bunch of fetish stuff about being locked in small spaces, but they got a bunch of people to try and lock themselves in a bag. The plane’s disappearance captivated the globe because unsolved mysteries and missing-persons sagas bear an extra smidgen of Creep Factor compared to your everyday open-and-shut true-crime stories. Here’s some pictures apparently taken shortly after his body was found. In 1922 whole family was murdered overnight on remote farm in Germany. Children go missing 15 feet from groups. A waitress at a roadside diner and a woman at a Charleston hotel later claimed that they saw four of the five missing kids with a group of Italian-looking men and women who wouldn't let them speak to anyone. What did he do with these men??? Lists. The english wiki page is missing conspiracy theories but it gives a good start for additional research. The death of Gareth Williams really unnerves me for some reason. Strangely enough, Bennington was the site of several unsolved disappearances that took place in the 1940s, including that of the wife of James Tetford, whom Tetford claimed went … There’s some creepy shit in the world. On December 26th, 1900 a supply ship arrived at the Eliean Mor lighthouse to find that no one was at the dock waiting for them. The disappearance of Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos. On Christmas Eve 1945, the Sodder family was asleep in their Fayetteville, West Virginia home when a fire erupted, trapping five of the ten Sodder kids upstairs and, sadly, taking their lives before the firefighters could arrive. The deeper you get into it, the more confusing it gets. In 2001, they found a woman’s body in a little wooded area in the parking of l’hôpital Royal Victoria in Montreal. And it's not the sort of aircraft you can land in a backyard and hide in a garage. Creepy Unsolved Murder Mysteries. Some have speculated that it’s about drugs, some that it’s his medication list, and many presume it’s nothing more than gibberish. He hasn’t been found. I know the Zodiac still technically isn’t solved, but I’ll always believe it was Arthur Leigh Allen. LA got suddenly and completely shut down, and military came in and started firing into the sky. Alien abduction? Alan Wilson"Her boobs could be a little bit bigger ..." Adding that the boulder field is quite a bit of elevation above the lake and a fair distance from the trail.”. On December 5, the crew of a Canadian brigantine called Dei Gratia discovered the ship adrift in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the Azores Islands. Brian was out at the bar with friends to celebrate the start of spring break. As is stated in this article, it’s almost ridiculous to believe that a human perpetrator drove this single lane road into this region and took Deorr. He was an outstanding swimmer and competent guide. The drain wasn’t even large enough to drown in and it was unlikely that he had somehow made come from the sea because the drains all have those grills on them and they move outwards towards the sea. There’s also evidence that members of the French military working with the Rwandan Presidential Guard were involved. Tomorrow is the day my wife dies. One of the great, if not the greatest, mystery writers of all time, and one day, for no reason, she vanished without a trace. https://roadtrippers.com/stories/mystery-behind-minnesotas-devils-kettle-falls. At least, that's what the fire chief said had happened, despite no bodies or bones being uncovered from the rubble. In light of all the bizarre circumstances of the tragedy, the Sodder family remembered that, some time before the fire, they were visited by two strangers making not-very-veiled threats about their house burning down and their kids dying. The YOGTZE case was several times topic of the German show “Aktenzeichen XY – ungelöst” which is a pretty big real crime show. Police found no trace of Quinn. Morgan’s group of boats pulled the group to the side of the river at a regular stop where they take guests up a side creek. I think it’s awesome. Sadly, their tips didn't lead anywhere, nor did the photograph Jennie Sodder received in the mail 20 years later that supposedly showed one of her now-grown missing sons. So, what, was it a kidnapping? Others soon came forward saying they saw a man outside the Sodder house carrying a block and tackle, which could hypothetically have been used to temporarily disable a car. Julia Anderson traveled to Louisiana to support his story and identified the little boy as Bruce. There isn’t as much evidence to go on with Santos’ disappearance, but his story was actively disputed by the available evidence when it comes to Terrance’s disappearance. Other than an insanely elaborate hoax, I have no explanation…. ), but as with all of the examples on this list, every possible scenario boggles the imagination. He denied any involvement in the fire itself, but said that he cut the phone line thinking it was the power line so they couldn’t see him in the yard. But then there are those disappearances that don't make a lick of sense, the kind where the pieces of the puzzle only seem to form a giant middle finger aimed straight at your own sense of skepticism. needing to keep his goddamn mouth shut.". It’s so creepy, no one knows what it actually is and it keeps spreading. Another interesting one is the Anita Knutson murder. He looked like he had melted and they suspect he was there for a few weeks. List Rules Vote up the most chilling cold cases from the state's history. Paleontologists call it the Great Dying and if you know anything about those guys, there not usually ones for hyperbole. Theories include anything from rogue weather balloons to UFOs. If you have an awesome job or experience you would like to share, hit up the tipline at tips@cracked.com. A further investigation was made and found mysterious entries in the lighthouse log: December 12th Thomas Marshall noted of severe winds ‘the likes of which I have never seen before in twenty years.’ He also noted that James Ducat, the Principal Keeper, had been very quiet and that William McArthur had been crying. Scotland Yard confirmed the female was Tara Calico, but tests of the photo conducted by the FBI came up with inconclusive results. Keep in mind, this was in the post-9/11 years, when a stolen airliner would be fully expected to show up again a week later crashing into a nuclear power plant. I don’t want to spoil it for you, so please click the link for the full story and photos. Luckily for that man, he was let go shortly after and his file disappeared. Maybe not. This is less famous than most of the cases listed here, but Trevaline Evans always got to me. And yet, this barely registers on the WTF-o-meter compared to what happened next. How did he end up in a boulder field? "See, the thing about locked doors is they keep things from getting in ... and out.". His father dropped his mother back at home and went back out to find him. The test proved that “Bobby Dunbar” was not related to the Dunbar family. I also am well aware of how unreliable eyewitness accounts can be. "Good call, sir. When notorious labor leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in 1975, it triggered one of the FBI’s longest-running organized crime cases in Detroit. http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Sabrina_Aisenberg. What do the notes contain, if anything at all? Naturally, the Navy investigated the hell out of the matter, only to find that no lifeboats or parachutes were missing from the ship. Steve Wright. The unsolved disappearance of the five Sodder children in 1945 is one of the strangest vanishings ever. The father’s vehicles were sabotaged, the ladder was gone (it was later found thrown down an embankment some distance away), their Christmas lights stayed on even though they should of gone out if it was an electrical fire, and the phone line was cut. On the afternoon of August 20, 1966, a young man was flying a kite on the Morro do Vintém (Vintém Hill) in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when he came upon the bodies of two deceased males and reported them to the authorities. The area that Deorr vanished is very, very remote with a rough dirt road.