The Dyatlov Pass Incident occurred in 1959 when a group of nine experienced hikers, led by Igor Dyatlov, embarked on a trek in the Ural Mountains of the Soviet Union (now Russia). The group aimed to reach Mount Otorten but never returned. After a search was initiated, the hikers’ tent was discovered on the slopes […]
The D.B. Cooper hijacking, also known as the Cooper vane mystery, occurred on November 24, 1971, when an unidentified man using the alias “Dan Cooper” (later mistakenly referred to as D.B. Cooper) hijacked a commercial airplane, extorted a ransom, and then parachuted out of the plane, disappearing without a trace. Cooper boarded Northwest Orient Airlines […]
The Dancing Plague of 1518 was a bizarre phenomenon that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (modern-day France), in July 1518. It involved a sudden outbreak of compulsive, frenzied dancing that affected hundreds of people, lasting for weeks and leading to some deaths. The incident began with a woman named Frau Troffea, who started dancing in the […]
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, but its existence and exact location remain a historical mystery. Descriptions of the gardens come from ancient texts, notably by Greek historians such as Strabo and Philo of Byzantium, but there is no archaeological evidence to definitively confirm their […]
The mystery of the vanishing Roanoke Colony revolves around the unexplained disappearance of the English settlers who established a colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina, in the late 16th century. Led by John White, the Roanoke Colony was established in 1587. John White left the colony to return to England […]
The Hessdalen lights (also known as the Northern Lights) are an unexplained and recurring phenomena observed in the Hessdalen Valley in Norway. The lights, typically bright, colored, and floating or hovering above the ground, have been reported since the early 1980s. They vary in size and behavior, appearing both day and night. Scientists and researchers […]
The Hinterkaifeck murders refer to a gruesome and unsolved mass murder that occurred in 1922 in the small German village of Hinterkaifeck. Six inhabitants of the Gruber family, including the parents, their daughter, and two grandchildren, as well as the maid, were brutally killed with a mattock, a type of pickaxe. The murders took place […]
The Isdal Woman is the nickname given to an unidentified woman whose body was discovered in the Isdalen Valley near Bergen, Norway, in 1970. The case is marked by mysterious circumstances and the woman’s efforts to conceal her identity. The woman was found dead with signs of burns and poisoning. Near her body, investigators discovered […]
The Lead Masks Case, also known as the “Máscaras de Chumbo” case, is a mysterious and unsolved incident that took place in Brazil in 1966. Two electronic technicians, Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana, were found dead under strange circumstances on Vintém Hill in Rio de Janeiro. The bodies were discovered wearing lead […]
The Lost Colony of Roanoke refers to the mysterious disappearance of a group of English settlers who established a colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina, in the late 16th century. The Roanoke Colony was one of the first attempts by the English to establish a permanent settlement in the New […]