On the Trail of the Mothman
A mysterious creature, an abandoned munitions site, and a deadly bridge collapse intertwine in the folklore of Point Pleasant.
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How One Man’s Quest for a Musketeer’s Bones Got Him Locked Up
A secret archaeological dig inside a Dutch church has led to drama worthy of Alexandre Dumas. Did Wim Dijkman really find the bones of the fourth musketeer? We may never know.
What Happened to Amelia Earhart in 1937? | TheCollector
American Aviator Amelia Earhart’s mysterious disappearance in 1937 sparked widespread interest, speculation, and ongoing investigations about what really happened to her.
Why the Andoque of the Amazon fear the seductive dolphin | Aeon Essays
The Andoque of the Amazon know what we have forgotten: the forest’s most beautiful creatures are also its most dangerous
The Mystery of Dark Oxygen
James Dinneen on the search for dark oxygen in the Moab Khotsong gold-and-uranium mine, outside Johannesburg, South Africa.
Real-life thriller: A mysterious hijacking, an unsolved murder, and $100 million in the balance.
A mysterious assault. An unsolved murder. And a ship that hasn’t given up all its secrets.
The 40-Year Mystery of the Iron Nitride Magnet
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How we learned what genes are made of
In the 1940s, scientists made a discovery now fundamental to biology: genes are encoded in DNA. The story involves bacteria, dead mice, and a kitchen cream separator.
The Macabre Case of the Man in the Mask
And the shadowy world of Andrew Crispo.
Connie Converse was a folk-music genius. Then she vanished
She made stunning, forward-thinking songs in the 1950s, but was barely known – and aged 50, she disappeared. Now, with a new re-release of her music, she's recognised as a trailblazer.
What really happened to the Mary Celeste?
The ultimate ghost ship mystery
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An Introduction to the Codex Seraphinianus, the Strangest Book Ever Published
Imagine you could talk to Hieronymus Bosch, the authors of the Book of Revelation, or of the Voynich Manuscript—a bizarre 15th century text written in an uncrackable code; that you could solve centuries-old mysteries by asking them, “what were you thinking?” You might be…
Double Take - Orion Magazine
Are people crying Bigfoot when it’s really a bear?
Gobsmacked! Supernatural Sightings After a Kentucky Flood
Lora Eli Smith reports on mysterious goblin-like creatures sightings by Eastern Kentucky residents after the devastating 2022 floods.
Two men fell gravely ill last year; their infections link to deaths in the ’80s
The bacterium is known to live in Mississippi, but the new cases may expand its range.
The enduring puzzle of static electricity
Even though it lacks a complete explanation, the small-scale, everyday effect is being exploited for various applications.
The Skeletons at the Lake
Genetic analysis of human remains found in the Himalayas has raised baffling questions about who these people were and why they were there, Douglas Preston writes.
Unmasking the Sea Star Killer
After a decade of carnage, we finally know what’s devastating sea stars along North America’s West Coast. Does that mean scientists can save them?
The Congo’s Dinosaur of Discord
Once a subject of Victorian fascination, the mokele-mbembe myth is now fodder for creationists on a quest to disprove Darwinism
What Is the Voynich Manuscript?
The 15th century Voynich Manuscript is a historical marvel, written in an undecipherable language and intricately illustrated on vellum.
Can a stuffed bird solve a 150-year-old Arctic murder mystery?
The Polaris explorer Charles Francis Hall has long been rumoured to have been poisoned in 1872. A preserved snow bunting might be crucial evidence for the theory
The Shipwreck Detective
Nigel Pickford has spent a lifetime searching for sunken treasure—without leaving dry land.
What is the “Cyclopean Cave” — and why are these guys hauling buckets of Colorado mud to find it?
Outside Leadville, spelunkers are following a hunch that a pioneer journalist’s fantastical cavern could be right below their feet.
Who Were the Mysterious Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia?
Tales of strange, nocturnal people haunt the region—and so do theories about who they were, from a lost Welsh "tribe" to aliens.
Death as a Child: The Modern Legend of the Black-Eyed Children
First described in Texas in the mid-90s, what are these disturbing figures—and what do they want?
The Obsession
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A multicultural, interfaith family in 1970s San Francisco reported a series of unexplained phenomena. Then a priest with a dark past stepped up.
Don't Stare at the Dark Watchers - Atlas Obscura
Cryptic characters lurk in California's mountains. Or maybe it's just the weather.
Inside the Decades Long Hunt for the Mongolian Death Worm
Some say the true death worm has already been found—slithering beneath the sands of the Gobi.
The Family Who Vanished Into the Bush
The two disappearances of Tom Phillips and his children.
The Mystery of 4,400 Preserved Brains—And One Scientist’s Quest to Solve It
The former undertaker collects human brains, talks to them, and hopes they won’t haunt her.
The Elusive, Maddening Mystery of the Bell Witch - Atlas Obscura
A classic ghost story has something to say about America—200 years ago, 100 years ago, and today.
The Lost Music of Connie Converse
A writer of haunting, uncategorizable songs, she once seemed poised for runaway fame. But only decades after she disappeared has her music found an audience.
The Tunguska Mystery--100 Years Later
Finding a piece of the elusive cosmic body that devastated a Siberian forest a century ago could help save Earth in the centuries to come
Avenging Billy: How amateur sleuths took on a gay porn actor’s haunting Hollywood murder
Local sleuths help find a suspect in gay porn actor Bill Newton's murder. His dismembered head and feet were found in a Hollywood dumpster in 1990.
Stranger Things: A Reading List of Unsolved Mysteries
Tales of odd phenomena stoke our imagination even as they tease us.
What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane
Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say.
The ghostly radio station that no one claims to run
“MDZhB” has been broadcasting since 1982. No one knows why.
What Lies Beneath
In 1708, the Spanish galleon San José sank in a deadly battle against English warships, taking with it billions in treasure. Centuries passed until a secretive archaeologist found the wreck, but now nations are again warring over who may claim the gold and glory.
The Notorious Mrs. Mossler
In the mid-sixties, Candace Mossler was one of the most widely known socialites in Houston. She was in her forties, vivacious and full of charm, with wavy blond hair, deep-blue eyes, and a surgically enhanced figure that was often remarked upon in the many newspaper columns…
The Day Treva Throneberry Disappeared
The North Texas teenager went missing in the late eighties. For years, no one knew where she was, or even if she was still alive-no one, that is, except a mysterious young woman two thousand miles away.
Searching for Mr. X - The Atavist Magazine
For eight years, a man without a memory lived among strangers at a hospital in Mississippi. But was recovering his identity the happy ending he was looking for?
The Mystery of People Who Speak Dozens of Languages | The New Yorker
What can hyperpolyglots teach the rest of us?
The Lost Boys
It was the most shocking crime of its day, 27 boys from the same part of town kidnapped, tortured, and killed by an affable neighbor named Dean Corll. Forty years later, it remains one of the least understood—or talked about—chapters in Houston's history.
Decades After Mysteriously Drowning, Pecos Jane Has a Name – Texas Monthly
The young woman who mysteriously drowned in the Ropers Motel pool in 1966 might have remained anonymous forever, if not for cutting-edge genetics, old-fashioned genealogy—and the kindness of a small West Texas town.
DNA Could Identify Somerton Man Exhumed in Australia - The New York Times
This week the police disinterred a body, found on a beach in 1948, that has puzzled investigators for decades. “There’s lots of twists and turns in this case, and every turn is pretty weird,” one said.
'He knew something': The Bay Area flight of Rangers that vanished
The mission, still a secret to this day, was so dangerous many men bid emotional goodbyes...
Out of thin air: the mystery of the man who fell from the sky | Air transpo
The long read: In 2019, the body of a man fell from a passenger plane into a garden in south London. Who was he?
Strange Company
A walk on the weird side of history