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The Dyatlov Pass Incident
On January 27th 1959, a group of nine skiers set off hiking in the northern Ural Mountains. The group was formed of graduate students from a nearby University for a ski trek across the Sverdlovsk Oblast. The students were all experienced hikers and seasoned skiers, and the route was rated as a “Category III” – the most difficult. The trip began rather uneventful, but by February 2nd they would all be dead with no witnesses or explanation. Read more…
The Only Unsolved Airline Hijacking in U.S. History: D.B. Cooper
November 24th, 1971. An unknown man extorts $200k from Northwest Orient Airlines in Washington after taking a Boeing 727 hostage. He releases all the hostages in Seattle upon receipt of the ransom money. He then instructs three of the crew to continue flying on to Mexico.
Only the man had no intention of flying to Mexico. He dons a parachute, opens the rear stair of the 727, and jumps out into the cold and rainy night. Despite an exhaustive investigation with full FBI involvement, the man has never been identified, the bulk of the money never located, nor the crime solved. This also stands as the only unsolved airline hijacking in American history. Read more…
Unsolved Death from 1948: The Somerton Man (The Tamam Shud Case)
The day was December 1st, 1948. Around 6:30 a.m. on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, Australia, passerbys found the body of a man laying on the beach. Some witnesses claimed they saw him on the beach the night before, but since they thought they had seen his arm move, they thought he might be homeless or drunk and pressed on. By the next morning the next witness knew something was wrong and called police. Read more…
