On May 28, 1980, a woman named Dorothy Jane Scott disappeared from Anaheim, California. The young single mom lived in nearby Stanton with her aunt and her four-year-old son. Scott, who was 32 at the time, had reportedly been subjected to harassment by a mysterious stalker for months leading up …
Read MoreRico Harris was one of the most promising college basketball players in the late 90s. The son of a former Idaho State star, Harris exhibited uncommon talent while playing for Los Angeles City College. Sportswriters and fans alike compared Harris’s playing style to Lamar Odom’s, and many expected Harris to …
Read MoreOn August 23, 1912, a four-year-old boy named Bobby Dunbar was staying with his family in their Louisiana cabin. The Swayze Lake region is notorious for being hard to navigate: its swampy climate and plentiful pitfalls make it difficult even for adults to traverse. Bobby’s parents, Lessie and Percy Dunbar, …
Read MoreIn 1995, 42-year-old former rock star Philip Taylor Kramer went missing in Los Angeles, California. He vanished shortly after telling friends that he believed he’d cracked the secret to teleporting matter. Shortly before his disappearance, he’d planned to drive to Los Angeles International Airport to pick up a business associate …
Read MoreIn December of 2007, things were looking up for Danica Childs. The 17-year-old Federal Way resident had been struggling in an advanced course in school but had managed to turn things around, academically. She’d struck up a friendship with a college-aged boy she met through the program, and the two …
Read MoreThe 1961 disappearance of Joan Risch continues to baffle investigators and puzzle mystery enthusiasts. During the afternoon on October 24, 1961, Risch’s daughter returned home to find her mother was not there. Instead, there was blood on the kitchen floor, and little trace of Joan. An investigation by police quickly …
Read MoreIn December of 2015, 19-year-old Katelin Akens was back home in Virginia visiting her family. Her mother Lisa was hosting her while she visited her younger sister, Gabby, who had recently given birth to a baby. Katelin had spent the previous few days visiting her family and catching up with …
Read MoreThe Flannan Isles are a series of rocky, uninhabited islands located to the west of Scotland. They’re an ideal location for a lighthouse to guide boats entering the UK from the north, however, so a few lighthouse keepers historically live on one of the rocky isles to keep the beacon …
Read MoreIn the early 20th century, Alfred Lowenstein was one of the richest men in the world. Born in Brussels, Belgium, in 1877, Lowenstein rose to prominence in the world of international finance by shrewdly investing in various stocks and companies around the world. However, he met with a bizarre fate …
Read MoreBrandon Swanson was born on January 30, 1989. When he was only 19, he was a student at Minnesota West Community and Technical College, and, on May 14, 2008, he was driving home from a party celebrating the end of the Spring semester. The young man drove his car into …
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