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  1. kamalktk

    Emanuela Orlandi's Disappearance

    Emanuela Orlandi's disappearance is referenced a number of times here in the Strange Crimes thread, but doesn't seem to have it's own thread. Vatican to hand over evidence in 1983 disappearance of employee’s daughter https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/22/europe/vatican-emanuela-orlandi-evidence-intl...
  2. C

    The Nicola Bulley Disappearance (St Michael's On Wyre, Lancashire)

    Has anyone been following this case, missing 5 days now? The mystery of the mother who vanished while walking her dog: Last known movements of Nicola Bulley who was still connected to a work call when she disappeared on towpath after dropping her kids off at school By Dan Sales For...
  3. blessmycottonsocks

    Roald Amundsen's Disappearance (June 1928)

    Umberto Nobile's huge airship Italia crossed the North Pole on 24 May 1928. On the return journey a combination of poor weather, mechanical troubles and piloting errors resulted in a crash landing onto pack ice at Svalbard. This ripped the gondola open, killing one of the crew immediately. 10...
  4. ramonmercado

    Paul Redfern: Another Lost Pioneer Aviator

    I hadn't heard about Paul Redfern before, a fascinating tale. Lost Flight to Brazil in 1927: A Young Pilot Disappears in the Amazon Paul Redfern (right) sits beside Paul Varner, chairman of the committee backing his 1927 nonstop flight attempt to Rio de Janeiro, at Sea Island, Georgia. Costal...
  5. MrRING

    Big Red: Lost Gas Turbine Semi Found

    https://www.thedrive.com/news/37925/we-found-fords-incredible-turbine-powered-semi-truck-big-red-thats-been-lost-for-decades
  6. Nosmo King

    The Mysterious Cases Of Tom Young & Keith Reinhard

    I have just come across these strange cases and can find no thread about them, here is the story: "Keith Reinhard was a middle-aged journalist who is taking a break from his daily activities. He then visited a small town called Silver Plume. This man rents a place where the previous resident...
  7. Nalkarj

    The Town(s) That Walked Away

    Hey all—this is my first thread here, so let me know if everything’s OK with it. A few years ago I heard of a Blair Witch Project-esque movie called YellowBrickRoad (2010). Like Blair Witch, it has a fictional backstory that the filmmakers try to make sound real. In this case, according to...
  8. MrRING

    Terrence Woods: TV Producer Disappears Into The Woods On Shoot

    I hadn't heard of this one before: https://deadline.com/2020/08/terrence-woods-disappearance-gold-rush-discovery-raw-tv-investigation-1203008327/ The details of what happened:
  9. escargot

    People Who Just Disappear (Go Missing)

    (By reference to an old thread which itself disappeared ... ) This happened, I'm told, to someone in my street, in the late 60s. She was a young mother of two little children and one morning her elder child, who was 3, was run over in the street, having wandered out through an open front door...
  10. Ghost In The Machine

    What Exactly Did Les Dawson See Re. Sid James' Ghost?

    Reading about theatre history and yet again came across stories about Les Dawson seeing the ghost of Sid James, not long before his own death. And it's clear that whatever he saw, was absolutely terrifying. But I can't seem to find an account I thought I found a while back, that did actually...
  11. lordmongrove

    David Paulides & Missing 411

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1032329905/missing-411-the-movie Kickstarter project based on the missing 411 books.
  12. rynner2

    Lost: Malaysia Airlines—Flight MH-370

    This doesn't look good... Search on after Malaysia Airlines flight vanishes A search is under way in waters between Malaysia and Vietnam after a Malaysia Airlines plane vanished on a flight to Beijing, with 239 people on board. Malaysia Airlines said in a statement that flight MH370 had...
  13. rynner2

    Fate of Glenn Miller

    Acherly, Stu, that theory was discussed in the second post of this thread, complete with a Straight Dope link! (I thought I'd heard it before! 8) )
  14. P

    Dyatlov Pass Incident (1959)

    Russia, 1959, a group of skiers embark on a cross-country ski trip. On the night of February 2, 1959, some sort of accident happens, leaving them dead. Evidence points to them ripping open the tent in their hurry to flee, mostly in their nightclothes and shoeless. Several of them had injuries...
  15. A

    The Madeleine McCann Disappearance

    Toddler 'abducted' during holiday Madeleine disappeared while her parents were at a nearby restaurant Sniffer dogs have been brought in to help search for a three-year-old from Britain who may have been abducted on holiday with her family in Portugal. Madeleine McCann's parents, from...
  16. rynner2

    The Man Who Was Both Alive And Dead

    Agh! A real teaser here. A new Scientist article which is only available in full to subscribers. It begins: Can anyone post the rest? :?
  17. A

    Cries In The Dark: Dingo Attacks

    Skull find could be missing Briton's I remember seeing the story of this disappearance in FT - maybe he just showed up: Police in Australia are trying to identify a human skull found on a popular tourist island amid speculation it could be the remains of a tourist from London who disappeared...
  18. gyrtrash

    Flannan Islands: Mysterious Disappearance

    This is one of my favourite weird tales! It's like a 'Mary Celeste', but happened on the remote islands west of the Hebrides at the beginning of the last century. 'Strange Islands. The Flannan Islands have long been the focal point of many superstitions by the local people. Indeed there...
  19. A

    Franklin Expedition: Disappearance; Discoveries; Conspiracy?

    Does anyone know of the conspiracy regarding the loss of the Franklin Expedition during the search for the Northwest Passage? There has been considerable evidence to prove that the Admirality made certain that he was not found. They made sure nobody found the messages left in the he set up...
  20. A

    Jimmy Hoffa: His Fate & Disappearance

    I guess one example of perfect crimes are those where the body, a treasure trove of evidence, is never recovered - e.g. Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa. Many people in the US seem to vanish without trace, and if you've seen the vast expanses of uninhabited desert that exist it's not difficult to...
  21. A

    Michael Rockefeller Disappearance (New Guinea; 1961)

    I was looking for some links on the disappearance of Michael Rockefeller and only managed to come up with this extremely poor effort.[1] Rockefeller disappeared at the age of 23 in the early 1960s whilst on an expedition around New Guinea. Whilst sailing with his guide the boat began to take on...
  22. A

    Suzy Lamplugh & 'Mr Kipper': A Fred & John West Link?

    Is it possible that Fred West or his equally nasty brother John, had something to do with the disappearance of Suzie Lamplugh? There is a theory that Fred and John West were procurers for a high-level Satanic group. Fred West was certainly scared when he made this comment to police during an...
  23. A

    Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart was the most celebrated aviatrix in history and was one of the most famous women of her time. As America's charismatic “Lady of the Air,” she set many aviation records, including becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1928 as a passenger, the first woman (and...
  24. A

    Frederick Valentich Disappearance (Australia; 1978)

    Frederick Valentich This is a case that's always fascinated me, and is perhaps the most convincing case of a possible alien abduction, certainly when compared to the hypnotic regression and rectal probe gang. The details are posted here, in particular the transcript of the conversation between...
  25. A

    Appearing & Disappearing Trees

    Some years ago I read a wonderful article in the Guardian (respectable UK newspaper) about trees which seem to be sometimes there and sometimes not. There was a country house called something like 'The Pines' which had fine, mature trees beside its front gate, which were on some photos and...
  26. A

    Whatever Happened To Lord Lucan?

    Well guys, whaddya reckon?! :D
  27. harlequin2005

    Large-Scale Disappearances: Armies / Military Units

    Didn't one of the Norfolk Regiments vanish in WW1? No bodies found, no prisoners taken sort of thing... 8¬)
  28. A

    'Low Strangeness' Disappearances (Missing Persons; Runaways; Crime-Related)

    I sometimes wonder if these people who disappear into thin air are found later but we never hear of their re-emergence because why ruin a perfectly good yarn of spooky goings on or maybe the two stories are never married up. I base this sweeping assumption on reading in some paranormal book...
  29. A

    The Bermuda Triangle

    Anyone know of any recent cases of missing planes and ships, and/or abandoned ships in the area known as the Bermuda Triangle?
  30. A

    Collective Disappearances (Settlements, Crews, Etc.)

    Did an entire Canadian village disappear in 1930? Did an entire Canadian village disappear in 1930? I wonder if anyone can verify whether the population of an Eskimo village by Lake Anjikuma disappeared without trace in November 1930? I orginally came across the story in one of those cheap...
  31. A

    Spring-Heeled Jack, East-End Disappearances & Other Mysterious Characters

    East End Disappearances 1881-1890 I am trying to find information regarding unusual disappearances which began in the East End of London in 1881 and continued unsolved until January 1890. Apparently men, women and children from all classes disappeared into a 'Fortean void', never to be seen or...
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