Prathamesh Kabra
The Vanishing of Brian Shaffer: A Bar, a Camera, and Nineteen Years of Silence
On March 31, 2006, Brian Shaffer, a second-year medical student at Ohio State University, went out to celebrate the start…
The Spreckels Mansion Tragedy: What Really Happened to Rebecca Zahau?
In July 2011, tragedy struck twice at the Spreckels Mansion in Coronado, California—a luxury seaside estate owned by wealthy pharmaceutical…
The Strange Case of Phoebe Handsjuk, the 24-Year-Old Woman Found Dead in a Trash Chute
Who was Phoebe Handsjuk? Phoebe Handsjuk was just 24 years old when she died under highly unusual circumstances that continue…
The Woman Who Vanished from Her Desk: Cynthia Jane Anderson’s Unsolved Disappearance
On a Tuesday morning in August 1981, everything inside a Toledo law office looked normal. The lights were on. The…
25 Years Without Laurie: A Vanishing That Still Haunts Wisconsin
Mary Wegner has grown familiar with the ache of unanswered questions. Since August 1992, she has lived through waves of…
The Disappearance and Murder of Brittanee Drexel: A Comprehensive Case Review
Seventeen‑year‑old Brittanee Drexel left her home in Chili, New York, in April 2009 with plans her mother did not approve…
Scotland’s Longest Search: What Happened to Sandy Davidson?
It was a bright April day in 1976 when three‑year‑old Sandy Davidson played in the garden of his grandmother’s house…
When Monkeys Learned the Value of Money and One Quickly Traded It for Sex
Most of us like to believe that money is a human invention tied to our unique intelligence and culture. Coins…
An investigation into the baffling disappearance of Leonard Dirickson, who left his Oklahoma ranch one morning in 1998 and vanished without a trace
The morning of March 14, 1998, began quietly on the ranch just outside Strong City, Oklahoma. Leonard Dirickson and his…
The Forgotten Children of Fernald: How MIT’s Science Club Hid a Radioactive Secret
In the winter of 1994, Fred Boyce was listening to his car radio when he heard something he could not…
Rey Rivera Took a Call and Vanished. What Happened After Still Makes No Sense.
Baltimore, May 24, 2006. A hotel bellhop stopped just short of unlocking the door to the unused conference room. The…
The Story of Room 348: How Toothpaste and a Bullet Cracked the Case
The front desk remembered him because he never caused trouble. That mattered at the MCM Eleganté. Most guests left barely…
The Ritual Murders of Elanthoor
In Elanthoor, a quiet town in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district, there is a house nearly hidden behind wild creepers and tangled…
A century since one of the greatest enigmas in Uruguayan police history: the case of the decapitated woman of the Rambla Wilson
It was one of the mysteries that gave the Uruguayan Police the most headaches, until a brilliant idea allowed the…
The Disappearance of Natalee Holloway: An American Tragedy in Aruba
It began as a celebratory trip, the kind of rite-of-passage getaway that high school graduates dream about. On May 30,…