Prathamesh Kabra

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What we know about Annie McCarrick

Annie Bridget McCarrick was born on Long Island on March 21, 1966. She was the only child of John and…

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The Disappearance Of Dennis Martin, The Boy Who Vanished In The Smoky Mountains

On June 13, 1969, William Martin set out for the Great Smoky Mountains National Park with his two young sons,…

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What Really Happened to Joan Risch, the Massachusetts Housewife Who Vanished Without a Trace in 1961?

In the autumn of 1961, the quiet town of Lincoln, Massachusetts, became the backdrop for one of New England’s most…

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The Devil’s Teeth: Unraveling the 50-Year Mystery of Jeannette DePalma’s Death

In the summer of 1972, a quiet suburban town in New Jersey became the focus of one of the state’s…

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The Yuba County Five: A California Mystery That Has Defied Answers for Decades

In February 1978, five young men from Yuba County, California, vanished after attending a college basketball game. Four of them…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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