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The Radium Girls
They told them it was safe. Then their jaws fell off. In the early 20th century, America was buzzing with scientific optimism. Electricity, aviation, radio—every discovery seemed to promise a…
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 Dancing Plague of 1518
The dancing plague of 1518, or the dance epidemic of 1518 (French:…
China announces completion of 1,800-mile ‘Green Great Wall’ encircling the world’s most-hostile Taklamakan desert
After 46 years of grit, sweat, and a whole lot of shoveling,…
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…
What Happened to Missing Attorney David Glenn Lewis?
It started with an empty house. In January 1993, a nine-year-old girl…
Who Was Bobby Dunbar? The 1912 Disappearance That Became a Century-Long Identity Crisis
A boy disappears in Louisiana It began like any other summer outing.…
Elder sister, 13, accused of stabbing her 7-year-old sister to death with two knives after an argument over ‘Flushing the Toilet’ while babysitting
A 13-year-old girl was charged with the murder of her 7-year-old sister…
The Church Was Locked. Arlis Was Still Inside
Stanford’s Memorial Church is a masterpiece of stained glass and quiet reverence, nestled in the heart of campus. On most nights, it closes without incident. But in the early hours…
Petit Family Murders
July 22, 2007, was a typical Sunday for the Petit family. They all went to church in the morning and…
H.H. Holmes’ Murder Castle – What’s left today?
(Or, Good Grief—MORE H.H. Holmes) If you ever find yourself standing in front of the Englewood post office at 63rd…
Dorothy Jane Scott: Disappearance and Unsolved Murder (1980–1984)
Dorothy Jane Scott was 32 when she vanished after a late-night hospital trip in Orange County, California. Her station wagon…
What the Security Footage Shows in the Disappearance of Dr. Sneha Anne Philip
On September 10, 2001, an Indian-American physician vanished in Lower Manhattan. Her name was Sneha Anne Philip. Her case sits…
Oponion
In 2018, 16-year-old Karlie Gusé went to a party where she reportedly smoked marijuana and experienced a bad reaction throughout the night. Frightened, she called her stepmother to pick her up. However, in the early morning hours, Karlie disappeared from her home and has not been seen since.
Karlie Gusé, a 16-year-old from Mono County, California, was a lively and…
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