The 120-Year Mystery Of The Longest Burning Lightbulb
Since the moment when humans first learned to control fire, we've been pushing back against the darkness with various inventions, some better than others.
Read MoreSince the moment when humans first learned to control fire, we've been pushing back against the darkness with various inventions, some better than others.
Read MoreWhile nostalgia for the 1980s is on the uptick, there are still mysteries unsolved and crimes unpunished. These are the biggest unsolved mysteries of the 1980s.
Read MoreA new kind of "attack" on U.S. foreign Service agents has been popping up. The alleged attacks are characterized by a highly-localized sonic phenomenon.
Read MoreIn 1982 one mysterious man managed to talk his way onto the starting grid at one of NASCAR's most famous and fastest tracks, the Talladega Superspeedway.
Read MoreEleven passengers stepped onboard a plane nicknamed Star Dust on August 2, 1947. They never reached their destination and it took decades to find out why.
Read MoreCould Vladimir Putin, a man so intent on maintaining his rule over the Russian people, have lied about his own family history in order to do so?
Read MoreJesus' birthday is celebrated on December 25, but his birthday might have actually been on a completely different date. Here's when Jesus may have been born.
Read MoreThe San Miguel vanished on its way from Cuba to Spain in 1715 carrying an estimated $2 billion in riches. Here is the mystery of the long-lost treasure.
Read MoreIn 1873, a mysterious murderer began targeting women across England. Over more than 15 years, the killer left chilling evidence of his crimes.
Read MoreJo Girardelli was called the Queen of the Fire Eaters, but then she seemed to vanish. The mystery of what happened to her is still unsolved.
Read MoreUsually people are imprisoned for good reason. Every once in a while, however, someone manages to escape, and more rarely, remain at large ever after.
Read MoreJoyce Carol Vincent was found dead in 2006, and it turned out she had been dead for three years. It's still a mystery why no one noticed her death.
Read MoreMexican millionaire Leon Trabuco had 16 tons of gold buried in New Mexico in 1933.
Read MoreJosephine Backshall disappeared in 1974 and was never seen again, after going to meet a photographer for a modeling job. The case remains unsolved.
Read MoreMongolian Emperor Genghis Khan died in 1227, and to this day, his tomb has never been found.
Read MoreIt's a sad fact of life -- of history -- that not all crimes are solved, not all criminals are brought to justice, not all victims find some justice.
Read MoreJewel theft has been the starting point of novels, films, and TV shows. A real-life jewel heist in Ireland remains unsolved, and the jewels are still missing.
Read MoreYou'd think that the inventor of Bitcoin would be well-known, but that person's identity remains a secret. This is the mystery behind Bitcoin explained.
Read MoreThe locked room mystery has been a staple of crime fiction for decades. One true crime case in 1931 Liverpool mirrored fiction in a tragic fashion.
Read MoreIt's a tragic fact of life that people disappear under mysterious, sometimes violent, circumstances. One of those cases is that of Dorothy Forstein in 1949.
Read MoreKaspar Hauser was a young man who appeared in Bavaria and whose origins remain a mystery to this day.
Read MoreThe Alabama postal robbery of 1987 is still somewhat of a mystery. Two men robbed a post office, kidnapped the postal worker, and almost killed her.
Read MoreOn August 7, 1972, a 16-year-old teenager named Jeannette DePalma went missing. The mystery of her disappearance would turn gruesome just a few weeks later.
Read MoreThe Roman dodecahedron dates back over 1,800 years, and remains a mystery even today. People are still speculating about what the object was used for.
Read MoreOddly, John believed that his wife would give birth to twins. John was right and on October 4, 1958, the Pollocks welcomed twins, Gillian and Jennifer.
Read MoreFor anyone who loves classic country, true crime, or just a good brainteaser, these are the classic country mysteries that remain unsolved to this day.
Read MoreMany people found it hard to believe -- still do. The thought that the president of the United States was behind a two-bit burglary. We know it as Watergate.
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