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Ted Bundy: The Charming Stranger Who Killed Across America, and How He Was Finally Caught

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Ted Bundy: The Charming Stranger Who Killed Across America, and How He Was Finally Caught

2026-11-08 · The Gravest Crimes, Solved

For 4 years young women vanished in 6 American states, while a polite law student named Ted sat quietly on a police list of thousands. This is how the Ted Bundy investigation kept missing him, and how a traffic stop, a few hairs and a bite mark finally ended it.

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The Brown Mountain Lights: 100 Years of Lights Over a Ridge in North Carolina

Nature Defying ExplanationDisputed

The Brown Mountain Lights: 100 Years of Lights Over a Ridge in North Carolina

For more than 100 years, people have watched lights rise over a low, empty ridge in North Carolina and go out again. 2 government investigations, a university observatory and thousands of hours of camera footage later, the Brown Mountain Lights are mostly explained - but not completely.

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The Board From the Attic - 30 Months to Catch the Man Who Took the Baby

The Gravest Crimes, SolvedSolved

The Board From the Attic - 30 Months to Catch the Man Who Took the Baby

A child was taken from his crib and the ransom was paid for a boy already dead. For two and a half years the case went nowhere, until a bank teller checked a serial number and a wood scientist finished writing 1,598 letters.

The Ratcliffe Highway Murders: 7 Dead in 12 Nights, and a Suspect Who Never Faced a Jury

Unsolved CrimesDisputed

The Ratcliffe Highway Murders: 7 Dead in 12 Nights, and a Suspect Who Never Faced a Jury

In December 1811 two households in the docks of east London were wiped out, 12 days apart. The Ratcliffe Highway murders ended with a suspect dead in his cell before any trial, and historians still argue about whether the right man was ever found.

Thirty Metres of Nothing: The Space Inside the Great Pyramid Nobody Has Entered

Enigmatic PlacesDocumented

Thirty Metres of Nothing: The Space Inside the Great Pyramid Nobody Has Entered

Particles from space found a void at least 30 metres long above the Grand Gallery, in the most examined building on Earth. Three instruments agree it is there. No camera has ever seen inside it.

Jack the Stripper: 6 women, one year by the Thames, and a killer Scotland Yard never charged

Unsolved CrimesDisputed

Jack the Stripper: 6 women, one year by the Thames, and a killer Scotland Yard never charged

Between 1964 and 1965, 6 women were found dead and naked in west London. Paint on their bodies led detectives to a warm transformer in a factory yard. The man the press called Jack the Stripper was never caught.

Thirty-Four Men and 13,500 Tonnes of Corn: The Ship Nobody Looked For

Ghost ShipsDisputed

Thirty-Four Men and 13,500 Tonnes of Corn: The Ship Nobody Looked For

A freighter left Philadelphia, reported her position once, and vanished with 34 men. Her owner said nothing for 10 days, and by the time the aircraft went up there was nothing left to find.

The Woman in the Glass Case - Ten Years Without a Name

The Gravest Crimes, SolvedDisputed

The Woman in the Glass Case - Ten Years Without a Name

In 1934 a burned body in yellow silk pyjamas was found in a roadside culvert in Australia. Police preserved her in formalin and put her on public display for 9 years so that someone might name her. When a name finally came, it did not quite fit.

The Chicago Tylenol murders: 7 dead, poison on the shelf, and no one ever charged

Unsolved CrimesDisputed

The Chicago Tylenol murders: 7 dead, poison on the shelf, and no one ever charged

In 1982 the Chicago Tylenol murders killed 7 people who took an ordinary headache pill. Two suspects, decades of DNA tests, a new lead in 2026 - and the case is still open.

Five Days Missing, Four Days Dying: The Death of Edgar Allan Poe

Unexplained DeathsDisputed

Five Days Missing, Four Days Dying: The Death of Edgar Allan Poe

On 3 October 1849 the writer was found half-conscious outside a Baltimore tavern, in clothes that were not his. He died 4 days later without ever explaining where he had been. The hospital records and the death certificate have never been found.

The Texarkana Moonlight Murders: 10 Weeks, 5 Dead, and a Phantom Never Charged

Unsolved CrimesDisputed

The Texarkana Moonlight Murders: 10 Weeks, 5 Dead, and a Phantom Never Charged

In the spring of 1946 someone attacked couples on dark roads around Texarkana, a town split in two by a state line. 5 people died, 3 survived, almost 400 suspects were checked, and the Texarkana Moonlight Murders were never solved in court.

The Night the Lake Breathed Out: 1,746 Dead in One Hour

Nature Defying ExplanationSolved

The Night the Lake Breathed Out: 1,746 Dead in One Hour

On an August evening in 1986 a quiet lake in Cameroon made a noise like distant thunder. By morning 1,746 people and 3,500 animals were dead, with no fire, no flood and not a mark on any of the bodies.

The Hall-Mills Murders: A Minister, a Choir Singer and a Crab Apple Tree

Unsolved CrimesDisputed

The Hall-Mills Murders: A Minister, a Choir Singer and a Crab Apple Tree

In 1922 a minister and the soprano from his choir were found shot dead under a crab apple tree in New Jersey. The Hall-Mills murders produced a grand jury, a sensational trial, 3 acquittals and no answer.

Lost at Sea, Found in the Sand: The Bomber That Flew Past the Coast

Vanished Without a TraceDocumented

Lost at Sea, Found in the Sand: The Bomber That Flew Past the Coast

In 1943 a new American bomber flew home from its first mission, missed its base in the dark and kept going into the Sahara. 16 years later, oil surveyors found it almost intact, 710 km from the sea. The crew were not inside.

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