r/mystery 7h ago

Unresolved Crime In 1971, Simonetta Ferrero Was Murdered Inside a Restroom at Milan’s Catholic University. Her Killer Was Never Identified.

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On July 24, 1971, 26-year-old Simonetta Ferrero walked into the Catholic University of Milan and vanished without a trace.

Her body was found two days later in a university restroom. She had been stabbed 33 times. Skin and blood were found under her fingernails, suggesting she fought back. The evidence was there, but in 1971 investigators didn't have DNA profiling to test the skin and determine who it came from.

Police questioned hundreds of people, including university staff and personal acquaintances. They chased down every lead, exploring potential political motives, workplace connections, and even the possibility of a serial killer.

Over 50 years later, not a single theory has led to an arrest, and her killer remains unknown.


r/mystery 16h ago

Disappearance Can we agree the Roanoke Colony mystery is completely ridiculous?

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r/mystery 12h ago

62 Children Saw the Same Thing. Were They All Lying?

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On September 16, 1994, something very strange happened at a small school in Zimbabwe.

During morning break, 62 children at Ariel School said they saw unusual objects near the edge of the school grounds. Some also described small figures with large, dark eyes.

There were no adult witnesses. But afterward, the children drew what they remembered and were interviewed about what they had seen.

No photograph was taken. No object was recovered. There’s no physical evidence proving that anything extraterrestrial was there.

But that’s what makes this case so strange to me.

If nothing happened, how did dozens of children come away from the same morning claiming they had witnessed something so unusual?

Were they all mistaken? Did they influence each other?

Or did those children really see something that day?

What do you think happened?


r/mystery 16h ago

Mysterious Person The Deadly Tibetan Buddhist Cult of Geshe Michael Roach (The Death of Ian Thorson) Deranged Devotion

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By 1997, the Buddhist teacher Michael Roach had amassed a following, the vast majority of whom were young women willing to treat him as a god. His teachings were compiled in a pamphlet containing 147 vows that his followers were required to recite six times a day for two years. Among the group's members was the young millionaire Ian Thorson.

Within the group, Michael Roach had intimate relationships with women, dressed in drag at the parties he hosted, drank alcohol, and had even married a young devotee named Christie McNally. Michael justified the marriage by claiming that she was not just an ordinary woman, but the incarnation of a powerful goddess.

By February 2012, Christie had divorced Roach and married Ian Thorson. The new couple organized a three-year spiritual retreat with Michael's blessing, but the situation became untenable under Christie's leadership, and soon after, she and her new husband were expelled from the retreat. Ian and Christie didn't want to abruptly end the three-year retreat, so they decided to camp in a cave near the retreat complex, located in a desert area of ​​Arizona. There they endured freezing temperatures, and when the ice melted, they didn't hesitate to drink the water.

On April 22, 2012, Arizona authorities received a call reporting an incident at the cult complex. When they arrived at the nearby cave, they found Christie attempting to use her supposed goddess powers to resurrect Ian. The police investigation ultimately revealed that Ian and Christie had drunk water contaminated with bacteria, and tragically, Ian died. No charges were filed against Christie, and Geshe Michael Roach continues his career as a spiritual teacher.

Video about the brutal story of the Tibetan Buddhist cult of Geshe Michael Roach. The terrible death of Ian Thorson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BqCpmtTyVA


r/mystery 1d ago

Unexplained On January 24th, 1984, 19-year-old Tim Molnar left home and then vanished. His remains would eventually be found 1,200 miles away, but no cause of death could be determined.

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r/mystery 6h ago

Diane Bélanger, 19, verschwand 1982 unter seltsamen Umständen aus ihrem Zuhause in Montréal. Der Inhalt ihrer Handtasche lag verstreut auf dem Boden, keine Anzeichen eines Kampfes und niemand hörte etwas. Zu dem Mysterium trug bei, dass eine schwer verprügelte Frau, die ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert

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r/mystery 1d ago

Was the Trojan War Real, or Just a Legend?

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For centuries, the Trojan War was known through Homer’s Iliad: a massive Greek army, the city of Troy, Achilles, Hector, and the famous wooden horse.

But in the 19th century, archaeologists uncovered the ruins of an ancient city at Hisarlik, in modern-day Turkey, widely identified with Troy.

Several layers of the city show signs of destruction, and some date to roughly the period when a historical Trojan War may have occurred.

But there’s a problem.
Archaeology can show that Troy existed and suffered destruction. It cannot prove that Achilles fought Hector, that Helen caused a war, or that Greek soldiers entered the city inside a wooden horse.

So perhaps the Trojan War was neither pure history nor pure myth, but a real conflict transformed by centuries of storytelling.

What do you think: was Homer preserving the memory of a real war, or creating one of history’s greatest legends?


r/mystery 13h ago

Unexplained Found in an abandoned backpack along a hiking trail in California, along with an assortment of old world maps from the early 1900's.

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r/mystery 2d ago

Murder In 2005 Miguel Angel Martinez Santamaria took a vacation to Sweden. He went missing and roughly 4 mo later he was found dead adjacent to a bridge. A coroner performed an autopsy and ruled his death a suicide. Later a second autopsy was done and his heart and half his liver were found to be missing.

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r/mystery 1d ago

The Mystery of Jaclyn Flury

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r/mystery 21h ago

Unresolved Crime Please help to bring justice

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Update for the great exposure. I've been let down by Essex police again! Due to a lack of evidence regarding the events mentioned in previous posts, they will no longer be investigating... Which is ironic really, as the investigation would uncover the evidence needed. Would only take for them to seize devices/raid homes etc. They asked if I have medical records of toxins. No... I don't... Because the medical 'professionals' have let me down as much as the police have. In regards to documentation, it is apparently considered a civil dispute that would require a solicitor... Which I cannot afford, due to being out of work with health issues caused by these events!

If anybody can help in anyway to get the word out, it would be really appreciated at this point. Please share and show your support. As I said before- I'm just one person and can only do so much.

Join me at the-great-exposure.org.uk


r/mystery 1d ago

Mysterious Person The Deadly Tibetan Buddhist Cult of Geshe Michael Roach (The Death of Ian Thorson) Deranged Devotion

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On April 22, 2012, an emergency call led Arizona state authorities to a remote cave in the middle of the desert. After traversing that inhospitable place, the officers found a scene difficult to comprehend. A completely devastated woman, with a very high fever and practically at the end of her strength, was trying to resuscitate her husband.

But that scene was only the end of a story that had begun many years earlier, when young Ian Thorson, who was searching for spiritual answers, met a Buddhist master who would end up exerting a huge influence on his life.

Video about the brutal story of the Tibetan Buddhist cult of Geshe Michael Roach. The terrible death of Ian Thorson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BqCpmtTyVA


r/mystery 2d ago

Unexplained MODS: please take care of the bot wave in this sub

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Title. This sub is being overrun by bots, brand new accounts reposting popular posts with no other info or links to karma farm. If you need more mods, I'd love to be one. If I can make a suggestion, set it so users have to have a certain account age and karma before posting.


r/mystery 2d ago

Murder On February 24th, 1978, five friends attended a basketball game and never returned home. Months later, four would be found dead under strange circumstances in the wilderness. The fate of the fifth is still unknown.

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r/mystery 1d ago

19-year-old Korean born in France after a birth exchange — trying to find my biological family and understand my identity

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r/mystery 2d ago

Murder In March 1932, 20-month-old Charles Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped from his home. A homemade ladder was found outside the nursery. A $50,000 ransom was paid, but the baby never came home. Weeks later, his body was found, and the investigation eventually led police to Bruno Hauptmann.

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Eight handwriting experts said the ransom notes matched Hauptmann’s writing. Investigators also found John Condon’s address and phone number written on a door frame in Hauptmann’s home, along with a rough drawing of a ladder in his notebook.

The ladder became another major piece of evidence. Wood expert Arthur Koehler traced part of it to lumber from a Bronx yard and said one section matched a missing board from the floor of Hauptmann’s attic.

There was plenty of evidence pointing toward Hauptmann. He was convicted in 1935 and executed in 1936, still denying that he was involved.

But there were also major gaps in the investigation. Hauptmann’s fingerprints were not found on the ladder, the nursery window, or the ransom notes. No one saw him at the Lindbergh home.

Investigators also went down some strange paths. Violet Sharpe was questioned repeatedly despite having an alibi, and detective Ellis Parker later pursued Paul Wendel, forcing a false confession through kidnapping and torture.

The evidence against Hauptmann was strong. The bigger question is whether investigators ever uncovered the whole story.


r/mystery 1d ago

Weird YouTube rabbit hole "Signal 13e" live stream repeating cryptic text. Can anyone help figure out what this means?

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I fell down a weird YouTube rabbit hole and found this live stream with zero viewers https://www.youtube.com/@signal13e

It’s playing techno/trance music and the scrolling text keeps repeating "this is a test transmission"... and then mentions weird random sentences like the one in the screenshot... the instagram account is empty and it was created recently... does anyone know what this signal 13e thing is? what does it mean? music is good though :D


r/mystery 1d ago

Mysterious Person This photo taken by a western tourist shows hundreds of people on top of a roller coaster in North Korea. It's still unclear what exactly they're doing

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r/mystery 2d ago

Unexplained Did anybody else experience this as a kid?

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As a kid I often thought my parents weren't my real parents. (I was around 8-12 when I was having these thoughts.)

I assumed they were something amongst the sort of "Aliens." And that my real parents were locked in the attic or something, and I would picture scenario's of the said aliens threatening my parents, who were tied up.

Around this age I wasn interested in media involving Aliens, and I was certainly wasn't a mystery or action enthusiast, as my entire personality revolved around warrior cats at the time, so I have no idea what could've possibly brought on this thought, and if its even normal?

Ive never met anyone who experienced this.. Was I just a kid with a crazy imagination?


r/mystery 2d ago

Unexplained The Ariel School UFO Sighting in Ruwa, Zimbabwe.

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r/mystery 2d ago

Can someone explain this ?

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r/mystery 2d ago

Scientific/Medical The Carrington Event: Why a Modern Repeat Could Black Out Civilization

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r/mystery 3d ago

Disappearance The mysterious disappearance of Lt. Col. Habib Zahir: How a retired Pakistani military officer was lured into a job trap and vanished near the Indian border

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In April 2017, retired Pakistan Army officer Lt. Col. Mohammad Habib Zahir was seeking post-retirement job opportunities and posted his resume on online platforms like LinkedIn. He was soon contacted by a recruiter named "Mark Thompson," who offered him a lucrative Vice President position at a international firm, promising a $8,500 monthly salary. Sent business-class tickets, Zahir flew from Lahore to Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 6, 2017. Upon arrival, he took a domestic Buddha Air flight to Lumbini—a Nepalese border town less than 5 kilometers from India. Shortly after sending a WhatsApp message to his wife confirming his arrival in Lumbini, his phone went dead, and he vanished without a trace.

Subsequent investigations revealed a classic intelligence honeypot operation: the recruiter's domain was hosted on Indian servers and deleted immediately after his disappearance, while the phone numbers used were untraceable VoIP lines. Pakistani authorities officially accused India's intelligence agency, R&AW, of orchestrating his abduction. The operation is widely believed to be a retaliatory counter-intelligence strike linked to the capture of former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav in 2016; reports suggest Zahir had played a key role in tracking Jadhav, and his abduction was meant to create leverage for a potential prisoner swap or stall Jadhav’s execution. To this day, no government has officially confirmed his custody, and Lt. Col. Habib Zahir’s whereabouts remain entirely unknown.


r/mystery 4d ago

Unexplained The Loretta Chapel staircase in Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Built some time around 1877, exactly how the staircase was constructed, the specific species of spruce used and by whom is still unknown.


r/mystery 3d ago

Murder Valerie Kneale, 75, was recovering from a stroke in the hospital when she was sexually assaulted and died because of the injuries her attacker inflicted.

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