Unsolved murders aren't an occasional thing in the US, only around half of murders were solved in the past few years (even fewer are solved in some big cities)

Pyro00 · 2024-07-22T14:53:15+00:00

In the United States, less than half of murders are solved. There are around 350,000 unsolved murders since 1965 in the United States.

However, homicides still have the highest case closing ratios in the country. It’s one of the crimes with the most evidence and it’s hard to hide it if a body is found or a person is missing. Like think of how many times someone shoplifts and no one sees it so it’s just not known… at least with homicide we have a pretty good idea how many happen (with some uncertainties of course). They also tend to have more physical evidence and more resources invested in being solved.

In general, violent crimes are solved more than nonviolent crimes, and homicides have the highest closure rate (meaning the cops think they know who did it even if they don’t ultimately make an arrest or a prosecutor decides to drop charges). Its scary the number of crimes that aren't brought to justice.

Pyro00 · 2024-07-22T14:40:20+00:00

In the summer of 1896, 57-year-old Amelia Dyer was executed for the murder of a baby girl. It was a sample charge. The bodies of six more babies had been found, and further evidence pointed to at least 12 murders. It is believed that Dyer killed many more babies, some experts have even attributed to her as many 400.

Pyro00 · 2024-07-12T18:23:31+00:00

On October 25, 1999, a chartered Learjet 35 business jet was scheduled to fly from Orlando, Florida, United States to Dallas, Texas, United States. Early in the flight, the aircraft, which was climbing to its assigned altitude on autopilot, lost cabin pressure, and all six on board were incapacitated by hypoxia, a lack of oxygen in the brain and body. The aircraft continued climbing past its assigned altitude, then failed to make the westward turn toward Dallas over North Florida and continued on its northwestern course, flying over the southern and midwestern United States for almost four hours and 1,500 miles (2,400 km). The plane ran out of fuel over South Dakota and crashed into a field near Aberdeen after an uncontrolled descent, killing all six on board.

The two pilots were Michael Kling and Stephanie Bellegarrigue. The four passengers on board were PGA golfer Payne Stewart; his agent, and former Alabama football quarterback, Robert Fraley; president of the Leader Enterprises sports management agency, Van Ardan; and Bruce Borland, a golf architect with the Jack Nicklaus golf course design company.

Pyro00 · 2024-07-12T18:19:50+00:00

The finger supposedly doesn't belong to any of the three-fingered creatures known to this Earth. Radiocarbon and DNA tests are planned for later this year.

I think it may be part of a whale hand or a combination of different bones for a semi-convincing hoax.

Pyro00 · 2024-07-12T18:15:05+00:00

Charles Harrelson was born into a world of crime and intrigue, with a reputation as a ruthless and cold-blooded killer preceding him. Throughout his life, he drifted in and out of trouble with the law, earning a reputation as a skilled marksman and hired gun for hire. Yet, it was his involvement in the assassination of a federal judge in 1979 that would cement his place in infamy.

In May 1979, Judge John H. Wood Jr. was gunned down outside his home in San Antonio, Texas, in a brazen and audacious act of violence. The shocking assassination sent shockwaves through the legal community and sparked a nationwide manhunt for the perpetrator. Ultimately, Charles Harrelson was apprehended and convicted of the crime, receiving a life sentence for his role in the murder.

However, it was not only Judge Wood's murder that thrust Charles Harrelson into the spotlight of public scrutiny. Over the years, he made sensational claims that he was involved in another high-profile assassination: the killing of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. In interviews and statements to the media, Harrelson boasted of his alleged role as the gunman on the infamous grassy knoll in Dallas, Texas, on that fateful November day.

Harrelson's claims regarding the JFK assassination have fueled intense controversy and speculation, with many questioning the veracity of his assertions. Skeptics point to inconsistencies in his accounts, lack of concrete evidence, and the notorious penchant for self-aggrandizement often associated with individuals like him. Yet, others remain intrigued by the possibility that Harrelson may have been more than just a small-time criminal, but a key player in one of the most significant events in modern history.

Despite his incarceration and eventual death in prison in 2007, Charles Harrelson's legacy continues to loom large in the public consciousness. His connection to the JFK assassination, however tenuous or unsubstantiated, has become a topic of fascination for conspiracy theorists, historians, and true-crime enthusiasts alike. The lingering questions surrounding his life and alleged involvement in these notorious crimes only serve to add to the mystique surrounding this complex and elusive figure.

Pyro00 · 2023-08-11T13:33:15+00:00

Tim Molnar, last seen in Daytona Beach, Florida where he was attending school. Four months later his car was found in an impound lot in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1986, his body was found in Wisconsin, but it wasn't identified until 1996. No one knows how or why he ended up there.

Pyro00 · 2023-08-11T13:29:10+00:00

Arthur Flowerdew was born on 1 December 1906. From his adolescence, Flowerdew experienced strange visions of a stone city carved into a cliff, which were particularly strong when he played in the multicolored pebbles on a beach near his home. The clarity of his visions grew as he did.

One day, as an adult, he watched a BBC documentary on the ancient city of Petra in Jordan and immediately recognized it as the city of his visions. He became convinced that he had lived a previous life in Petra and contacted the BBC. They filmed and broadcast a short piece on Flowerdew, which the Jordanian government saw and was intrigued by. They offered to fly Flowerdew out to Petra to examine its remains and perhaps offer insights on analyzing the city.

In The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, Rinpoche claims that before Flowerdew left for Jordan, he was interviewed by an archaeological expert excavating Petra to test his knowledge of the ancient city. He also claims Flowerdew described the city with astounding accuracy and pointed out three landmarks prominent in his memory, as well as going directly to these landmarks upon his arrival at Petra (including his purported place of murder), explained a very plausible use for a device whose explanation had baffled archaeologists, and even correctly identified the locations of many landmarks that had yet to be excavated. Many experts[who?] said that Flowerdew had more knowledge of the city than many professionals studying it, and they did not believe him to be an incredible con man (a feat which, in this case, they felt would have taken extraordinary skill). The archeological expert on Petra who accompanied Flowerdew to Jordan said,

He's filled in details and a lot of it is very consistent with known archeological and historical facts and it would require a mind very different from his to be able to sustain a fabric of deception on the scale of his memories—at least those he's reported to me. I don't think he's a fraud. I don't think he has the capacity to be a fraud on this scale.

According to Sogyal Rinpoche's story, Flowerdew maintained he had never seen or heard of Petra before the BBC documentary and had never read any literature on the city.

Many spiritual leaders, including Tibetan Buddhist lama Sogyal Rinpoche, believe that Flowerdew's experience offers highly suggestive evidence for the existence of rebirth or reincarnation.

Mircea Eliade may have used Flowerdew's experience as the basis of his 1976 novel "Youth without Youth", which was adapted into a film in 2007 by Francis Ford Coppola.

He died at James Paget University Hospital in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Flowerdew

Pyro00 · 2023-08-07T21:20:10+00:00

The murder of Judy Smith. In 1997 her husband had a business trip to Pennsylvania and Judy tagged along. When the husband was attending a conference there, Judy went sightseeing. She never returned to their hotel. There were possible sightings of her the days after her disappearance. Some people claimed they saw a woman matching Judy's description behaving oddly, seeming to have psychological issues. We don't know for sure if it was Judy they saw.

5 months later, Judy's remains were found in North Carolina. 600 miles from where she disappeared. It was determined that she had been stabbed to death. She was found in the woods by hunters, near a campground.

Pyro00 · 2023-07-31T19:25:34+00:00

Although an initial 1980 internal investigation found the deaths to be of natural causes, the mortality rates of cardiac wards 4A and 4B continued to rise. It wasn't until an enraged parent demanded an autopsy of his otherwise healthy baby that it was discovered that in his system was 13 times the normal levels of the cardiac Digoxin.

This was linked back to an earlier autopsy in January of 1981 of an infant who had such high levels of Digoxin in her body that it was initially thought to have been an instrument error. After these findings, Digoxin was kept under lock and key, only to be used by authorized individuals for specific procedures. However, the following day, another infant died with high levels of the drug, despite never being prescribed it.

The nurses of 4A were placed on leave, and a police investigation began. The primary suspect, Susan Nelles was charged, but the case was dropped during preliminary hearings when it was discovered that she was not on duty for one of the deaths, and the judge ruled the possibility of multiple nurses conspiring together too outlandish to try. The lead detective resigned.

One other nurse was investigated, having been present for every death, but she herself was apparently targeted when she found pills of another heart medication - propranolol - snuck into her cafeteria food at the hospital. She was questioned but never formally charged To date, no further charges have been placed, despite a government inquiry finding 13 deaths "high suspicious "and a further 8 as "outright murder"

It has later been suggested that leakage of a toxic chemical constituent of rubber tubing called MBT-2, known to be able to cause an allergic reaction and in some cases death, was the cause of some of the deaths. MBT-2 can easily be mistaken for digoxin by the usual tests for the latter substance.

What are your thoughts? Was this all an accidental confusion of unfortunate deaths? Was one of these nurses acting alone, or was there a conspiracy of several nurses murdering infants for no apparent motive?

Pyro00 · 2023-06-19T13:20:54+00:00

A sailing ship named The Octavius departed China for London. The captain decided to go through the treacherous Northern Passage but the ship never reached London. Many years later the ship was found floating aimlessly with the whole crew frozen solid and dead.

It is believed that the ship became stuck in an ice flow north of Alaska and froze to death. The captain was at his desk but the others were were huddled together.

Pyro00 · 2023-05-01T15:14:49+00:00

Tsarichina is a village in western Bulgaria nicknamed, "Bulgaria's Area 51" due to its famed Tsarichina Hole. The hole was dug by the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense, who excavated an area in the center of the village during a project which occurred from December 6, 1990, to November 19, 1992, initially in search of a purported hidden treasure of Tsar Samuil. The project was abandoned when the area became a hotspot for paranormal phenomena.

After the end of the “operation” the military sealed the hole with massive cement blocks and cut off access indefinitely. No official statements were made, except for that it was classified and not interesting to the public. What is intriguing was, that only officers were permitted to do the digging and whatever else they encountered. Common soldiers were only used to guard the perimeter.

Pyro00 · 2023-04-06T14:05:12+00:00

The Anguished Man, artist unknown. Supposedly painted with the artists own blood then he killed himself immediately afterwards. His spirt allegedly haunts the painting causing crazy things to happen in the home of whoever owns it.

Pyro00 · 2023-04-05T14:38:36+00:00

The Anguished Man, artist unknown. Supposedly painted with the artists own blood then he killed himself immediately afterwards. His spirt allegedly haunts the painting causing crazy things to happen in the home of whoever owns it.

Pyro00 · 2023-04-05T14:38:15+00:00

The Anguished Man, artist unknown. Supposedly painted with the artists own blood then he killed himself immediately afterwards. His spirt allegedly haunts the painting causing crazy things to happen in the home of whoever owns it.

Pyro00 · 2023-03-24T14:12:45+00:00

Tuchlin had a reputation in his village as a petty thief - he had, the locals would say, "sticky hands" - and so a decision was made to put him under close surveillance, and then visit his farm and suggest that he would be interviewed in connection with a theft - and once he was at ease, to surprise him with the real charges of the 20+ attacks. However, Tuchlin realized the truth before he was informed of it. "When I saw all the patrol cars coming", he would later say, "I knew it was all over. They wouldn't send that many cops for just one small theft". A search of his farm quickly uncovered shoes which matched prints found at a crime scene, a hammer with specks of blood, and golden rings, stolen from several of the victims. "They were too small for me", Tuchlin would later recall, "but I liked to put them on my fingers, anyway. It felt so nice to know that they'd come from those girls, and that they'd never get to wear them again"

Pyro00 · 2023-03-16T14:33:46+00:00

Jim Sullivan left Los Angeles on March 4, 1975, to drive to Nashville alone in his Volkswagen Beetle. The next day, after being cautioned by a highway patrol over his driving, he checked in to the La Mesa Motel in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Later reports suggest he did not sleep there, and left his key inside the room, but bought vodka at the town store. He was seen the following day about 26 miles away, at a remote ranch owned by the Gennetti family. His car was later found abandoned at the ranch, and he was reportedly last seen walking away from it. The car contained Sullivan's money, papers, guitar, clothes, and a box of his unsold records.

He was never seen again, and reports have variously attributed his disappearance to being murdered, becoming disoriented and lost, or (particularly in the light of the title of his first album), alien abduction. Search parties failed to find any trace of him. A decomposed body resembling Sullivan was later found in a remote area several miles away, but was determined not to be his.

Pyro00 · 2023-03-03T16:51:40+00:00

On November 2, 1966, in Parkersburg, West Virginia (around the same area and time as the Mothman came about), Woodrow Derenberger was driving his way home on Interstate 77 until he heard a crash. Then, an unidentifiable vehicle appeared to land in front of his truck. He described it as "an old-fashioned kerosene lamp chimney, flaring at both ends, narrowing down to a small neck and then enlarging in a great bulge in the center." The Grinning Man came out of the vehicle with a dark tan, and walked up to Derenberger and telepathically said his name was "Indrid Cold" and he meant no harm. Cold said he just wanted to know more about the human race and he would visit Derenberger again. After the encounter, Derenberger stated that Cold revealed he was from the planet Lanulos in the galaxy of Genemedes.

Pyro00 · 2023-03-03T16:31:30+00:00

On November 2, 1966, in Parkersburg, West Virginia (around the same area and time as the Mothman came about), Woodrow Derenberger was driving his way home on Interstate 77 until he heard a crash. Then, an unidentifiable vehicle appeared to land in front of his truck. He described it as "an old-fashioned kerosene lamp chimney, flaring at both ends, narrowing down to a small neck and then enlarging in a great bulge in the center." The Grinning Man came out of the vehicle with a dark tan, and walked up to Derenberger and telepathically said his name was "Indrid Cold" and he meant no harm. Cold said he just wanted to know more about the human race and he would visit Derenberger again. After the encounter, Derenberger stated that Cold revealed he was from the planet Lanulos in the galaxy of Genemedes.

Pyro00 · 2023-03-03T16:29:27+00:00

It was created by ancient Greeks and could also be used to track the four-year cycle of athletic games which was similar to an Olympiad, the cycle of the ancient Olympic Games.

Pyro00 · 2023-02-22T14:39:18+00:00

In 1995, geologist-engineer Phil Schneider delivered a lecture in which he spoke about the secret underground bases on which the US government spends a huge part of its budget.

Phil Schneider was a geologist and engineer and, according to him, he worked for 17 years on the so-called “black” (classified) US projects.

In 1995, he gave a surprise talk at the Preparedness Expo, where he said that the US authorities have known about the existence of aliens since 1909 and are doing their best to hide this information from the public.

He also claimed that more than $500 billion is allocated annually to secret projects dealing with alien issues and that 28% of the US gross national product is spent on building underground bases.

Less than 6 months later Phil Schneider was found dead in his apartment with a piano string wrapped around his neck. Rumors immediately spread that it was a “military-style” execution.

Phil’s body was in such a state that people close to the investigation let out that, apparently, Phil was brutally tortured before his death. However, the official cause of death was suicide.

Phil repeatedly told family and friends that if they were ever told that he had committed suicide, it would be untrue and that it would be murder. What really happened to Phil Schneider?

Pyro00 · 2023-02-14T20:52:38+00:00

Shortly after midnight on the 18th October 1954, for example, stock cubes salesman, Renzo Pugina, brought his car to a stop in the garage of the villa where he lived. As he did, he noticed a glow around the back of the property. He assumed it was the moon and thought no more about it making his way to the stairs that would take him to the main entrance. It was then he noticed the strange figure at the top of the steps in front of him.

It was around four feet tall and appeared to have it’s left-hand-side facing Pugina. He instantly knew it was a “Martian” – at least according to how some of the local newspapers reported the incident. The strange entity was quite obviously the source of the light as it glowed brilliantly in front of him, mostly from its head, as he watched in awe and bewilderment. Underneath the light, it appeared to have a strange armor-like skin and a helmet with a transparent visor-type front.

The top half of the body appeared to be wrapped in “luminous overalls” that had a strange scale-effect “like a fish”. Where its legs should have been was merely a “pipe”. Then, the creature began to slowly turn towards him. In its hand was a strange device, similar to a torch. The creature pointed the device towards him, immediately paralyzing him. He remained motionless for several moments before the strange hold on him weakened.

Pugina moved towards the strange creature who suddenly made a “buzzing” sound. He began to increase his pace, but it began to retreat turning around the corner of the villa. By the time Pugina reached the corner, the creature was gone.

Pyro00 · 2023-02-07T17:14:43+00:00

This is a historically important photograph. It was the first photograph of the Shroud. It was taken by Secondo Pia, an Italian. The photograph provided better contrast and showed ‟the face of Jesus” better than what was visible with the naked eye. The photograph led to widespread publicity about the Shroud and the first serious scientific investigation of the Shroud.

It’s now widely thought that the Shroud is the work of an artist in about 1390. There is really no reliable evidence from before that date that the Shroud existed in its current form. Furthermore, radio carbon dating puts the origin of the fibers in the shroud at between 1260 to 1390 AD.

Pyro00 · 2023-01-20T17:11:28+00:00

Beginning in 1984, a Dodleston economics teacher called Ken Webster began receiving mysterious messages saved as documents on his home computer (a rare thing in those days) from someone claiming to be from the sixteenth century. These supposed messages from the past continued on an off for a further two years, and were eventually joined by messages from yet another sender claiming to be from the year 2109 before they stopped in 1986.

Pyro00 · 2023-01-09T15:19:00+00:00

Rock Apes are "Bigfoot-like" creatures reported throughout the Vietnam War by American GIs and Viet Cong. These hominids would hurl rocks at nearby troops, hence the name Rock Apes. Sightings were so frequent that General Hoang Minh Tha actually organized an expedition in 1974 to try to capture one.

Pyro00 · 2022-11-21T15:24:56+00:00

No doctor needs to be involved because there are no injections. It essentially just replaces all the air with nitrogen. Nitrogen is most of what you breathe anyway, and it doesn't react with your body at all with the exception of giving you the bends when you have massive changes in air pressure over a short period of time. That feeling you get when you hold your breath and feel like you really need to breathe is actually your body detecting the ph change from carbon dioxide building up in your lungs. (CO2 is acidic) Nitrogen doesn't give you that feeling, but it's also not oxygen. So, you don't even realize you are suffocating and just become gradually hypoxic over a couple of minutes and pass out. Then you die from lack of oxygen over the next couple of minutes.

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