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Your favourite unsolved mystery?

IvaBigWun · 2011-08-21 17:42:06

Shergar: Did he end up as dog food, or glue, or a Frenchman's meal? Jill Dando: I wonder what she uncovered? I never believed that Barry George did it Lochness Monster: Too many sightings for it to be an urban legend Marilyn Monroe: Killed off imho. Yours?

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#3332 02-01-2020 10:38am
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RichardoKhan wrote: »

BBC have a very good article on Dytalov Mystery.....sorry no linky

Heres the link for anyone who fancies a read

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/SoLiOdJyCK/mystery_of_dyatlov_pass

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#3333 19-01-2020 7:26pm
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Kenny Logins wrote: »

Lene Bausager

Source: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056825159

That's one of my old threads when I was just Branie

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#3334 21-01-2020 11:03am
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For those of you who lurve a good mystery. Can I reccomend "Bedtime Stories" Channel on YouTube. Simple format but well written and illustrated. Enjoy.....

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#3335 21-01-2020 10:58pm
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Yeah I love that one. Can't stand the podcasts with two people jabbering shyte back and forth.

One person, the details, the theories - plenty.

Can I get a hell yeah? https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057997460

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#3336 21-01-2020 11:05pm
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Raconteuse wrote: »

Yeah I love that one. Can't stand the podcasts with two people jabbering shyte back and forth.

One person, the details, the theories - plenty.

Can I get a hell yeah? https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057997460

Hell Yeah!!!

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#3337 21-01-2020 11:31pm
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chucken1 wrote: »

How the fvck did we get into this mess

One word, Rothschilds

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#3338 22-01-2020 4:24pm
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in another word.....Ego

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#3339 22-01-2020 4:37pm
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skooterblue2 wrote: »

One word, Rothschilds

Payseurs.

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#3340 22-01-2020 4:41pm
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RichardoKhan wrote: »

in another word.....Ego

RichardoKhan wrote: »

in another word.....Ego

That's the same word... :P

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#3341 21-04-2020 11:50pm
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One I haven't seen mentioned is Glen Stewart Godwin. He was on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted list for 20 years and is still at large.

Sentenced for murder and robbery, he escaped from Folsom State Prison in 1987 in a manner which echoed Andy Dufresne's escape in The Shawshank Redemption.

He absconded to Mexico, got arrested again, and was sent to prison there where he would kill a cartel member before escaping yet again in 1991.

He hasn't been seen since. He is thought to be living under an assumed identity and deep in the drug trade.

Good looking guy as well - he would've made a lot of friends in prison if he didn't know how to handle himself.

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#3342 28-04-2020 6:14pm
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The story of Gareth Williams. Interesting reading.

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#3343 28-04-2020 7:01pm
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Be right back wrote: »

The story of Gareth Williams. Interesting reading.

Nobody wants you reading about a guy who commited suicide by bundling himself into a suitcase and jumping into a water bath. It was so sad because his family thought he would be safe and happy working for GCHQ in a safe environment where he would not be judged.

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#3344 28-04-2020 7:06pm
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skooterblue2 wrote: »

Nobody wants you reading about a guy who commited suicide by bundling himself into a suitcase and jumping into a water bath. It was so sad because his family thought he would be safe and happy working for GCHQ in a safe environment where he would not be judged.

And forgot to turn off the heating in the middle of the summer.

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#3345 28-04-2020 7:15pm
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Be right back wrote: »

And forgot to turn off the heating in the middle of the summer.

Either way nobody wants to know what one of the best cryptographers in GCHQ found in certain files. Was he protected or was this protection removed? Did he disclose this information to anyone else?
How would you go back to his family in Wales and try and explain how they were given garuntees that he would be safe and respected doing valuable work free from any stigmas over his private life.

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#3346 02-06-2020 5:08pm
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Captain_Crash wrote: »

Only recently a letter purporting to be from John Anglin confirming they survived was received by police.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42826582

A few interesting developments recently about this. By an Irish company.

Your Shot: How AI Might Have Solved the Escape from Alcatraz Mystery

I personally feel theres enough evidence to suggest that they escaped.

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#3347 02-06-2020 6:15pm
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CBear1993 wrote: »

Leo, Simon and Tony - the three stooges.

Mystery - why people are still listening to them on 2nd June 2020

This is the unsolved mystery thread, the **** unimaginative joke thread is over there...>>>>

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#3348 31-08-2020 1:27pm
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In 1950 a Dougles C-54D with 44 passengers and crew disappeared in Yukon only a few minutes after last making contact. No distress signal, no Mayday, nothing.

Over 7,000 people and 85 planes combed the area for 4 weeks, but nothing was ever found. It's an area that's favoured by hikers, hunters, indigenous people and adventurers, but no trace of the plane has ever been seen.

There's a film in the works about it, and two articles on it here;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_Douglas_C-54D_disappearance

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/31/canada-plane-crash-mystery-documentary

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#3349 31-08-2020 1:31pm
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MH whatever. The flight that disappeared in the south Atlantic when it should never have been therei
I know it crashed, but why? Mechanical faults, crazy pilot, hijack?

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#3350 31-08-2020 3:24pm
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Did man really land on the moon?

Was elvis an alien impersonater?

Do aliens really alien probe you? Or are they just horny?

Why do the men in black have only one set of clothes?

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#3351 31-08-2020 4:10pm
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Three unsolved mysteries immediately come to mind.

Firstly the disappearance oy flight MH-370 which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.

The second mystery that comes to mind is the disappearance of Maddie McCann, and my last choice is the very recent disappearance of the British diplomat Richard Morris (ex ambassador to Nepal) who went out for a jog on the morning of the 6th of May and hasn't been seen since!

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#3352 31-08-2020 5:25pm
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Hamsterchops wrote: »

There unsolved mysteries immediately come to mind.

Firstly the disappearance oy flight MH-370 which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.

The second mystery that comes to mind is the disappearance of Maddie McCann, and my last choice is the very recent disappearance of the British diplomat Richard Morris (ex ambassador to Nepal) who went out for a jog on the morning of the 6th of May and hasn't been seen since!

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-53976713

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#3353 31-08-2020 6:58pm
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@hamsterchops that's some crazy timing right there.... Unless you heard the news subliminally

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#3354 31-08-2020 8:41pm
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Oh wow, talk about coincidence!

...so that leaves me two mysteries.

Poor man, leaves behind a family too.

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#3355 01-09-2020 12:26am
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cj maxx wrote: »

MH whatever. The flight that disappeared in the south Atlantic when it should never have been therei
I know it crashed, but why? Mechanical faults, crazy pilot, hijack?

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Firstly the disappearance oy flight MH-370 which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/07/mh370-malaysia-airlines/590653/
It's a long read but a fascinating one and by far the best report out there on what happened to MH370. All accidental scenarios ruled out and unfortunately it's pretty much confirmed the pilot intentionally diverted the plane and ran it to the South Indian Ocean.

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#3356 01-09-2020 7:20pm
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Kylta wrote: »

Did man really land on the moon?

Yes

The diminutive robot Lunokhod crawler was actually driven by a midget KGB agent on a one-way suicide mission to the lunar surface.

Was elvis an alien impersonater?

No. Elvis never impersonated an alien :rolleyes:

It's just a story to divert attention from the important maths about Elvis impersonators. The newspapers are very quiet about this.

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#3357 01-09-2020 7:29pm
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Madeleine McCann. Did they ever find if that the German guy had anything to do with it?

There is a thread here about it somewhere, but I can't be arsed trying to find it cos the search function is rubbish anyway. Very animated posters there. A totally entertaining read if you ignore my posts on there, and feel sorry for the loss of the child, which I do.

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#3358 01-09-2020 10:19pm
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Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Madeleine McCann. Did they ever find if that the German guy had anything to do with it?

There is a thread here about it somewhere, but I can't be arsed trying to find it cos the search function is rubbish anyway. Very animated posters there. A totally entertaining read if you ignore my posts on there, and feel sorry for the loss of the child, which I do.

Yes and Mary Boyle’s remains need be found too and her murderer charged if he’s still alive.

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#3359 01-09-2020 11:18pm
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Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

No. Elvis never impersonated an alien :rolleyes:

It's just a story to divert attention from the important maths about Elvis impersonators. The newspapers are very quiet about this.

That website gave me serious flashbacks.

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#3360 01-09-2020 11:45pm
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Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Madeleine McCann. Did they ever find if that the German guy had anything to do with it?

There is a thread here about it somewhere, but I can't be arsed trying to find it cos the search function is rubbish anyway. Very animated posters there. A totally entertaining read if you ignore my posts on there, and feel sorry for the loss of the child, which I do.

That is such a terribly weird tragedy. In 2007 she disappeared without a trace from an apartment. No trace or clues from witnesses, cctv, forensics.... it’s just so weird and fûcked up, nothing of a clue towards what happened.

This Christian B dude... a fûcked up sort of fella. But not one shred of evidence against him.

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#3361 11-10-2020 5:36pm
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Not sure if this is my "favourite" but I've just come across this and I thought it'd be fitting.

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