When it comes to strange, seemingly inexplicable things, ghostly anomalies that have no scientific or other sound explanation, we attribute mysterious and even magical qualities to these things. I would like to present to you a list of 10 strange, unsolved cases from life, for which no one has found an explanation.

10th place. Coal poltergeist

January 1921

When purchasing coal for his fireplace in winter, Mr. Frost from Hornsey (London) had no idea how dangerous this purchase was and how much trouble coal, which seemed ordinary at first glance, could bring. After the first portion of solid fuel was sent into the fireplace, it immediately became obvious that it was somehow “wrong”. Hot coal pebbles exploded in the furnace, thereby destroying the protective grate and rolling out onto the floor, after which they disappeared from sight and appeared only in the form of bright sparks in another room. The matter did not end there. The Frost family began to notice strange things in their house; knives and forks were floating through the air, as if they were in outer space. The unusual and frightening phenomenon was witnessed by Reverend Al Gardiner and Dr. Herbert Lemerle.

There were several versions regarding the devilry happening in the Frost house. Skeptics attributed all the blame to the sons, who allegedly decided to play a prank on their parents. Others were sure that these were the tricks of miners who mixed dynamite with coal (this version was later verified and refuted). Still others believed that the raging spirit of the dead miners, resting in the coal and disturbed by the Frosts, was to blame.

The latest news available about the Frosts is disappointing. On April 1 of the same year, five-year-old Muriel Frost died, allegedly from fright at seeing a poltergeist. Her brother Gordon was so shocked by his sister's death that he was hospitalized with a nervous breakdown. The further fate of the family is shrouded in mystery...

9th place. Rain of seeds

February 1979

The coal incident is not the only curiosity in England. For example, in 1979 it rained seeds in Southampton. Seeds of watercress, mustard, corn, peas and beans fell straight from the sky, covered with an incomprehensible jelly-like shell. Amazed by what he saw, Roland Moody, who was in his home mini-conservatory with a glass roof, ran out into the street to get a better look at what was happening. There he met his neighbor Mrs. Stockley, who said that this was not the first time that something like this had happened last year. As a result of the seed rain, Moody's entire garden, as well as the gardens of his three neighbors, were covered with seeds. The police were unable to find out what was causing the strange atmospheric phenomenon.

The unusual rain repeated several more times, after which it did not occur again. Mr. Moody alone collected 8 buckets of watercress on his property, not counting the seeds of other plants. He later grew them into watercress and claimed that it tasted excellent.

One of the episodes of the series "is dedicated to this incident. Mysterious world" by Arthur C. Clarke, aired in 1980. There is still no adequate opinion regarding the strange rain.

8th place. The mysterious death of Netta Fornario

November 1929

The main character of the next strange story– Nora Emily Edita "Netta" Fornario, writer and self-described healer, London resident. In August or September 1929 she left London and went to Iona, an island off west coast Scotland, where she died under unknown circumstances. Among the versions of her death are mental murder, heart failure, and the action of hostile spirits.

Arriving on Iona, Netta began exploring the island. She traveled during the day, and at night she looked for traces of the spirits of the island, with whom she tried in every possible way to contact. Her search lasted for several weeks, after which, from November 17, her behavior changed dramatically. Netta hastily packed her things and intended to head back to London. She told her friend, Mrs. McRae, that she had been telepathically wounded after receiving messages from other worlds. It happened at night, so Mrs. McRae, apparently looking at the healer’s luxurious silver jewelry and fearing for her health, persuaded her to hit the road in the morning.

The next day Netta went missing. Her body was later found on a “fairy mound” near Loch Staonaig. The corpse lay on a cross made of turf, was completely naked under a black cloak, covered with scratches and abrasions. There was a knife nearby. The legs were beaten and bloody as a result of running over rough terrain. It is unknown whether Netta was killed by a maniac, died from hypothermia or by an absurd accident. Discussions on this matter have not yet ended.

7th place. Fireman poltergeist

April 1941

After finishing breakfast, farmer William Hackler, a resident of Indiana (USA), went outside to get some fresh air. After leaving the house, he felt that his clothes smelled of smoke. Without paying much attention to this, he went to the barn. A few minutes later he returned back to the house, where we discovered a fire in the bedroom (the house was without electricity) - the walls were burning. The local fire brigade quickly arrived on the scene and put out the fire. But this was only the beginning of a difficult day for the Hacklers...

Immediately after the fire truck left, a mattress in the guest room caught fire. The source of the fire was located directly inside the mattress. Fires occurred in various places (including under the cover of the book) and rooms throughout the day. By evening, the number of fires extinguished reached 28. Having played enough, the fiery poltergeist no longer bothered Mr. Hackler and his family. They, in turn, demolished the old wooden house and built a new one in its place, made of non-combustible lumber.

6th place. Third Eye

November 1949

Students from one of the universities of South Carolina in the city of Columbia (USA) were returning from the theater on Longstreet late at night. At one point, they froze in place, colliding with a strange man in a silver suit, who then moved the cover of the nearest hatch and disappeared into the sewer. From that moment on, the strange man received the nickname “sewer man.” A little later, this “character” again made his existence known, but in a more terrible incident. In April 1950, in one of the alleys, a policeman noticed a man near a pile of mutilated chicken carcasses. It happened in the dark, the policeman pointed a flashlight in the direction of an incomprehensible object, and was stunned when he saw a man with three eyes. The third eye was located right in the center of the forehead. While the policeman came to his senses and radioed for reinforcements, mysterious creature disappeared from view.

The third meeting with the “sewer man” took place in the 60s in the tunnels under one of the universities. Afterwards, the tunnels were carefully examined, but no clear evidence of the existence of a three-eyed man was found. Who or what is he? Human? Ghost? Alien? Nobody knows, but random meetings continued until the early 90s.

5th place. Connecticut stiletto

February 1925

For months, women in Bridgeport, Connecticut, have been terrorized by a "phantom stiletto" that strikes the chest and buttocks before disappearing in an unknown direction. The victims of an unknown, but very real criminal, were 26 individuals, whose bodies felt all the pain and torment from the powerful blows of a sharp weapon.

The attacker did not adhere to a specific type of victim; the women were chosen spontaneously and by chance. While the victim screamed in pain and came to, the criminal quickly ran away, not allowing himself to be identified. Police investigations led nowhere; the identity of the “stiletto torturer” was never identified. In the summer of 1928, the attacks changed dramatically and were never repeated. Who knows, maybe the maniac got old and began to suffer from artosis...

4th place. Electric girl

January 1846

Do you think people "X" are a fiction? You're wrong, some of the characters are very real. At least one. A fourteen-year-old resident of La Perriere in Normandy began to frighten her comrades with unusual abilities: when people approached her, they received an electric shock, chairs moved away when she tried to sit down, some objects flew into the air as if they were light and weightless floats. Angelina later received the nickname "electric girl."

Not only those around her, but also the girl herself suffered from the unusual abilities of her body. She was often tormented by convulsions. In addition, by attracting various objects to herself, Angelina received painful injuries. The parents considered their daughter possessed by the devil and took her to church, but the priest convinced the unfortunate people that the reason for their child’s abnormality lay not in spirituality, but in physical characteristics.

After listening to the abbot, the parents took their daughter to the scientists in Paris. After examination, the famous physicist Francois Arago concluded that the girl’s unusual qualities are associated with electromagnetism. Scientists offered Angie participation in research and tests that were supposed to make her normal. In April 1846, a few months after the start of the program, the “electric girl” said goodbye to her amazing abilities forever.

3rd place. Another fire poltergeist

January 1932

Housewife Mrs Charlie Williamson of Blandenborough ( North Carolina, USA) was in wild horror when her cotton dress burst into flames for inexplicable reasons. At this point, she was not standing near a fireplace, stove or other heat source, and she was not smoking or using any flammable substances. Luckily, her husband and teenage daughter were at home and ripped off her flaming dress before it caused burns to the unfortunate woman.

Mrs. Williamson's adventures did not end there. That same day, the trousers in her closet burned to the ground. The ordeal by fire continued the next day, when in the presence of witnesses, for unknown reasons, the bed and curtains in another room caught fire. The spontaneous combustion continued for three days, after which the Williamsons surrendered to the unknown elements and left the house. The home was inspected by firefighters and police, but no cause was identified. On the fifth day, the fires stopped on their own and no longer disturbed the owners of the house. Fortunately, no one was hurt by the fire.

2nd place. Blind reading

January 1960

Let us immediately note that we are not talking about blind people who learned to read special books by moving their fingers along the bulges on paper, but about a completely ordinary girl, sighted and healthy. Margaret Fus's uniqueness was that she could read ordinary books blindfolded. Her father called this phenomenon psychic vision through the skin. He himself taught his daughter this incredible skill and hastened to prove the uniqueness of the method to scientists.

In 1960, Mr. Foos arrived with his daughter in Washington DC to participate in scientific research. During the experiment, psychiatrists put “foolproof protection” over Margaret’s eyes—a tight bandage. For the purity of the experience, the father was taken to the next room. Blindfolded, using only her fingers, the girl was able to read the pages of the Bible, kindly provided by scientists. After that, she was asked to play checkers and recognize different pictures, which Margaret successfully completed.

Despite the fact that the girl managed to pass all the tests, psychiatrists could not explain how she managed to do this. They insisted on their own, arguing that it was impossible to see without eyes, that what was happening was a deception.

1st place. Ghost Sniper

1927-1928

For two years, a mysterious "ghost sniper" terrorized the residents of Camden, New Jersey. The first incident occurred in November 1927, when Albert Woodruff's car was fired upon. The car windows were riddled with bullets, but the investigation did not yield any results - not a single cartridge case was found at the scene. Later, two city buses, house windows and storefronts were damaged by mysterious shelling. As in the first case, the perpetrators and the shell casings were not found. The good news is that no one was harmed by the actions of a ghost or a real criminal.

The mysterious sniper was active not only in Camden; residents of the cities of Lindenwood and Collingswood in New Jersey, as well as Philadelphia and Pennsylvania suffered from his tricks. Most often, the victims were private cars and urban transport (buses, trolleybuses), and residential buildings. In only one of many cases, the witness heard shots, but saw nothing and no one.

The attacks stopped abruptly in 1928. Later, people suffered only from abnormal imitators who wanted to act as the famous "ghost sniper."

The disappearance of Frederick Valentich 1978, the coast of Australia, excellent weather, bright sun, ocean - in general, beauty and excellent flying conditions. 19-year-old pilot Frederick Valentich also thought so, so without any doubt he set off 235 kilometers from home in a small Cessna 182L plane. As the official purpose of the flight, Valentich indicated the need to pick up passengers on King Island, although he told everyone close to him that he would actually pick up a cargo of lobsters. Frederick took off from Marrabeen Airport on a very ordinary flight. After some time, Valentich contacted the dispatcher and asked him if there was any traffic below 5,000 feet. The controller responded in the negative, to which the pilot stated that he was observing some large aircraft at this altitude, which he could not identify - only four bright dots, similar to landing lights, and no other clues. Controller: We are not aware of any aircraft within visual range. Valentich: Melbourne, now it's approaching me from the east. Valentich: It seems to me that he is playing some kind of game with me, he flew over me two... three times at speeds that I cannot determine. Valentich's side altitude at that time was 4,500 feet. He still could not determine the type of aircraft. Valentich: When it flies by, it seems long... I can't say more, it's at such speed... It's in front of me right now. Melbourne? Dispatcher: Do you understand, and how big is this object? Valentich: Melbourne, it looks like he's following me. What I'm doing now is moving in a circle, and this object is also circling above me. It has a green light and something like a metal surface, it's all shiny.

A few seconds later, Frederick reported that the object had disappeared, but a moment later it reappeared, but now approaching from the southwest. Dispatcher: I understand you, what are your intentions? Valentich: My intentions? (Cough.) Fly to King. (Cough.) Melbourne? This strange plane is hovering above me again. It hangs, and... it's not a plane. Valentich's microphone remains on for another 17 seconds, after which the connection is cut off forever. The entire conversation with the dispatcher from the moment the strange object was detected until the connection was lost lasted about six minutes. A little more than a minute after Valentich reported that he was flying in a circle, his plane began having engine problems, and a minute later the connection was lost. So far, no evidence of the plane crash has been found. Researchers and ufologists who found out the reasons for the incident established several interesting facts. For example, there are more than 20 eyewitness accounts who observed chaotic green lights in the sky during Valentich’s flight. Three people saw a small plane and a large object above it. The photograph that was taken by Roy Manifold on the coast 20 minutes before the incident with Valentich also deserves special attention. After developing the photographs, they showed a strange object above the sea, surrounded by steam. Experts conducted several examinations and found that the photographs were genuine, and that the object in them was moving at a speed of 200 m/h. But this did not lead to solving the mystery. Over the years, many versions of what happened have been expressed: suicide, loss of orientation, inexperience of the young pilot, or simply escape to another country. And, paradoxically, the UFO version seems the most plausible. By the way, there were no passengers or lobsters on King Island.

Mary Celeste If the captain of a ship dies during the first voyage, then nothing good can be expected from the ship in the future. All this happened to the brigantine Mary Celeste, but it forever entered the annals of history as a ghost ship. Under the leadership of another captain, Benjamin Briggs, the Mary Celeste sailed from the port of Staten Island, New York, USA, to the port of Genoa, Italy, on November 5, 1872. There were seven crew members on board, the captain, his wife and daughter. However, already on December 4, the ship was discovered 400 miles from Gibraltar. There was not a single person on it. There was in the hold sea ​​water at the level of 1 meter, the hatch covers were removed, otherwise the Mary Celeste looked intact. Only the compass was destroyed, the sextant and chronometer were missing, and in the captain’s cabin there was a jewelry box and two bundles of money. There were no papers except the ship's log. From the state of things it became clear that the ship was not caught in a storm.

None of those on the ship could be found, although later several impostors tried to impersonate crew members of the Mary Celeste. None of the hypotheses could reliably explain why the crew members and passengers had to leave the ship, which was suitable for further navigation. The most adequate version was expressed by a certain Cobb, who was a distant relative of the captain. He suggested that the reason for the escape was the ignition of alcohol vapors in the holds that the ship was carrying. After several small explosions, the crew abandoned the ship on a lifeboat to wait out other possible explosions, but the vapors escaped through open hatches. When the crew began to return to the Mary Celeste, the wind rose, and the ship simply left the overloaded boat, and the storm killed everyone in it. Link 19 If in the case of Frederic Valentich only one plane disappeared, then here we will talk about the whole link. As always, the standard training flight on December 5, 1945 did not promise anything unusual. Four pilots, who were undergoing a retraining program on the Avenger torpedo bombers, and an instructor on the same aircraft had to complete a simple task - to fly to a certain place above Atlantic Ocean, carry out practice bombing and return to base. The weather conditions were favorable, and the route was standard - it was used throughout the Second World War.

Flight 19 took off for a training mission at 14:10, but already at 15:40 the first problems appeared. From radio communications it became clear that the link had gotten lost. This became known at the base in Fort Lauderdale, from where the planes took off, as well as the rescue unit at the Port Everglades base, which managed to contact the pilots. It also became clear from radio communications that instructor Taylor, who accompanied the flight, changed the flight course several times, but could not find the correct one - no matter where the pilots sent their planes, they could not see land. At 19:04, controllers heard the last conversations between the group members - one of the pilots called Taylor. Nothing more is known about the fate of the link. The planes were expected to run out of fuel around 20:00. The pilot, who flew out in search of the missing on the Mariner rescue seaplane, reported that he had reached the Avengers’ direction finding location, but after some time he also disappeared without a trace. Despite the testimony of the captain of one of the tankers that he saw a plane explode in the sky, no debris or oil stains were found, and the search led to nothing. All pilots are still considered missing. By official version The human factor and inexperience of the pilots, including the instructor, who was unable to determine the location of the flight, are to blame for the disappearance of the planes. Nevertheless, versions with aliens, as well as anomalies, were also expressed Bermuda Triangle, which disabled the Avengers’ devices. Also, some researchers believed that the military hid behind a “training flight” a test of a new type of weapon, and the real flight route was hidden, so no debris could be found at the search site. Hill Spouses Abduction One of the most famous cases of possible alien abduction. It all happened in September 1961 in the American state of New Hampshire. Barney and Betty Hill were driving home along the interurban highway and noticed a light in the sky, and then a disk-shaped object that was hanging above the ground. A reasonable idea came to the Hills' heads - to drive away from this strange place, but the object suddenly began to emit signals and chase the car. When the couple came to their senses, the events of the last two hours were erased from their memory. After this, Barney and Betty began to have nightmares, and they decided to go to a psychiatric clinic. During regressive hypnosis, they said that that night they were abducted by small men with large heads, who experimented on them in their aircraft: they applied objects to their genitals and stuck needles into their stomachs. In addition, Betty said that she was shown a certain “star map” and was asked if she knew where the Sun was. Later she was able to draw this map. The humanoid allegedly told Betty that the solid lines were theirs. trade routes, and the dotted line is the places they rarely visit.

The world, as always, is divided into skeptics and fanatics. The first claimed that the Hills invented everything and regressive hypnosis is a very dubious method, while the second saw throughout history a confirmation of the hypothesis of the existence of extraterrestrial life. One way or another, the case of the Hill couple still has no explanation. The YOGTZE case German paranoid Gunter Stoll is the author of one of the biggest mysteries in the history of post-war Germany. Many Germans, and not only them, are still wondering what really happened to him. The story, which gave rise to many theories, began like this: 34-year-old Stoll worked as an engineer in the food industry and periodically frightened his wife with paranoia - he claimed that he was being followed by some people who wanted to kill him. At approximately 23:00 on October 25, 1984, he again told his wife about these strange people, then suddenly shouted: “Now everything is clear to me!” – I wrote the letters YOGTZE on a piece of paper and immediately crossed them out. Immediately after this, Stoll went to a bar, ordered a glass of beer, suddenly lost consciousness and smashed his face on the floor, without being drunk. Having come to his senses, Stoll got into his Volkswagen Golf and drove to the city of Haiger, where at about one in the morning he began to break into the house of his old friend Erna Hellfritz. The woman was not happy about such a late visit and asked Stoll to go home, to which Gunther said that something terrible was going to happen that night and left.

At 3:00, two truck drivers, independently of each other, reported to the police that 100 kilometers from Haiger they saw a broken Golf and a wounded man standing nearby. When the police arrived at the scene, they found Stoll completely naked inside the car. He said that he was beaten by four men who were in the car with him. He didn't know them. The police took Gunther to the hospital, but he died on the way. The story already looks strange, but the case took a new turn after the conclusion of the experts: Stoll did not die as a result of beatings, but was hit by another car in a different place, after which he was put in the passenger seat of his car. More than 1,200 suspects were investigated in the case, but they could not solve it, nor could they find witnesses to what happened to Stoll that night. Another mystery is what this mysterious YOGTZE meant. This was attributed to Gunther's mental disorders, but some enthusiasts still believe that the code is some kind of key to unraveling the events of that night. However, it was not possible to understand him.

Sometimes inexplicable things happen in the world that excite the minds of ordinary people and scientists.

Millions of people are willing to give a lot to get an answer about the nature of these incidents, adme reports.

We have collected 9 history mysteries, many of which will never be solved.

Signal "Wow!"

The “Wow!” signal, or in the official translation “Whoa!”, is a radio signal recorded in 1977 by Jerry R. Ehman as part of the SETI project ( common name projects to search for extraterrestrial civilizations).
The scientist circled the signs with a red pencil and wrote “Wоw!” next to them. - He was so amazed at how exactly the characteristics of the signal coincided with the expected characteristics of a theoretical signal from extraterrestrial civilizations.
Unfortunately, the signal was never repeated. Astronomers suggest that its source could be hydrogen around the nuclei of comets 266P/Christensen and P/2008 Y2. However, this version has yet to be tested.

Crop Circles

The various figures formed by crushed plants in the fields are another mystery of history. The drawings are created perfectly evenly and can represent entire pictograms. There are about 9,000 reports of circles in the world, 90% from England.
In 1991, Britons Dave Chorley and Doug Bower admitted that they had created hundreds of circles using rope and stick. Now they have a lot of followers. It would seem that the mystery has been solved, but what about the fact that crop circles appeared in the 19th century? For example, the first official mention of them is the 1678 English pamphlet “Devil the Mower.”
There is a version that the figures are created by small vortices that crush the plants. Such vortices are often found in the hilly regions of the UK.

Missing crew of the Mary Celeste

In 1872, a sailing ship was found 400 miles from Gibraltar with not a single person on board. Things, provisions and water supplies were untouched.
According to the main hypothesis, the cause of the tragedy was the leakage of barrels with alcohol. Alcohol vapors exploded in the confined space of the holds. The captain, fearing another explosion, ordered the crew to temporarily transfer to the boat and sail to safe distance, maintaining contact with the ship using a cable. The launching of the boat and abandonment of the ship apparently took place in an atmosphere of panic. When everyone got into the boat, the changing wind filled the sails of the brigantine, it quickly picked up speed, and the boat, overloaded with people, remained in place (the cable connecting it to the brigantine broke). The storm sank the boat with all the people.

Disappearance of the Roanoke Colony

Under Queen Elizabeth I, one of the first permanent English settlements was founded in North America- Roanoke Colony. There were approximately 90 men, 17 women and 11 children.
The colony disappeared without a trace, leaving only the word “Croatoan” carved on a tree - the name of one of the Indian tribes that inhabited those places.
According to the most logical hypothesis, the colonists met the aborigines, who knew much better how to get food and survive in wild places. Therefore, the settlers decided to join the Croatoans. According to other versions, the colonists were captured by local tribes or the Spaniards.

The fall of the Tunguska meteorite

On June 30, 1908, a fiery body flew over central Siberia. His flight was observed in many settlements, and thunderous sounds were heard. Then it exploded: the force of the explosion was such that the blast wave was recorded by observatories around the world. Trees were felled on an area of ​​more than 2,000 square meters. km, windows were broken in houses several hundred kilometers from the epicenter.
Three days before the event, unusual atmospheric phenomena were observed in Europe and Siberia: noctilucent clouds, bright twilight. But not a single expedition discovered the remains of a meteorite.
According to the main hypotheses, the Earth collided with an icy meteorite or the nucleus of a comet, which consisted of ice and disintegrated in the atmosphere. There is an interesting version that this was Tesla's experiment with wireless transmission of electricity.

The Strange Case of Michael Boatwright

In 2013, 61-year-old Florida resident Michael Boatwright was found unconscious. His documents confirmed his identity, but when he woke up, he did not recognize himself in the mirror, spoke Swedish and believed himself to be a Swede named Johan Ek. He lost his memory and forgot how to speak English.
Not everyone believed Boatwright; they tried to catch him on his knowledge of English, but he never messed up. It’s worth saying that he knew a little Swedish before, but after amnesia he began to speak very clearly.
Boatwright's condition is probably an example of a dissociative fugue - a disease in which a person suddenly forgets all information about himself, down to his name. Such patients may move to another place, come up with a different name and biography and not know that they are sick. The cause is usually mental trauma. A fugue is protective in nature because it gives the patient the opportunity to escape from his problems. But how did Michael learn Swedish?

Washington Carousel

Considered to be the most well-documented UFO sighting. On July 19, 1952, Washington Airport radar detected a group of 7 chaotically flying objects. They were moving at a speed of 2,000 km/h. The country's leadership sent fighter jets to intercept. Noticing their approach, the UFOs disappeared, but soon returned again.
Could the incident have been a US government hoax or an invasion? aircraft other states is still unknown. What it was, neither scientists nor the military can still say.

Finding the Patomsky crater

The crater was discovered in Siberia in 1949. The local population calls it "the nest of the fiery eagle." By size and appearance it looks like a lunar crater from a meteorite impact, its height is about 40 m.
Currently, the meteorite hypothesis is not supported by research. The crater is likely of volcanic origin, but no traces of lava have been found.

The mystery of the death of the Dyatlov group

One of the most mysterious and discussed cases in history. It happened in the winter of 1959 in the USSR, on a pass later named in honor of Dyatlov, the leader of the deceased group.
For some unknown reason, while spending the night on the mountainside, a group consisting of experienced tourists, cut the tent from the inside and quickly left it. People went down the slope without warm clothes and shoes to 1,500 m, where they died. Several people from the group had severe injuries.
There are many hypotheses: an avalanche, a domestic quarrel, a test of a secret weapon, problems with the local population, and even the involvement of the KGB. None of them fit the evidence.

Some mysterious deaths are beyond the power of doctors, police, or private investigators to solve. Here are ten fatal cases that still excite the minds of lovers of secrets and conspiracy theories.

Tom Thomson

On July 8, 1917, the famous Canadian artist Tom Thomson went fishing in a canoe. Two hours later the boat washed ashore - empty. Two Thomson spinning rods also disappeared. All that was found on board was an untouched bag of food and one of two oars.

At first, they didn’t give any attention to his disappearance - Tom was a creative person and could easily go ashore somewhere on a remote island and admire nature all day long.

Three days later, a group of rangers was finally sent to search for him. On July 16, the body of a 40-year-old painter was found floating on the lake surface 115 meters from land. The examination showed that Tom's body found itself in the water on the 2nd day of his absence, but there was no water in his lungs. There were no visible signs of drowning, such as dried foam around the nostrils.

There was a narrow 10-centimeter bruise on the deceased's temple, and his ankle was wrapped 16 times with fishing line, tightly embedded in the skin. The coroner made the seemingly obvious conclusion - an accident. The artist got tangled in the gear, slipped and hit his head.

Mark Robinson, a close friend of Thomson's and one of the rangers involved in the search for him, said that when he cut the fishing line from the deceased's leg, it did not look like it was randomly twisted around his leg. He was sure that it had been wrapped on purpose - tightly and neatly. Relatives also did not accept the version of accidental death, because Thomson was an experienced fisherman and simply could not get tangled in the fishing line so stupidly.

In addition to the suicide theory, many other hypotheses have been expressed: he could have been killed by fugitive laborers or poachers whom Thomson accidentally saw, or by “enemy spies” hiding in the forest. There was even a version that did not stand up to criticism, about a local tornado that took the artist by surprise. One way or another, what Tom Thomson died from is unknown to this day.

On April 15, 1926, member of the Australian Parliament Frederick MacDonald disappeared without a trace, leaving a suicide note. His colleague, parliamentarian Thomas John Lee, was suspected of his kidnapping and murder.

Lee, according to other senators, was a scoundrel. In 1925, he, who had recently received a seat in parliament, offered MacDonald a bribe of 2 thousand dollars so that he would refuse to take part in the next elections. Frederick “suicided” right before Lee’s hearing.

A couple of years after MacDonald's disappearance, another of Lee's opponents and also a member of Parliament, Hyman Goldstein, threw himself into the sea from a cliff. Shortly before his death, Goldstein invested in Lee's company, which was soon accused of fraud. Outraged, Goldstein organized a committee to investigate Lee's activities, but... a couple of days before the first hearing, the honest politician's body was caught by a fishing trawler.

But there was no direct evidence of Lee's involvement in two deaths that looked like suicide, and the senator went unpunished. In 1946, he moved to London, where he again showed his bestial nature: he strangled his girlfriend's lover and hid his body at a construction site. He was declared insane and placed in a prison hospital for the insane. After a year of imprisonment, he died, taking the secret of Frederick MacDonald's death to his grave.

William Briggs

In 1930, a man named Alfred Rose tried to fake his death to collect insurance money. He found a victim of suitable build, hit him on the head with a hammer, put him in a car and set him on fire. Rose was exposed and sentenced to death by hanging. But who was his victim?

For a long time It was believed that the man Rose killed was William Thomas Briggs, who disappeared at the same time the ill-fated car was set on fire. In addition, his height and build resembled a killer. It was only in 2014 that Briggs' relatives did a DNA test to put an end to this mysterious murder.

When the results came back from the examination, it turned out that the DNA of the relatives did not match the DNA of the person who was burned in the car. Thus, there were two mysteries: where did Briggs disappear and who actually burned in Rose’s car?

One of the most mysterious crimes of the past is the murder of Julia Wallace. Historians called it "a case worthy of a Jack the Ripper mystery."

On January 20, 1931, the Liverpool Chess Club received a call from someone introducing himself as R.M. Qualtru, and asked Julia's husband, insurer Herbert Wallace, to come on the phone. “Tomorrow, at 19:30, I will be waiting for you at number 25 East Menlove Gardens to arrange insurance for your daughter..

Delighted by the client who had fallen from heaven, Wallace went home, and the next day he went to the appointed address. A surprise awaited him: there were three Menlove Gardens streets in this area: North (“North”), South (“South”) and West (“West”). Even the locals had never heard of East Menlove Gardens.

Late in the evening, disappointed, he returned home. When his wife did not open the door for him, he tried to open it with the key, but in vain. The back door was also blocked. Calling the neighbors, he began to break down the back door when it opened easily, although it had been locked a couple of minutes ago.

In the living room, a horrifying sight met his eyes: the bloody corpse of his wife lay on the living room floor.

During the police inspection of the house, curious facts emerged. £4 disappeared from the bookshelf, but the family's main savings, kept in a tin on a nearby shelf, were untouched. The criminal visited Julia's boudoir and threw her pillow into the fireplace and turned inside out two handbags and three hats that were stored in the closet, which, like the bedside table and dressing table, were locked. A fireplace poker, the suspected murder weapon, was missing from the living room.

The examination found no signs of forced entry on the keyhole of the front door, nor on the back door lock. The investigation accused Wallace of murdering his wife and sentenced him to death penalty by hanging. But later, the court - for the first time in British history - decided that it was impossible to send a person to the noose without a single piece of evidence, and released Wallace. In 1932, he told the press that he knew the name of Julia's killer, but for some reason was afraid to divulge it.

Laetitia Touro

On a Parisian evening in May 1937 at 6:27 p.m., 29-year-old Italian Laetitia Norriset Touro boarded the metro at Porte de Charenton station. She was the only passenger in the first class carriage.

When the carriage doors opened a couple of minutes later at the next station, Turo was still the only passenger, but now she was dead. There was a dagger sticking out of her neck.

The girl's death was mysterious, like her life. In the eyes of society, she was a simple widow, barely making ends meet by working in a glue factory. At night, she transformed into an informant for the Parisian police and spent time in seedy nightclubs in search of information.

She was also credited with an affair with the famous right-wing journalist Gabriel Jeantette, who was involved in smuggling weapons for the influential terrorist group Comite secret d'action revolutionnaire (Secret Revolutionary Committee).

Its members called themselves Cagoule ("hoods") and wore hoods to hide their faces. The “Hoods” were financed by the pro-government elites of Paris. They were responsible for at least seven murders, two terrorist attacks and the creation of an armed militia.

In 1937, two “hoods” ended up in the police, where they were interrogated with passion in the Turo case. Both admitted that the girl was killed by their killer. Later, one of the bandits changed his testimony. The second one was beaten half to death by an unknown person and could no longer testify due to health reasons.

Some conspiracy theorists say that Laetitia Turo was killed because she found out terrible secrets Mussolini, because killing with a dagger in the neck was the favorite method of Italian killers.

Harry Oakes

Harry Oakes, the richest man on Bahamas, was found dead on July 8, 1943. Someone beat him to death with a spiked baseball bat, doused him in gasoline, and covered him in pillow feathers. The killer tried to set fire to the corpse, but for some reason the flames did not start.

Oakes made his fortune in gold mines in Canada before fleeing to the Bahamas to avoid paying taxes.

The governor of the islands was a good friend of Oakes, so he hired two private detectives to get to the bottom of the truth. Soon his son-in-law Alfred de Marini was accused of murdering the businessman. Oakes hated his daughter's husband, believing that he was just waiting for his death in order to inherit his fortune and live happily ever after. In addition, Marini’s fingerprint was found at the crime scene. A significant motive is that the young man was put on trial.

It later turned out that the print was slipped by detectives who wanted to say goodbye to the complicated case as soon as possible. Marini was acquitted, and a new suspect appeared in the case, Oakes' business partner, Harold Christie.

Christie owes Oakes a significant amount. There were witnesses who saw him leaving the deceased's house around the time Oakes' body was supposed to catch fire. Christie himself claimed that he slept in his room all night. The police sent him home.

Lilly Linderstorm

Lilly Lindestorm, a 32-year-old divorcee from Stockholm, lived in a tiny apartment and made a living as a prostitute. On May 1, 1932, she was discussing plans for the future in the kitchen. May holidays with 35-year-old Minnie Jenson, a neighbor and fellow sufferer.

Neighbors called Lilly “call-girl” not only because of her profession, but also because she was the only one with a telephone installed in the whole house. The conversation between two friends was interrupted by a telephone call. Lilly received a call from another client, and Minnie retreated to her room. Half an hour later, Lilly stopped by Minnie's to borrow some condoms. When Minnie decided to visit her friend again a few hours later, no one answered the door. Deciding that the date was continuing, the woman left.

Three days passed before Minnie decided to call the police. Law enforcement officers broke down the door and saw a completely naked girl lying face down in a pillow. She was killed with three shots to the head. Lilly's clothes were neatly folded into a pile.

There was a completely crazy aspect to this already creepy story. There was a gravy boat stained with blood in the room. As forensic examination showed, the killer used this gravy boat to collect blood from Lilly’s wound and drink it.

The police interviewed 80 of Minnie's clients, but all of them were above suspicion. The name of the Atlas vampire is still a mystery.

Mary Mauney

Late on the evening of September 24, 1905, the mangled remains of a young woman were found on the tracks of a tunnel in southeast England. At first, the police considered the death a suicide, but further examination showed that she had first been strangled with a scarf. The body found by the railway guard was still warm - barely half an hour had passed since the death. The murdered woman, Mary Mauney, was identified by her brother Robert.

The police tried to reconstruct Mary's last actions. It turned out that at about 19:00 she was talking with a friend, telling her that she was going for a walk and would return soon.

There were two witnesses who saw Mary at the station that evening. There were also those who noticed her in the first class carriage in the company of a man. Another witness reported seeing a man matching the previous description exit a first class carriage alone. The train passed through the same tunnel at 22:19. The body was found at 22:55.

The police naturally decided that Mary’s lover threw her out of the carriage at full speed. But after checking all the male surroundings of the girl, they just shrugged - everyone had an irrefutable alibi.

In 1912, Mary Mauney's brother was found dead. He killed two women and three children before committing suicide. These women were sisters, and Robert was secretly married to both. This piquant fact from his biography made investigators decide that it was he who killed Mary 7 years ago.

Charles Bravo

Charles Bravo was a British lawyer who died of antimony poisoning in 1876. The painful death lasted for several days, but Bravo did not want to name the poisoner who poured the poison into a glass of water.

Charles Bravo Murder Mystery

Three people close to Charles were suspected: his wife Florence, who was tired of her husband’s cruel, perverted advances, her former lover James Halley, and the maid Miss Cox, who was about to be fired. A version was also put forward that Charles Bravo planned to poison his wife, but by mistake he himself drank the poison intended for her.

Gunter Stoll

The mysterious death of the German Gunter Stoll occurred on October 26, 1984. He, still alive but badly maimed, was found early in the morning in a car in a ditch near the highway. He died on the way to the hospital without regaining consciousness.

Alcohol was found in the guy's blood, so the case was regarded as an accident. But an examination of his injuries showed that he had been run over and put back in the car.

But this is not the last mystery in this murder. A piece of paper with the inscription “YOGTZE” was found next to the body. This word does not exist in any language in the world. Acronym or code? Most likely, but no one has ever been able to figure it out.

Stoll’s wife recalled that on the eve of the murder he told her: “Now he’s in my hands!”, after which he wrote this note, took it with him and left the house.

Over the following years, two noteworthy versions were expressed that could shed light on the mystery of YOGTZE. This could be a reference to the TZE additive used in yogurt (Gunther was a food technologist). Or the word did not use the letter G, but the number 6 - YO6TZE, a radio signal used in Romania.
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