Buried

The case of Azaria Chamberlain, who disappeared near Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Australia in 1980, is a chilling mystery that captivated the world. Initially, her parents, Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, claimed a dingo had taken their baby, but inconsistencies and forensic evidence led to Lindy's conviction for murder. Years later, in 1986, new evidence, including a piece of Azaria's missing clothing,...

In 1908, Oscar Slater, a German Jew living in Glasgow, was wrongfully accused of murdering an elderly woman, Mary Lyon Gilchrist, based on dubious evidence, including a brooch he pawned. Despite weak evidence and signs of a setup, Slater was sentenced to death, later commuted to life in Peterhead Prison. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, became convinced of Slater's innocence...

The mysterious case of Joshua Maddux, an 18-year-old who disappeared in 2008 and whose body was found seven years later in the chimney of an old log cabin in Woodland Park, Colorado, remains unsolved. His decomposed body, found in a fetal position with only a shirt on, raised numerous questions. Despite the coroner ruling the death accidental, the cabin’s owner, Chuck Murphy, contested this conclu...

The "Script Murder Case" in Canada revolves around Mark Twitchell, a failed filmmaker and screenwriter who lured Johnny Altinger, a man he met through an online dating site, to a garage where he murdered him in October 2008. Twitchell had written a movie script about a serial killer and eerily carried out a real-life murder mirroring the plot. After Altinger's disappearance, police investigated an...

The Michelle Norris case is a tragic unsolved crime from 1988, in which seven-year-old Michelle disappeared from a playground in Central Falls, Rhode Island, and was later found murdered in a nearby swamp. The investigation revealed Michelle had been assaulted and suffocated, sparking a decades-long search for her killer. Key suspicions fell on her father, William Norris, whose contradictory state...

The Lead Masks Case of Brazil remains one of the country's most baffling mysteries. In August 1966, the decomposing bodies of two electronics technicians, Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana, were found on Vintém Hill, dressed in suits and raincoats with strange lead masks covering their eyes. A cryptic note was discovered beside them, indicating a timeline and the taking of a capsule, th...

In 2009, 26-year-old Chinese singer Han Yanfei mysteriously disappeared in Singapore after working at a karaoke bar in Chinatown. Her mother, Zhang Xiangyun, had recurring vivid dreams where she heard her daughter calling for help, describing a dark building with spiral stairs and the sound of ocean waves. Despite extensive investigations, including the discovery of her boyfriend's body, no solid...

The Russian Doll Case involves Anatoly Moskvin, a historian who exhumed and mummified the bodies of 26 young girls, believing he was preserving them for future resurrection. His fascination with death stemmed from a traumatic childhood event, and over the course of a decade, he collected these bodies, dressing them as dolls and treating them as his daughters. Moskvin believed he was "saving" the g...

In 2000, Australian astrophysicist Rodney Marks died mysteriously at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, initially thought to be from natural causes. However, an autopsy revealed that he had ingested a lethal amount of methanol. Investigations led by New Zealand police officer Grant Wormold faced resistance from the U.S. National Science Foundation, which hindered efforts to collect evidence an...

The 2002 crash of China Airlines Flight CI611, which disintegrated mid-air en route from Taipei to Hong Kong, resulted in the deaths of all 225 passengers and crew members. Investigations revealed the crash was caused by a crack in the plane’s tail section, left unrepaired after a 1980 landing accident and concealed by improper maintenance. Over 22 years, the crack expanded until the fuselage fail...

The “Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?” case remains one of Britain's most famous unsolved mysteries from World War II. In 1943, four boys discovered a human skull inside an elm tree in Hagley Wood, leading to the discovery of an unidentified woman’s skeleton. Despite forensic investigations and public appeals, her identity remains unknown. Various theories have emerged over the decades, ranging from...

In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers—James Ducat, Donald MacArthur, and Thomas Marshall—disappeared from the remote Eilean Mor island in Scotland under mysterious circumstances. When a ship, "Scotland's Lys," passed by and noticed the lighthouse was not illuminated, the Northern Lighthouse Board sent Joseph Moore to investigate. Upon arrival, Moore found the lighthouse in perfect working con...

The Ourang Medan case remains an enduring maritime mystery, dating back to 1948 when the American ship *Silver Star* received a distress call from the Dutch vessel *Ourang Medan*. Upon boarding, the *Silver Star* crew found all aboard the *Ourang Medan* dead in eerie, unnatural poses, with rapid skin decay and no signs of injury. The ship soon exploded and sank before further investigation could b...

The "Cruel Mary" case involves the tragic execution of a circus elephant named Mary in 1916 after she killed her abusive trainer, Walter Eldridge, in Kingsport, Tennessee. Although Mary was known for her gentle nature, she reacted violently after being repeatedly mistreated with a bullhook. Media reports exaggerated her brutality, but witnesses later testified that the killing was likely accidenta...

The case of Blanche Monnier is a chilling story of a French aristocratic family. Blanche, a young woman of beauty and grace, was imprisoned in a dark attic by her mother for 25 years after refusing to break off her relationship with a man deemed unsuitable. Her mother and brother kept her hidden, spreading rumors of her elopement. Blanche was eventually discovered in a horrific state of starvatio...

The story of the Frog Boys is one of South Korea's most tragic and unsolved cases. In 1991, five boys from Daegu went missing while searching for salamanders on Wolong Mountain. Despite extensive search efforts involving 318,000 people and over 200 million flyers, their whereabouts remained unknown for 11 years. In 2002, their remains were discovered on the same mountain, raising suspicions about...

This case revolves around the gruesome 1993 murder of Mazlan Idris, a Malaysian politician, in Johor. He was killed by a couple, Mona Fandey and her husband Affendi, who practiced black magic. Mazlan sought Mona's help to enhance his political career, but instead, they murdered and dismembered him in a ritualistic killing. After his disappearance, police investigations uncovered his remains under...

The Geylang Bahru Four Siblings Murder is one of Singapore's most horrifying unsolved cases. On January 6th, 1979, four young siblings were brutally murdered in their home while their parents were away. The bodies of Tan Kok Peng (10), Tan Kok Hin (8), Tan Kok Soon (6), and Tan Chin Nee (5) were discovered in the bathroom, with severe knife wounds. The police found no signs of forced entry, sugges...

The Gunness farm case is one of the strangest serial killer mysteries in U.S. history, taking place in LaPorte, Indiana. It revolves around Belle Gunness, who was suspected of being a cold-blooded murderer responsible for the deaths of her husbands, children, and numerous men who responded to her newspaper ads seeking marriage. In 1908, her farm burned down, and a headless female body was found, b...

The Mystery of Fayetteville recounts the tragic events of Christmas Eve, 1945, when a fire consumed the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, and five of the ten Sodder children disappeared. Despite the house being reduced to ashes, no remains of the missing children were ever found, leading their parents, George and Jennie Sodder, to suspect foul play. Several unusual circumstances f...

In this episode of "Salattu," Liisa introduces the mysterious case of a mother, Liu Huijun, and her four-year-old daughter, who disappeared from the Yuanlin financial building in Changhua, Taiwan, in 2008. The case begins with Liu arriving at the building late at night, acting anxious. Surveillance footage showed her removing her coat, shoes, and her daughter's jacket in the elevator before disapp...

This chilling unsolved case from Japan, dating back over thirty years, remains one of the country's most horrifying crimes. On March 18, 1988, Masataka Moriya returned to his Nagoya apartment to find his pregnant wife, Miiko, dead with a large incision on her abdomen. A newborn baby, weak but alive, had been removed from her womb, and a phone, attached to a Mickey Mouse keychain, was discovered in...

The Hinterkaifeck farm murders, one of Germany's most chilling unsolved cases, occurred in 1922. It began when the Gruber family and their maid reported hearing strange noises in the attic and experiencing odd occurrences, such as disappearing keys and unexplained footsteps. Despite these signs of danger, life continued until March 31st, when the entire family—Andreas Gruber, his wife Cäzilia, the...

The "Smiley Face Killers" theory revolves around a series of mysterious drownings in the U.S., particularly of young, successful male university students, often after nights of drinking. The theory emerged after the 2002 death of Christopher Jenkins, whose body was found in the Mississippi River months after he went missing. Initially ruled an accidental drowning, his case was later reclassified a...

The "Collar Bomb" case, also known as the "Pizza Bomber" case, took place on August 28, 2003, in Erie, Pennsylvania. Brian Wells, a pizza delivery driver, was forced to rob a bank with a bomb strapped around his neck. Wells claimed that three men had coerced him into the robbery, and he had been given a series of notes outlining a "treasure hunt" he had to follow to find the key to disarm the bomb...