Buried

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...

The "Phantom of Heilbronn" case, spanning 16 years, involved over 40 unsolved crimes across Germany, Austria, and France, where DNA evidence linked the crimes to a mysterious female suspect. The case gained notoriety when police officer Michèle Kiesewetter was murdered in 2007, and her colleague was critically injured. The DNA found at this and other crime scenes suggested the involvement of a ser...

The "TEPCO Black Notebook Murder Case" revolves around the mysterious death of Taiko Watanabe, a TEPCO executive and the daughter of an anti-nuclear advocate, Tatsuo Watanabe. Taiko’s death in 1997, under suspicious circumstances, revealed her secret life as a prostitute and implicated powerful figures, including Minoru Ohira, the son of a former Japanese Prime Minister. The case highlights deep-r...

The mysterious case of Mary Reeser, who was found almost entirely incinerated in her apartment in 1951, remains one of history’s most perplexing unsolved phenomena. Despite the extreme heat required to reduce a human body to ashes, the fire did not spread, and much of the apartment was left intact. Theories range from spontaneous human combustion, supported by the "wick effect," to the possibility...

The mysterious double homicide case of the Cheah brothers, which spanned across Singapore, Hong Kong, and Indonesia in 1984, remains unsolved and shrouded in eerie details. The bodies of the brothers, prominent Singaporean jewelers, were discovered mummified and sealed in a cemented flowerbed in a Hong Kong apartment. The investigation revealed complex ties to gold trading, possible fraud, and sin...

In this episode, we delve into the mysterious Pan Bowen incident, a story that blurs the lines between reality and imagination. Originally shared by an anonymous user on Zhihu, the incident involves the sudden disappearance of a high school student named Pan Bowen, who seemingly vanishes from existence, leaving only the memories of two classmates. As we explore the psychological and quantum mechan...

In this episode, Liisa dives into the mysterious and controversial assassination of President John F. Kennedy, exploring the many theories and unanswered questions surrounding the event. From the official findings of the Warren Commission to the later revelations and suspicions that arose after key documents were withheld from public view, this episode delves deep into one of America's most enduri...

In this episode, we delve into the chilling mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, one of the most perplexing and eerie events in modern history. We retrace the final steps of nine experienced mountaineers who tragically lost their lives in the Ural Mountains in 1959 under inexplicable circumstances. From the discovery of their abandoned tent to the horrifying injuries found on some of the bodies,...

In this gripping episode, we delve into the mysterious disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old girl who vanished from Vatican City in 1983. Over the past thirty years, her case has been entangled with eerie discoveries, such as an empty tomb and unidentified bones in the Vatican's Teutonic Cemetery. Despite numerous theories involving international conspiracies, the mafia, and the Vatican...

This episode delves into the chilling and unsolved case of the 1947 Black Dahlia murder, where aspiring actress Elizabeth Short was found brutally mutilated in Los Angeles. The story traces Elizabeth's life from her troubled childhood and Hollywood aspirations to the haunting events leading to her tragic end. With her body discovered in a grotesque state, the case sparked a media frenzy and a nati...

In this episode, Liisa delves into the mysterious and chilling Tokyo Black Murder Case of 1997, where Watanabe Taiko, a high-ranking executive at Tokyo Electric Power Company, was found brutally murdered in a rundown apartment in the Maruyamacho area, known for its nightclubs and love hotels. Initially, an illegal immigrant named McNally was convicted, but 15 years later, new evidence revealed the...

In 1986, Singapore experienced one of its most mysterious unresolved cases when two primary school students, Zhuo Hongfa and Guo Zhen'an, vanished on their way to school. Despite extensive police investigations, including distributing flyers, cross-border searches, and even involving a private detective, no concrete evidence or clues were found. Speculations ranged from accidental drowning to kidn...

In this episode, we delve into the chilling and infamous 119 Nanjing University Dismemberment Case from 1996, where Diao Aiqing, a quiet and introverted university student, was brutally murdered and dismembered. The investigation uncovers a timeline of her final days, starting from a birthday party on January 7 to her disappearance on January 10, and the subsequent discovery of her body parts nine...