Has the Mystery of Kristin Smart’s Disappearance Finally Been Solved?

This post is an update on a previous one, find the original here. In May 1996, California Polytechnic State University student Kristen Smart (19) attended an off-campus party with some friends. She left around 2am with two other students, Paul Flores and Sheryl Anderson. Sheryl split off from Kristen and Paul part of the way back …

Continue reading Has the Mystery of Kristin Smart’s Disappearance Finally Been Solved?

Mystery Illness at the National Hotel

In 1826, the National Hotel was built in DC, standing proudly between the White House and the Capitol it was a favoured hotel for visiting politicians and other prominent members of society, partially for its convenient location but also its splendour and opulence.  National Hotel around 1909[Photo Credit, Library of Congress] In 1857, James Buchanan was president elect …

Continue reading Mystery Illness at the National Hotel

Florida Man Solves Decades Old Mystery Using Google Maps

On 28th August 2019, a Florida property surveyor was using Google Maps to look at a housing development called Grand Isles of land in Moon Bay Circle when he saw a submerged car in a lake. Not wanting to get involved, the surveyor contacted someone he knew locally and passed on the possible find. Police were quickly …

Continue reading Florida Man Solves Decades Old Mystery Using Google Maps

The Ghosts Left Behind By Japan’s Tsunami

On 11th March 2011, a tsunami hit Japan that devastated the landscape, changing it forever. In minutes the coastline was submerged under water, buildings collapsed, homes were swept away, and trees uprooted. The impact wasn’t only to the land, many lost their lives and the official death toll is around 15,000 people despite the earthquake …

Continue reading The Ghosts Left Behind By Japan’s Tsunami

Unexplained Disappearance from a Mediterranean Cruise

In February 2017, the MSC Magnifica set sail from Italy for an eleven-day cruise around the Mediterranean stopping for day trips in Greece, Malta and Cyprus. On board for a family holiday was married couple Xing Lei Li and Daniel Belling with their two young sons. Xing was born in China and Daniel in Germany, …

Continue reading Unexplained Disappearance from a Mediterranean Cruise

The Missing Crew and the Graveyard of the Atlantic

31st January 2021 marked one-hundred-years of the ghost ship mystery of the Outer Banks in North Carolina. It is an area known for shipwrecks due to rough currents and shifting shoals, but this one in particular has caught the intrigue and imagination of countless people. When the Carroll A Deering left Rio De Jarnerio in …

Continue reading The Missing Crew and the Graveyard of the Atlantic