Mr. Ed
Life does not deserve my gratitude.
- Location
- Central NY
. The Pantsless Chimney Boy
Josh Maddux disappeared in 2008, and his mummified body was found seven years later in the chimney of a cabin about to be demolished. He apparently had tried to enter the cabin by climbing down the chimney. Yet before doing so, he'd taken off all his clothes other than his shirt and laid them in front of the fireplace ... inside the cabin.
JFK's Lover's Death
Mary Pinchot Meyer was shot in broad daylight in 1964, and no one ever figured out who did it. CIA officer Wistar Janney got news of the death before local authorities somehow, and his son now claims that the CIA assassinated her. After her death, the CIA's counterintelligence chief was caught breaking into her home to retrieve her private diary.
The City Bonds Robbery
In 1990, someone robbed a messenger of $500 million in treasury bonds. By some measures, this had to be the largest heist in history, leading to 25 arrests. But the prosecution's two witnesses were both murdered, so we didn't manage to convict a single person.
The Seal Chart Murder
When Caroline Mary Luard was found murdered in the British town of Sea Chart in 1908, everyone suspected her husband. His alibi was perfect, but people made him a pariah, and he finally threw himself in front of a train. The only other suspect was a fraudster named John Dickman, and the main case against him was that he had the ridiculous name of "John Dickman."
5. Dorothy Jane Scott
After rushing a coworker to the hospital with a black widow spider bite, Dorothy Jane Scott got kidnapped. For the next four years, the kidnapper kept calling her family and saying, "I've got her" before hanging up. Police finally found her remains. The kidnapper had evidently burned her body two years after abducting her but had kept the phone calls up for two years more.
Charlie Manson's Lawyer
Died suddenly in the middle of his trial. Officially, he suddenly went camping and was caught in a flash flood. The Manson family privately claimed to have murdered him for not letting them testify .
The Glico-Morinaga Case
Unknown perpetrators kept attacking the Japanese company Glico in the '80s. They kidnapped the president in front of his family, set company cars on fire, sent the police a bunch of taunting letters, then moved on to a different food company. Police never figured out who did it, and the superintendent was so ashamed by this, he immolated himself.
The Missing Nipples
Colonel Philip Shue's 2003 death in a car might have looked like suicide. But someone cut off his nipples before he died, as well as several fingers and one earlobe. Most likely, kidnappers were torturing him until he escaped and crashed, but no one's been able to figure out who was responsible.
Mystery Head
In 2014, a Pennsylvania schoolboy found an old woman's severed head in a field. Her eyes had been removed and replaced by rubber ones from a kids' toy. No one ever managed to identify her.
Jamison Family Deaths
An Oklahoma family of four disappeared in 2009, leaving behind their car, which held their dog and $32,000 cash. Four years later, their bodies were discovered three miles away. According to their pastor, the dad had been "reading a Satanic Bible for combat tips and looking for special demon-killing bullets." That could mean the parents went nuts, but relatives say they were instead on a cult's hit list.
The NBA Disappearance
John Brisker from the Seattle SuperSonics set off for Uganda in 1978 and never came back. The FBI tried to trace him to see if he really was recruited by Idi Amin like some thought, but they could find no proof of this. Others in his hometown believed he never went to Africa and was instead lured into the Jonestown cult.
New Year's Sex Deaths
On New Year's Eve 1962, a man and woman died having sex next to an Australian river. No one could figure out what exactly killed them. The most reasonable theory is that the river released a cloud of deadly hydrogen sulfide gas, but there are no other signs of a poisonous belch like that.
Josh Maddux disappeared in 2008, and his mummified body was found seven years later in the chimney of a cabin about to be demolished. He apparently had tried to enter the cabin by climbing down the chimney. Yet before doing so, he'd taken off all his clothes other than his shirt and laid them in front of the fireplace ... inside the cabin.
JFK's Lover's Death
Mary Pinchot Meyer was shot in broad daylight in 1964, and no one ever figured out who did it. CIA officer Wistar Janney got news of the death before local authorities somehow, and his son now claims that the CIA assassinated her. After her death, the CIA's counterintelligence chief was caught breaking into her home to retrieve her private diary.
The City Bonds Robbery
In 1990, someone robbed a messenger of $500 million in treasury bonds. By some measures, this had to be the largest heist in history, leading to 25 arrests. But the prosecution's two witnesses were both murdered, so we didn't manage to convict a single person.
The Seal Chart Murder
When Caroline Mary Luard was found murdered in the British town of Sea Chart in 1908, everyone suspected her husband. His alibi was perfect, but people made him a pariah, and he finally threw himself in front of a train. The only other suspect was a fraudster named John Dickman, and the main case against him was that he had the ridiculous name of "John Dickman."
5. Dorothy Jane Scott
After rushing a coworker to the hospital with a black widow spider bite, Dorothy Jane Scott got kidnapped. For the next four years, the kidnapper kept calling her family and saying, "I've got her" before hanging up. Police finally found her remains. The kidnapper had evidently burned her body two years after abducting her but had kept the phone calls up for two years more.
Charlie Manson's Lawyer
Died suddenly in the middle of his trial. Officially, he suddenly went camping and was caught in a flash flood. The Manson family privately claimed to have murdered him for not letting them testify .
The Glico-Morinaga Case
Unknown perpetrators kept attacking the Japanese company Glico in the '80s. They kidnapped the president in front of his family, set company cars on fire, sent the police a bunch of taunting letters, then moved on to a different food company. Police never figured out who did it, and the superintendent was so ashamed by this, he immolated himself.
The Missing Nipples
Colonel Philip Shue's 2003 death in a car might have looked like suicide. But someone cut off his nipples before he died, as well as several fingers and one earlobe. Most likely, kidnappers were torturing him until he escaped and crashed, but no one's been able to figure out who was responsible.
Mystery Head
In 2014, a Pennsylvania schoolboy found an old woman's severed head in a field. Her eyes had been removed and replaced by rubber ones from a kids' toy. No one ever managed to identify her.
Jamison Family Deaths
An Oklahoma family of four disappeared in 2009, leaving behind their car, which held their dog and $32,000 cash. Four years later, their bodies were discovered three miles away. According to their pastor, the dad had been "reading a Satanic Bible for combat tips and looking for special demon-killing bullets." That could mean the parents went nuts, but relatives say they were instead on a cult's hit list.
The NBA Disappearance
John Brisker from the Seattle SuperSonics set off for Uganda in 1978 and never came back. The FBI tried to trace him to see if he really was recruited by Idi Amin like some thought, but they could find no proof of this. Others in his hometown believed he never went to Africa and was instead lured into the Jonestown cult.
New Year's Sex Deaths
On New Year's Eve 1962, a man and woman died having sex next to an Australian river. No one could figure out what exactly killed them. The most reasonable theory is that the river released a cloud of deadly hydrogen sulfide gas, but there are no other signs of a poisonous belch like that.
