History, Mystery & Crime

Robin Doan stirred from her slumber to the piercing wails of her mother and the echoing discharge of gunfire, within the confines of her ancestral abode nestled in the Texas Panhandle. Moments later, she beheld a brilliant flare. A gentleman, wielding an AK-47, directed his malevolent intent towards her resting place, yet fate intervened, sparing her from harm’s way. ‘I …

Nineteen-year-old Jason Jolkowski was last sighted in Omaha, Nebraska, on June 13, 2001. He vanished while strolling from his familial abode towards his former alma mater to rendezvous with his transportation for employment. Born on June 24, 1981, in Grand Island, Nebraska, Jason Anthony Jolkowski was the progeny of Kelly Murphy and Jim Jolkowski. Despite grappling with a mild learning …

This post is the final part of my three-part writeup on the King Parrot Creek Skeleton Woman, who was discovered buried in the banks of a creek in rural Victoria, Australia almost seventy years ago to the day. Despite massive public interest, intensive media coverage, and an enormous police investigation, the woman was never identified and her case gradually slipped …

Somewhere in the remote Pacific Ocean, there’s a place only eels know. It’s a graveyard and a nursery; the beginning and end point for one of nature’s most poetic and mysterious life cycles. It’s a truism that we know more about outer space than Earth’s oceans. This is made evident by an enduring mystery whose resolution has proved as slippery …

Guy was last seen on April 2nd, 1999 at around 3 p.m. in the 2000 block of State Route 11 of the Evans Mills, New York area. That Friday he had driven away from his home on Aitchison Road in Onondaga, telling his wife he was going to visit a relative in Watertown, New York. He reportedly also mentioned visiting …