Sometimes things just seem to lucky to be random chance but are they?
In 2009, u/2-6 posted on Reddit that u/ReligionOfPeace had passed away. It was later discovered that u/ReligionOfPeace, aka “Milo” owned the domain for a site called “That Old Guy’s Image Hosting”. But when another Reddit user innocuously checked the source code of the site, it launched one of Reddit’s longest-lived unsolved mysteries.
Some of Our Research:
Dedicated Subreddit
r/RBI Thread
r/UnresolvedMysteries Thread
In 2008, a group of investigators went public with a story they’d been looking into since 1997, involving more than 45 deaths. If true, the theory is that one of the most prolific serial killers ever is currently on the loose, killing athletic college-aged men. But the links between these 45 deaths are thin, at best, and the argument for the Smiley Face Killer might not be as strong as many think.
Some of Our Research:
A recent find
The analysis of Patrick McNeill
Drowning the theory
Frederick Cook claimed to be the first man to climb to the peak of Mt. McKinley in 1906, in 1909 he claimed to have made it to the North Pole in the spring of 1908. Arctic explorer Robert Peary launched a campaign against Cook and soon no one believed he had done it. In the last several decades people retracing their steps have begun wonder if he really did it. Was Cook really successful or was he a great fraud?
Some of Our Research:
All about Cook
The Smithsonian looks again
An outsiders review
Stanley Kubrick produced and directed the iconic film The Shining, released in 1980. Crowds at the time were terrified and/or confused by the film, today it is a classic. But what was really going on with Kubrick’s version of the story? There are a host of theories suggesting why Kubrick produced the movie and what it’s actually about. And we have an inside scoop.
Some of Our Research:
A few popular interpretations
A few not so popular interpretations
Jan Harlan and Kubrick
On October 5, 1986 Dan Rather was attacked on the street by a man who was reportedly yelling “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” While some say this mystery is solved, there’s deeper layers than apparent at first glance.
Some of Our Research:
The fantastic version
Tager’s court records
Tager’s charges