Lyle Stevik hung himself in September 2001. When police discovered that there was no such person, a massive mystery that has captivated the internet began. As of 2017, Lyle’s true identity, and reason for suicide, remain a mystery.
Some of Our Research:
Basics on Lyle
Age regression
Debate about the story
In April 2010, a Facebook account named Karin Catherine Waldegrave (Von Berg Habsburg) appeared and started posting mysteriously prolific posts, only to be removed a year later. What were these posts about? And was Karin even real?
Some of Our Research:
A short overview
Reddit’s take
Karen’s copied posts
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In 1996, a woman named Mary Anderson paid cash for two nights in a hotel in Seattle. Three days later, when she didn’t check out, hotel staff found her peacefully dead by apparent suicide. Problem is, Mary Anderson doesn’t exist.
Some of Our Research:
News article from the time
Websleuths take
From Doe Network
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When police responded to the suicide of Joseph Newton Chandler III, they figured it would be pretty routine. He’d shot himself in the head in his apartment, case closed. However, when probate lawyers took hold of the case, they found out that the real Joseph Newton Chandler III had died 57 years prior in a car accident with his parents. This now John Doe has never been identified, but clues into his life are nothing if not intriguing.
Some of Our Research:
From the Doe Network
Reddit’s thoughts
Suspects from the Internet Archive
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On May 16, 1984 comedian Andy Kaufman died from cancer. Or did he? Kaufman, the king of taking a joke so far that no one knew when it would end, or if it was even a joke, apparently told his friends that he wanted to stage his own death. Almost immediately after his funeral people started seeing Andy everywhere. Was the dead man really him?
Some of Our Research:
Reasons Andy could be among us
Bob and Lynne’s book about him
Wrestling antics playlist