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Unexplained deaths

boglechandler

On New Years day 1963 the bodies of Dr. Bogle and Mrs. Chandler were found on the bank of the Lane Cove River in Sydney. There were no outward signs of trauma and their cause of death has been speculated on for years. With so many questions about what they were doing there, why were they there, what happened to them, and who knew about it it’s no wonder that this case has held peoples attention for so long.

Some of Our Research:
Theories galore
Amazing photos from the era
A fantastic interactive site about the case
The documentary

Lost treasures

IsabellaTheft

On the night of March 18, 1990, a pair of thieves disguised as Boston police officers entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and roamed the Museum’s galleries, stealing thirteen works of art. None of the missing art has shown up and though the FBI says they have suspects no arrests have ever been made.

Some of Our Research:
From the FBI
A criminal network
News coverage of the event

Cryptograms

Beale_Papers

In the early 1800’s a hotel owner was entrusted with a locked box, when he eventually opened it he found that it contained 3 coded messages. The coded messages were supposedly described the location of a buried treasure. Only one of the cyphers has been broken. The answer to the others, like the treasure itself, has never been found.

Some of our Research:
All about the history
A cryptographers perspective
The treasures been found?