The Fukushima Toilet Mystery — [February 28, 1989 | Fukushima Prefacture] In a small village of Miyakoji, located in the outskirts of Japan, primary school teacher Yumi Tanaka had just returned to her teacher’s housing after a long weekend. Her Tuesday on February 28 began like any other day. …

For the year 2021. — “They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.” — Laurence Binyon The Lin Family Murder The sole survivor of the family, Brenda Lin, was taken under the wings of the suspected killer that wiped her family.medium.com The Case of Tatsuya Ichihashi He self-performed plastic surgery to escape from the police after he murdered an English teacher.medium.com

The Girl at the Wrong Place and Time. — She knew it was her last dinner in Malaysia. But little did she know, it would be her last night alive. Thousand miles away in the United States, Canny Ong received a distressing call from her family back in Malaysia. Her father had fallen ill with cancer. Canny Ong was…

He had to fake his own death to outsmart his own wife, Lulu. — He lay in a shallow grave, half-naked with his hands bound behind his back, as if they were tied up. In the photo, there was a single gunshot wound to his head. Despite the chilling image, Ramon Sosa is very much alive. …

3 years into her prison sentence, she finally revealed the mastermind behind her after finding out he married the victim’s sister. — On March 18, 1958, around 2 AM, Patti jolted awake to a gunshot in her room. Next to her was her niece, Cinnamon, with a gun in her hand. She fled the room before Patti could react. …

Do you believe in ghosts? — Thirteen-year-old Carrie Ann Jopek went missing on March 16, 1982. For months, the young teenager was believed to have run away from home after getting suspended from school to attend a party at her best friend, Robin Mandt’s place. The cold case would have remained unsolved until the perpetrator voluntarily…

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The Kidnapping of Michelina Lewandowska — [2011 | West Yorkshire, England] In a quiet town in West Yorkshire, Michelina Lewandowska (27) was preparing to head out for a shopping trip with her partner, Marcin Kasprza (25). She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup when she heard her partner returned home. He was talking to…

The Chowchilla Kidnapping of 1976 — [July 15, 1976 | Chowchilla, California] They were just kids, looking forward to a day of fun at the swimming pool. Aged between five and 14, the students of Dairyland Elementary School and their bus driver, Frank Edward Ray, set out on a day trip to a swimming pool in…