Category: Unexplained
Mary Celeste
The Mary Celeste (often incorrectly referred to as Marie Celeste following an intervention by Conan Doyle – see below) was a brigantine merchant ship famous for having been discovered on 4 December 1872 in the Atlantic Ocean unmanned and apparently abandoned, despite the fact that the weather was fine and her crew had been experienced […]
Renee MacRae
Renee MacRae (b. 1940) is a Scottish woman who is missing, presumed dead. Her disappearance along with her son is currently Britain’s longest running missing persons case, and in Scotland the case is as notorious as Glasgow’s Bible John murders. MacRae lived in Inverness and was married to Gordon MacRae, though the couple were separated. […]
Lead Masks Case
The Lead Masks Case was the name given to the events which led to the death of two Brazilian electronic technicians: Manoel Pereira da Cruz and Miguel José Viana. Their bodies were discovered on August 20, 1966. Sequence of Facts Discovery A boy named Jorge da Costa Alves (who was 18 at that time) was […]
Taman Shud Case (a.k.a. Mystery of the Somerton Man)
The Taman Shud Case, also known as the Mystery of the Somerton Man, is an unsolved case of an unidentified man found dead at 6:30 a.m., 1 December 1948, on Somerton beach in Adelaide, South Australia. It is named after a phrase, tamam shud, meaning “ended” or “finished” in Persian, on a scrap of the final page of The Rubaiyat, found in the hidden pocket of the man’s trousers.
The Faces of Bélmez
The Bélmez Faces or the Faces of Bélmez is an alleged paranormal phenomenon in a private house in Spain which started in 1971 when residents claimed images of faces appeared in the concrete floor of the house. These images have continuously formed and disappeared on the floor of the home.
The Marfa Lights
The Marfa lights or the Marfa ghost lights are unexplained lights (known as “ghost lights”) usually seen near U.S. Route 67 on Mitchell Flat east of Marfa, Texas, in the United States.
The 23 Enigma
The 23 enigma refers to the belief that most incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23, some modification of the number 23, or a number related to the number 23.