Two unsolved mysteries that I find particularly compelling are The Black Dahlia murder and Jack the Ripper. I have spent countless hours researching the death of Elizabeth Short online, and I have a 700 page book at home all about the Jack the Ripper murders. I love the different theories of how the murderer of Elizabeth Short and "Jack" got away with their crime. I suppose a part of me really wishes I could solve it as well. Not to have the fame of solving these unsolved crimes, but just the satisfaction of closure in my mind.
An example of an unsolved crime is the death of Blair Adams. What is fascinating about this crime is that Blair was paranoid somebody was after him. He thought his life was in danger and was trying to run away from something imaginary. Ironically in July of 1996, Blair was found dead, beaten, and half-naked in a parking lot in Tennessee. He was from British Columbia in Canada. No one knows why he left Canada, how he got to Tennessee, or who killed him.
ReplyDeleteAn example of an unsolved mystery is the mystery of who Monica Libao’s parents are and what happened to her as a child. Monica found out the woman she thought was her mother had a hysterectomy before she was born. Her mom then told her that her half-sister was her actual mom. According to her half-sister, her real mom sold her for a bus ticket to New York. From overheard conversations, she got the idea she was kidnapped as a baby. This would help to explain why they moved 2 times a year for 15 years and she was never allowed to go to school on picture days. It’s fascinating that Monica always thought she had a regular biological family, until she was sixteen when she found out about her mom’s hysterectomy. I can’t imagine what it would be like stumbling across a fact that would prove that your mom was not your biological mom. It was something she had never even considered before. It’s unsettling to think she was likely abducted and stuck without any leads to the truth.