compact mysteries

On 7 May 1957, the Pollock family suffered the kind of loss that does not simply alter a life, but…

On the afternoon of 5 December 1945, five United States Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers took off from Naval Air…

Before there was Brushy Bill Roberts, there was Billy the Kid, one of the most famous and disputed figures of…

In the summer of 1947, something unusual happened on a ranch in the remote deserts of New Mexico. About 75…

Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce was born on 24 June 1842, in a log cabin in Meigs County, Ohio. He was one…

At the heart of this mystery lie several objects: a jewel-encrusted badge and star, ceremonial regalia known collectively as the…

Solomon Northup was born free, likely in 1808, in New York State. He worked as a skilled carpenter, landowner, and…

In the dead of night on February 8, 1855, the quiet countryside of Devon, England, was blanketed in fresh snow.…

Richard John Bingham, the 7th Earl of Lucan, was born on 18 December 1934 into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family in…

The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, remains one of the most analysed events in modern…