Mysteries

California has the infamous escape from Alcatraz&nbsp;and the unidentified Zodiac Killer of&nbsp;the late &#39;60s. Ted Bundy terrorized women in the Pacific Northwest in the &#39;70s.&nbsp;Florida even boasts a tale of spontaneous human combustion in the &#39;50s. Just like all of the other states in the US, Oklahoma, too, has its own unsavory secrets.&nbsp;

The Sooner State is known for many things - its football teams, its famous residents like Carrie Underwood and Blake Shelton,&nbsp;tornadoes, and the Great Plains. What many people don&#39;t realize is just how many disturbing <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/cases-solved-by-unsolved-mysteries/patrick-thornton?ref=profile_pub" target="_blank">unsolved crimes</a>&nbsp;have taken place&nbsp;in Oklahoma. If you&#39;re in the mood to be mildly disturbed, tuck into this list and vote up the most mysterious stories.

Haunting Unsolved Crimes From Oklahoma

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True Crime

From Agatha Christie to Clue, everybody loves a good &quot;whodunit&quot; mystery&nbsp;with a surprise&nbsp;ending. But sometimes, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/little-known-mysteries-with-answers/jason-f-collins" target="_blank">truth is even stranger than fiction</a>. Many of these true crime stories seemed like open-and-shut cases. Too often, though,&nbsp;the public can jump to conclusions, ignoring all other possibilities. When investigators do the same, they set themselves up for major plot twists and sometimes even wrongful convictions.&nbsp;

True crime junkies may have heard of some of these <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unexplained-mysteries-that-were-solved/setareh-janda" target="_blank">mind-boggling&nbsp;mysteries</a> in the many rabbit holes of the internet, but others have flown completely under the radar. From the disturbing cases, to the ones with happy endings, to the&nbsp;multiple cases&nbsp;involving bubble gum, all of these unbelievable true crime plot twists will leave your head spinning.&nbsp;

12 True Crime Cases With Unexpected Plot Twists

True Crime Cases With Unexpected Plot Twists

Organized Crime

The mob. The Mafia. La Cosa Nostra. We&#39;ve all heard of it, and seen it portrayed in movies such as The Godfather or on&nbsp;TV shows like The Sopranos. But what was the Mafia&nbsp;really like? How did the organized operation that brought us <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/al-capone-trivia-facts/jeffrichard" target="_blank">Al Capone</a>, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-gangster-stories/kate-gardner" target="_blank">Bugsy Siegel</a>, and&nbsp;Lucky Luciano actually operate?

Some believe the presence of the mob was exaggerated from the start, yet others&nbsp;insist that its presence is as pervasive today as it was 100 years ago.&nbsp;To answer some of the most common <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/til-facts-about-the-mafia/will-morgan-1" target="_blank">questions people have about the Mafia</a>,&nbsp;Reddit&#39;s &quot;Ask Historians&quot; community is a handy place to turn. Just as they have helped shed light on everything from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/historians-answer-bible-questions/setareh-janda" target="_blank">the Bible</a>&nbsp;to what life was really like in the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/historians-answer-wild-west-questions/will-morgan-1" target="_blank">American West,</a>&nbsp;these historians will shine a light on a group that thrived on operating in the dark.

Actual Historians Answer Questions About The Mafia

Dusting for prints & pointing the magnifying glass at some of history's most persistent, fascinating, and frustrating mysteries.

History's Mysteries

What makes for a good mystery? Is it the seemingly unsolvable puzzle? Or is it the catharsis that comes when it&#39;s finally solved? There are tons of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unsolved-ancient-mysteries-from-around-the-world/jeffrichard" target="_blank">mysteries throughout history</a>, many of which have never been explained. But as good as they may be, it&#39;s far more exciting when the truth behind them is uncovered. Granted, it may take time, resources, and committed researchers to find the true explanations behind them, but the process of finding the truth is as much a part of the mystery&#39;s story as the mystery itself.

From <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/solved-mysteries/jason-f-collins" target="_blank">lesser-known puzzles</a> to history-making questions, some mysteries have surprising solutions that make them all the more incredible. Did the town of Leeds have a chicken that laid&nbsp;eggs with apocalyptic messages, or was it just some devious money-making plot? Did Franklin&#39;s Expedition lose its way, or did they succumb to something far more sinister?

Well, ponder no longer. These mysteries have answers.

Mysteries We Just Learned About That Actually Have Answers

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Slasher Movies

It&rsquo;s that time of year again. Ghosts, demons, and other ghouls descend on Magic Mountain for Six Flags Fright Fest. There are 12 terrifying Fright Fest mazes and scare zones, as well as shows, and roller coasters made scarier but running with the lights off.

The Fright Fest Halloween theme appears to be monsters. From scare zones like Exile Hill and The Shadows to the nightly stampede of monsters, there&rsquo;s no escaping the heart-pounding fear. Six Flags Halloween also boasts a series of shows, such as the High Sierra Hypnotist and Voodoo Nights, where you can take a break from shrieking in terror to dance alongside Ricky Rocks, spirited DJs, and go-go dancers.

Aftermath 2: Chaos Rising is the largest of the Fright Fest haunted houses, spanning over 40,000 square feet in the park. But don&rsquo;t forget Fright Fest attractions like Scream and Goliath, which will be running in the dark during Fright Fest 2019.&nbsp;

Which do you think is the scariest Fright Fest attraction? Vote up your favorites below.&nbsp;

The 17 Scariest Attractions At Six Flags Fright Fest

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Lists about some of the most shocking and upsetting documentary films & series that you should totally watch anyway. If you're looking for an extremely disturbing documentary film, you'll find it on these lists!

Disturbing Documentaries

The Family I Had is a true crime documentary&nbsp;that&#39;s unforgettable once you&#39;ve seen it. It details the destruction of a family in the aftermath of one of the saddest and most horrific crimes imaginable. On&nbsp;<a href="https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/inspirational-stories/a47333/charity-lee-son-killed-daughter-forgiveness/" target="_blank">February 4, 2007</a>, 13-year-old Paris Bennett slayed his little sister, Ella, who was only four&nbsp;years old. The crime&#39;s toll on the Bennett family is staggering, especially for the children&#39;s&nbsp;mother, Charity Bennett. The documentary manages to capture&nbsp;that sorrow and portray the family&#39;s struggle with a&nbsp;sensitive hand.

The <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/true-crime-documentaries/lisa-waugh" target="_blank">documentary</a> features <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/relatives-of-murderers-run-through-red-flags/mick-jacobs" target="_blank">interviews</a> with many&nbsp;Bennett family members -&nbsp;including Paris himself -&nbsp;which illuminate the deeper and more complex issues Paris&#39;s act exposed. Issues such as&nbsp;proper parenting, the importance of mental health treatment, and the shortcomings of the justice system are all explored by the documentarians. While the&nbsp;story is sad and at many points&nbsp;hard to watch, its retelling is&nbsp;necessary to prevent further crimes like those committed by Paris.

'The Family I Had' Is One Of The Saddest, Most Unnerving Documentaries You'll Ever See

Saddest Moments From The Family I Had Documentary

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Entertainment

Modern true-crime documentaries tend to have a&nbsp;specific look and feel, but 1992&#39;s&nbsp;Brother&rsquo;s Keeper&nbsp;- a&nbsp;harrowing, empathetic look at the death of a rural cow farmer in Upstate New York and the firestorm of the resulting trial&nbsp;- remains one of the most distinctive entries in the popular genre. Rather than relying on twists or last-minute evidence, Brother&#39;s Keeper simply introduces the audience to its cast and lets the story tell itself.&nbsp;

After the film&#39;s release,&nbsp;the directors continued to make intense <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/true-crime-documentaries/lisa-waugh" target="_blank">documentaries</a> about intense subjects. In 2019, co-director Joe Berlinger used his true-crime roots as a springboard into dramatic filmmaking with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/ted-bundy-actors-vs-real-people/maggie-clancy" target="_blank">Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile</a>, a&nbsp;film about Ted Bundy told from the point of view of his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Kendall. But the director&#39;s interest in dark subject matter all began with his first film.

Brother&#39;s Keeper&nbsp;tells the story of the Ward brothers - Delbert, Roscoe, and Lyman - whose modest life together on their family farm erupts into controversy following the death of the fourth brother, William. Delbert, the youngest of the four, is put on trial for William&#39;s murder.

'Brother's Keeper' Is A Haunting Documentary About A Rural Murder Mystery

Sad And Shocking Details From The Documentary 'Brother's Keeper'

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On the night of February 19, 2005, on-again, off-again couple Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone left a South Philadelphia bar and were never seen again. This case is both interesting and unusual because&nbsp;police have found almost no evidence of what happened to them.&nbsp;

Both the families and investigators now believe that Imbo and Petrone are deceased.&nbsp;The&nbsp;complete lack of evidence has even led the FBI to speculate that they may have been targets of a professional hit.&nbsp;Danielle&#39;s estranged husband has been questioned&nbsp;but never considered a suspect. In fact, investigators have never named a formal suspect in the case. Although several theories have been proposed,&nbsp;the case remains cold, and the&nbsp;families are still searching for closure.&nbsp;

Here&#39;s everything we know about what happened to Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone.

Danielle Imbo And Richard Petrone Both Disappeared Without A Trace - Here’s What We Know

What Happened To Danielle Imbo & Richard Petrone?

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Who doesn&#39;t love a good mystery? Unlike the latest whodunnits, gritty detective series, or <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/local-solved-mysteries/chrissy-rose" target="_blank">local mysteries that have been solved</a>, these real-life puzzles&nbsp;haven&#39;t been cracked yet - their endings have yet to be written.

These open-ended mysteries are also unsettling. From seemingly supernatural phenomena&nbsp;to unexplained disappearances and enigmatic attacks, these strange mysteries happened under spooky circumstances. What were the &quot;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/x-files-in-real-life-stories/christopher-shultz" target="_blank">Oakville blobs</a>&quot; and why do scientists still not have an explanation for them? What happened to a US Navy ship that disappeared into thin air? How did three lighthouse keepers vanish&nbsp;from a tiny, remote Scottish island? These conundrums have never been solved, and their open-endedness only adds to their creepiness.

Read on and vote up the mysteries that are the most unsettling - after you turn on the nightlight!

Mysteries That Made Us Have To Sleep With A Nightlight On

Mysteries That Made Us Have To Keep A Nightlight On

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Documentaries

Shirley Turner, a mother and medical student who played the victim card throughout her life, was not what she seemed - or was she? <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/upsetting-dear-zachary-documentary-moments/randall-colburn " target="_blank">Dear Zachary is an&nbsp;unsettling and horrific true-crime film</a> created by her murder victim&#39;s close friend Kurt Kuenne, which exposes the timeline of Turner&#39;s history of erratic behavior and the murders of father and son Andrew and Zachary Bagby. Turner&#39;s overbearing and obsessive actions included child abuse,&nbsp;the physical and&nbsp;psychological harassment of her lovers, as well as&nbsp;her eventual slayings and suicide.

Though her track record showed&nbsp;an increasing pattern of abuse and neglect toward&nbsp;her family and partners, an alarming turning point in Turner&#39;s history came only when she fatally shot Andrew Bagby. At this point, Turner had completely gone off the deep end, which culminated in the&nbsp;murder-suicide of both herself and young son, Zachary. Unsettled and left with no closure over the case, David and Kate&nbsp;Bagby,&nbsp;Andrew&#39;s parents and Zachary&#39;s grandparents,&nbsp;aggressively told their tale in&nbsp;Kuenne&#39;s documentary entitled&nbsp;Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father. Screening the film wherever they could, including directly to the Canadian Parliament, the pair along with the filmmaker insisted that Zachary&#39;s story become more than just a <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/true-crime-documentaries/lisa-waugh " target="_blank">true-crime documentary</a>&nbsp;- it needed to push&nbsp;the creation of legal reformations to protect future children.

A Timeline Of The Horrific Case Behind 'Dear Zachary'

'Dear Zachary' Explained: A Timeline of Shirley Turner, Andrew Bagby, And Zachary Bagby

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Gabby Petito&#39;s <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unsolved-mysteries-families/mike-bedard" target="_blank">disappearance</a> garnered almost-instant media attention when the 22-year-old Long Island native was reported missing by her family on September 11, 2021. Petito was on <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/16/us/gabby-petito-timeline-missing-case/index.html" target="_blank">a summer road trip</a> with her fiance, 23-year-old Brian Laundrie, and the couple was documenting their travels via YouTube and Instagram. Petito&#39;s family told authorities that she had stayed in close contact with them throughout the summer, but communication stopped in late August. A little over a week into the search for Petito, investigators discovered her remains&nbsp;in Wyoming&#39;s Grand Teton National Park.

The last known person to see Gabby Petito alive was Brian Laundrie, whose remains were found in Florida&#39;s Carlton Reserve on October 20 following a month-long manhunt.&nbsp;Prior to this discovery, there were multiple unconfirmed&nbsp;<a href="https://abc7ny.com/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-joseph-instagram-updates/11088520/" target="_blank">sightings of Laundrie</a> in North Carolina, and neighbors claimed they saw him <a href="https://radaronline.com/p/brian-laundrie-seen-running-backyard-parents-neighbors/" target="_blank">running from his home</a> days after his parents said he initially left.

Here are all the facts we know&nbsp;about what happened to Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie.

Everything We Know About The Tragic Gabby Petito Case

What Happened To Gabby Petito? Here's Everything We Know

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Brittanee Drexel told her parents she was staying with a friend for spring break before she went <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/lost-children-who-were-found/anabel-conner">missing</a> in 2009. Leading up to her disappearance, the 17-year-old high school senior from Rochester, NY,&nbsp;was under an immense amount of stress from&nbsp;her parents' separation. While her vanishing&nbsp;may at first sound like the case of a runaway teen, Brittanee Drexel's disappearance quickly turned ominous.The Brittanee Drexel case remained unsolved since she was last seen on April 25, 2009, until her remains were found in May 2022.&nbsp;Here are the facts of the case and a general timeline of events. We'll also explore plausible theories and suspects from the years-long investigation into Brittanee Drexel's confounding disappearance.

Brittanee Drexel Was On Spring Break When She Vanished In 2009, And Her Case Is Finally Solved

Brittanee Drexel Was On Spring Break When She Vanished In 2009, And Her Case Is Still Unsolved

The disappearance of Brian Shaffer is one of the most baffling missing person cases of all time. It&#39;s impossible to believe that a person could &#39;vanish into thin air&#39; but that seems to be the case with Brian Shaffer. Shaffer was last seen at an Ohio bar in 2006, but no one saw him leave.&nbsp;It took over 48 hours for Shaffer&#39;s loved ones to realize that he was missing, and when police were finally contacted, they couldn&#39;t find a trace of the 27-year-old med student. Shaffer&#39;s apartment appeared untouched, and his car was found in the parking lot. There was no evidence of foul play, but there was also no activity on his cellphone or credit cards. Shaffer&#39;s disappearance stunned his family and confounded investigators.

Today, we don&#39;t know much more about Shaffer&#39;s disappearance than we did in 2006. Below we&#39;ll look at the facts that have been pieced together over the years, as well as a new age-progressed photo of Shaffer released in March 2021. Could Shaffer have been abducted, or is he in hiding somewhere after walking away from his life? Maybe someday Brian Shaffer&#39;s case will be solved, but for now, there are more questions than answers, and those answers may not be what anybody wants to hear.

Brian Shaffer Vanished Without A Trace And Became One Of The Most Perplexing Disappearances Ever

The Mysterious Disappearance Of Brian Shaffer

Getting a little too close to the legendary beings that survive by drinking the essence of life: human blood.

Vampires: Who's Thirsty?

Vampires

The Louisiana city of New Orleans is infamous for many things, like the streets filled with debauchery during Mardi Gras and&nbsp;infamous murderers like <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/scary-madame-lalaurie-facts/jacob-shelton" target="_blank">Madame LaLaurie</a>. Its blood-soaked history is filled with monsters disguised as regular people, with tales of witchery, ghosts, and vampires around every corner. Two&nbsp;of the lesser-known fiends of New Orleans are&nbsp;actually a pair of brothers named John and Wayne Carter.

Legend has it that the two dock-worker brothers were vampires who snatched up more than a dozen victims in the 1930s, holding them captive in their shared home in order to drain and drink their blood. After one of their prisoners escaped their shared home and alerted police, the full scope of their mania was revealed. While the brothers were tried and executed for their crimes, many claim to see them still haunting the streets of New Orleans, taking their place in the grand lore of the city.

The Legend Of The Carter Brothers, New Orleans’s Sibling Vampire Duo

The Legend Of The Carter Brothers, New Orleans’ Sibling Vampire Duo

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In 1996, Susan Walsh <a href="http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/essex/nutley/2020/11/24/missing-nutley-nj-woman-susan-walsh-sister-law-eagles-joe-walsh/3749353001/" target="_blank">left her apartment</a> in Nutley, NJ, and never returned. In the months <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/people-who-disappeared-to-another-dimension/katherine-ripley" target="_blank">leading up to her disappearance</a>, Walsh&#39;s journalistic career had taken off when she wrote a stunning expos&eacute; about human trafficking, which allegedly made her a target for the mafia. She had also gotten in deep with an underground club of people who claimed to be vampires, and her years of work as an exotic dancer had begun to affect her mental and physical health.

Walsh&#39;s disappearance in the summer of 1996 led to speculation of a mob hit, a drug overdose, some sort of vampiric&nbsp;ritual, or Walsh simply walking away from her life. Whatever happened to Susan Walsh, she&#39;s remembered by friends and family as a devoted mother and gifted writer. She was even working towards a master&#39;s degree in English and writing from NYU when she went missing.

This list takes a look at the tumultuous few months leading up to the vanishing of Susan Walsh.

Was Journalist Susan Walsh’s Disappearance Linked To Drugs, The Mob, Or An Underground Vampire Club?

The Unsolved Disappearance Of Susan Walsh

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