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1.ShroudofTurin[Wikipedia]

TheshroudofTurinisalinenclothbearingtheimageofamanwhohadapparentlydiedofcrucifixion.MostCatholicsconsiderittobetheburialshroudofJesusChrist.ItiscurrentlyheldintheCathedralofStJohntheBaptistinTurin,Italy.Despitemanyscientificinvestigations,noonehasyetbeenabletoexplainhowtheimagehasbeenimprintedontheshroudanddespitemanyattempts,noonehasmanagedtoreplicateit.Radiocarbontestsdateittothemiddleages,howeverapologistsfortheshroudbelieveitisincorrupt–andcarbondatingcanonlydatethingswhichdecay.

Priortothemiddleages,reportsoftheshroudexistastheImageofEdessa–reliablyreportedsinceatleastthe4thcentury.Inaddition,anothercloth（theSudarium）knownevenfrombiblicaltimes（John20:

7）existswhichissaidtohavecoveredChrist’sheadinthetomb.A1999studybyMarkGuscin,amemberofthemultidisciplinaryinvestigationteamoftheSpanishCenterforSindonology,investigatedtherelationshipbetweenthetwocloths.Basedonhistory,forensicpathology,bloodchemistry（theSudariumalsoisreportedtohavetypeABbloodstains）,andstainpatterns,heconcludedthatthetwoclothscoveredthesameheadattwodistinct,butclosemomentsoftime.AvinoamDanin（aresearcherattheHebrewUniversityofJerusalem）concurredwiththisanalysis,addingthatthepollengrainsintheSudariummatchthoseoftheshroud.

2.MaryCeleste[Wikipedia]

MaryCelestewaslaunchedinNovaScotiain1860.Heroriginalnamewas“Amazon”.Shewas103ftoveralldisplacing280tonsandlistedasahalf-brig.Overthenext10yearsshewasinvolvedinseveralaccidentsatseaandpassedthroughanumberofowners.EventuallysheturnedupataNewYorksalvageauctionwhereshewaspurchasedfor$3,000.AfterextensiverepairsshewasputunderAmericanregistryandrenamed“MaryCeleste”.

ThenewcaptainofMaryCelestewasBenjaminBriggs,37,amasterwiththreepreviouscommands.OnNovember7,1872theshipdepartedNewYorkwithCaptainBriggs,hiswife,youngdaughterandacrewofeight.Theshipwasloadedwith1700barrelsofrawAmericanalcoholboundforGenoa,Italy.Thecaptain,hisfamilyandcrewwereneverseenagain.TheshipwasfoundfloatinginthemiddleoftheStraitofGibraltar.Therewerenosignsofstruggleonboardandalldocumentsexceptthecaptain’slogweremissing.

Inearly1873,itwasreportedthattwolifeboatsgroundedinSpain,onewithabodyandanAmericanflag,theothercontainingfivebodies.IthasbeenallegedthatthesecouldhavebeentheremainsofthecrewoftheMaryCeleste.However,thebodieswereapparentlyneveridentified.

3.Thetaoshum[Wikipedia]

The‘TaosHum’isalow-pitchedsoundheardinnumerousplacesworldwide,especiallyintheUSA,UK,andnortherneurope.Itisusuallyheardonlyinquietenvironments,andisoftendescribedassoundinglikeadistantdieselengine.SinceithasprovenindetectablebymicrophonesorVLFantennae,itssourceandnatureisstillamystery.

In1997CongressdirectedscientistsandobserversfromsomeofthemostprestigiousresearchinstitutesinthenationtolookintoastrangelowfrequencynoiseheardbyresidentsinandaroundthesmalltownofTaos,NewMexico.Foryearsthosewhohadheardthenoise,oftendescribedbythemasa“hum”,hadbeenlookingforanswers.Tothisdaynooneknowsthecauseofthehum.

4.BlackDahlia[Wikipedia]

In1947thebodyof22yearoldElizabethShortwasfoundintwopiecesinaparkinglotinLosAngeles.Accordingtonewspaperreportsshortlyafterthemurder,Shortreceivedthenickname“BlackDahlia”ataLongBeachdrugstoreinthesummerof1946,asaplayonthethen-currentmovieTheBlueDahlia.However,LosAngelesCountydistrictattorneyinvestigators’reportsstatethenicknamewasinventedbynewspaperreporterscoveringthemurder.Ineithercase,Shortwasnotgenerallyknownasthe“BlackDahlia”duringherlifetime.

ManyrumoursandtaleshavespreadabouttheBlackDahlia,andtheinvestigation（oneofthelargestinLAhistory）neverfoundthekiller.

5.ComtedeSaintGermain[Wikipedia]

TheCountofSt.Germain（allegedlydiedFebruary27,1784）wasacourtier,adventurer,inventor,amateurscientist,violinist,amateurcomposer,andamysteriousgentleman;

healsodisplayedsomeskillswiththepracticeofalchemy.Hewasknownas‘DerWundermann’—‘TheWonderman’.Hewasamanwhoseoriginwasunknownandwhodisappearedwithoutleavingatrace.

Sincehisdeath,variousoccultorganizationshaveadoptedhimasamodelfigureorevenasapowerfuldeity.InrecentyearsseveralpeoplehaveclaimedtobetheCountofSt.Germain.（NotethatStGermainwasneverregardedasasaintbytheRomanCatholicChurch–the“st.”beforehisnamereferstohisallegedhome）.

6.Voynichmanuscript[Wikipedia]

TheVoynichManuscriptisamedievaldocumentwritteninanunknownscriptandinanunknownlanguage.Foroveronehundredyearspeoplehavetriedtobreakthecodetonotavail.Theoverallimpressiongivenbythesurvivingleavesofthemanuscriptsuggeststhatitwasmeanttoserveasapharmacopoeiaortoaddresstopicsinmedievalorearlymodernmedicine.However,thepuzzlingdetailsofillustrationshavefueledmanytheoriesaboutthebook’sorigins,thecontentsofitstext,andthepurposeforwhichitwasintended.

Thedocumentcontainsillustrationsthatsuggestthebookisinsixparts:

Herbal,Astronomical,Biological,Cosmological,Pharmaceutical,andrecipes.

7.JacktheRipper[Wikipedia]

Inthelaterhalfof1888,Londonwasterrorrisedbyaseriesofmurdersintheeastend（largelyintheWhitechapelarea）.ThenameJacktheRipperwastakenfromalettersenttoanewspaperatthetimebysomeoneclaimingtobethekiller.Thevictimsweretypicallyprostituteswhohadtheirthroatscutandbodiesmutilated.Insomecasesthebodieswerediscoveredjustminutesaftertheripperhadleftthescene.

Thepoliceatthetimehadmanysuspectsbutcouldneverfindsufficientevidencetoconvictanyone.InmoderntimestherehasevenbeensomespeculationthatPrinceAlbertVictorwasthemurderer.Evenwithmodernpolicemethods,nofurtherlighthasbeenshedonthemurdersinrecenttimes.Tothisdaynooneknowswhotheripperwas.

8.BermudaTriangle[Wikipedia]

TheBermudatriangleisanareaofwaterintheNorthAtlanticOceaninwhichalargenumberofplanesandboatshavegonemissinginmysteriouscircumstances.Overtheyearsmanyexplanationshavebeenputforwardforthedisappearances,includingbadweather,alienabductions,timewarps,andsuspensionofthelawsofphysics.

Althoughsubstantialdocumentationexiststoshowthatmanyofthereportshavebeenexaggerated,thereisstillnoexplanationfortheunusuallylargenumberofdisappearancesinthearea.

9.TheZodiacKiller[Wikipedia]

TheZodiackillerwasactiveinNorthernCaliforniafortenmonthsinthelate1960s.Hekilledatleastfivepeople,andinjuredtwo.Hecomittedthefirsttwomurderswithapistol,justinsidetheBeneciaborder.InhissecondshootinginVallejo,heattemptedtokilltwopeople,butonesurviveddespitegunshotstotheheadandneck.40minuteslaterthepolicerecievedananonymousphonecallfromamanclaimingtobetheirkillerandadmittingtothemurdersoftheprevioustwovictims.OnemonththreelettersweresenttoNewspapersinCaliforniacontainingacypherthatthekillerclaimedwouldgivethemhisname.Theycypherwasdecryptedtoread:

“ILIKEKILLINGPEOPLEBECAUSEITISSOMUCHFUNITISMOREFUNTHANKILLINGWILDGAMEINTHEFORRESTBECAUSEMANISTHEMOSTDANGEROUEANAMALOFALLTOKILLSOMETHINGGIVESMETHEMOSTTHRILLINGEXPERENCEITISEVENBETTERTHANGETTINGYOURROCKSOFFWITHAGIRLTHEBESTPARTOFITISTHAEWHENIDIEIWILLBEREBORNINPARADICEANDTHEIHAVEKILLEDWILLBECOMEMYSLAVESIWILLNOTGIVEYOUMYNAMEBECAUSEYOUWILLTRYTOSLOIDOWNORATOPMYCOLLECTIOGOFSLAVESFORMYAFTERLIFEEBEORIETEMETHHPITI”Thelasteighteenlettershavenotbeendecrypted.

WhileArthurLeighAllenwastheprimesuspect,alloftheevidencewasagainsthimbeingthekiller.TothisdaytheZodiacmurdershavenotbeensolved.

10.TheBabushkaLady[Wikipedia]

DuringtheanalysisofthefilmfootageoftheassasinationofJohnF.Kennedyin1963,amysteriouswomanwasspotted.Shewaswearingabrownovercoatandascarfonherhead（thescarfisthereasonforhernameassheworeitinasimilarstyletoRussiangrandmothers–alsocalledbabushkas）.Thewomanappearedtobeholdingsomethinginfrontofherfacewhichisbelievedtobeacamera.Sheappearsinmanyphotosofthescene.Evenaftertheshootingwhenmostpeoplehadfledthearea,sheremainedinplaceandcontinuedtofilm.ShortlyaftersheisseenmovingawaytotheEastupElmStreet.TheFBIpublicallyrequestedthatthewomancomeforwardandgivethemthefootagesheshotbutsheneverdid.

In1970awomancalledBeverlyOlivercameforwardandclaimedtobetheBabushkaWoman,thoughherstorycontainsmanyinconsistencies.Sheisgenerallyregardedasafraud.Tothisday,nooneknowswhotheBabushkaWomanisorwhatshewasdoingthere.Moreunusualisherrefusaltocomeforwardtoofferherevidence.

DuetopopulardemandIhavewrittenanothersimilararticle:

Another10UnsolvedMysteries.

EasterIslandholds887statuesthatwouldtakealifetimetobuildbyhand.

SpeculationandtheoriessurroundthehistoryofEasterIsland,