Unsolved Mysteries The O Files In a world where everything has a rational explanation, nature still has the power to keep her secrets. These true stories of dark doings, loose ends, and unexplained terror keep us up at night, defy all reason, and scare the living daylights out of us.
By Jason Daley & Tim Sohn
(Photograph by Keith Carter)
Murder. Shocking disappearances. Haunting riddles. Although we all love to head into the wild in search of inspiration, sometimes what we find are dark enigmas. To explore this eerie side of things, we investigate 13 haunting true-life tales of crime and enduring mystery.
Chainsaw Massacre
Accused tree-killer Grant Hadwin may still be armed and dangerous
Escape Artist
How one make faked his deathtwice
One Giant Leap
With $200,000 strapped to his body, D.B. Cooper stepped out the back of a plane and into history
An Untimely End
A photographer turns up dead in placid Isabella Lake, and there's no explanation
Forever Wild
We don't know where Edward Abbey is buried. Maybe it's better that way.
PLUS: It's Weird Out There
From Sasquatch to the Mothman, Bruce Barcott takes on the supernatural
Enduring Enigmas
John Glavin looks at the classic cases that have stumped investigators for yearsand perhaps always will
Case Closed?
After years of investigation, these fatal mysteriesfrom a trailside murder to the fate of a missing snowboarderare now filed under "solved"