Days after finding footprints in the snow leading to their home, but not leading away again, six members of a German family were murdered by an intruder
Category: Mysteries
The Monster of Glamis
Best known as the seat of the titular character in the Shakespeare play Macbeth, Glamis Castle has belonged to the … More
The Girt Dog of Ennerdale
Responsible for killing up to 400 sheep, debate has raged since over the true species of an animal sometimes called the ‘vampire dog’
Amy Johnson
One of the world’s leading aviators, Amy Johnson disappeared in strange circumstances after flying off-course in 1941
The Arthur’s Seat Coffins
In 1836 17 mysterious wooden figurines in miniature coffins were found on Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh. Debate has raged since over who put them there and for what purpose
The Disappearance of the Eilean Mòr Lighthouse Keepers
Hebrideans have long claimed the remote Flannan Isles to be haunted, but what caused the strange disappearance of three lighthouse keepers there in 1900?
The Crew of the Mary Celeste
One of history’s most notorious ‘ghost ships’, what caused the crew of the Mary Celeste to abandon their largely undamaged ship and disappear?
Black-Eyed Children
Described as resembling children but with coal-black eyes, these beings are described as intent on tricking their way into homes or cars
The Axeman of New Orleans
A mysterious serial killer with a strange penchant for jazz terrorised the city of New Orleans for over a year
The Dancing Plague
In 16th Century France, as many as 400 people were infected by a strange contagion that caused them to dance for days on end
