PUBLIC RECORD · NO FICTION IN THIS ROOM

The case wall

Fifty real cases nobody has closed. Disappearances, murders, ships found empty, letters nobody can explain. Each one is told in full, start to finish, with its sources. Free to read. Nothing made up.

The Archive's files bend the truth. This room does not. If it is on this wall, it happened.

Every case also has a one-page printable dossier: a timeline, an evidence board and the open questions. The cases are free. The dossiers come with All Access.

CASE 01 · MURDERElizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia"The Black Dahlia: The Real Story of Elizabeth Short, Without the Myths7 min read CASE 02 · MURDERThe Whitechapel murders and "Jack the Ripper"Jack the Ripper: What the Police Actually Knew in 18886 min read CASE 03 · MURDERThe Axeman of New OrleansThe Axeman of New Orleans: The Killer Who Promised to Spare Every House Playing Jazz5 min read CASE 04 · MURDERThe Cleveland Torso MurdersThe Killer Eliot Ness Couldn't Catch: The Cleveland Torso Murders6 min read CASE 05 · VANISHEDThe Sodder children disappearanceFive Children Vanished in a Christmas Fire. No Remains Were Ever Found. The Sodder Children.7 min read CASE 06 · VANISHEDPaula Jean Welden and the "Bennington Triangle"She Went for a Walk on the Long Trail in 1946. Vermont Never Found Her. Paula Welden.6 min read CASE 07 · VANISHEDJoan RischHer Kitchen Was Covered in Blood. She Had Checked Out 25 Books About Disappearing. Joan Risch.7 min read CASE 08 · MURDERThe Lake Bodom murdersFour Teenagers Went Camping. Only One Survived. The Lake Bodom Murders.5 min read CASE 09 · UNEXPLAINED DEATHSThe Dyatlov Pass incidentNine Hikers Cut Their Tent Open From the Inside and Ran Into the Snow. The Dyatlov Pass Incident.5 min read CASE 10 · VANISHEDThe Yuba County FiveFive Men Went to a Basketball Game and Drove 70 Miles the Wrong Way. The Yuba County Five.5 min read CASE 11 · MURDERDorothy Jane ScottHe Called Her Parents Every Wednesday for Four Years. The Unsolved Murder of Dorothy Jane Scott.5 min read CASE 12 · MURDERThe Chicago Tylenol murdersSeven People Died From Tylenol in 1982. The Killer Was Never Caught. The Chicago Tylenol Murders.5 min read CASE 13 · VANISHEDThe Springfield ThreeThree Women Vanished From One House After Graduation Night. They Left Their Purses. The Springfield Three.6 min read CASE 14 · VANISHEDJodi HuisentruitShe Said "I Overslept, I'm on My Way." The Morning Anchor Never Made It to Work. Jodi Huisentruit.5 min read CASE 15 · VANISHEDAmy Lynn BradleyHer Father Saw Her Asleep on the Balcony at 5:30 a.m. At 6:00, She Was Gone. Amy Lynn Bradley.5 min read CASE 16 · MURDERJill DandoBritain's Most Famous TV Host Was Shot on Her Own Doorstep. 25 Years Later, Nobody Knows Why. Jill Dando.5 min read CASE 17 · VANISHEDMaura MurrayShe Crashed on a Snowy Road in New Hampshire and Vanished in Under 10 Minutes. Maura Murray.6 min read CASE 18 · VANISHEDBrian ShafferCameras Saw Him Walk Into the Bar. No Camera Ever Saw Him Leave. Brian Shaffer.6 min read CASE 19 · UNEXPLAINED DEATHSRey RiveraHe Was Found Inside a Hotel Through a Hole in the Roof. His Phone Was Undamaged. The Death of Rey Rivera.5 min read CASE 20 · VANISHEDBrandon SwansonHe Was on the Phone With His Dad for 47 Minutes. Then He Said "Oh, Sh*t!" and the Line Went Silent. Brandon Swanson.5 min read CASE 21 · UNEXPLAINED DEATHSThe "Peter Bergmann" caseHe Cut the Labels Out of His Clothes, Used a Fake Name, and Erased Himself. The Peter Bergmann Case.5 min read CASE 22 · UNEXPLAINED DEATHSGareth WilliamsA Codebreaker Was Found Padlocked Inside a Bag. The Key Was Inside With Him. Gareth Williams.5 min read CASE 23 · VANISHEDLauren SpiererShe Left the Bar Without Her Shoes or Phone. By 4:30 a.m. She Was Gone. Lauren Spierer.5 min read CASE 24 · VANISHEDLars MittankHe Ran Out of an Airport Doctor's Office, Over a Fence, and Into the Woods. Lars Mittank.5 min read CASE 25 · VANISHEDKenny VeachHe Said a Cave Near Area 51 Made His Body Vibrate. He Went Back to Find It. Kenny Veach.5 min read CASE 26 · LOST AT SEA & SKYThe Mary CelesteThe Mary Celeste: What Really Happened to the Ghost Ship's 10 People?10 min readCASE 27 · LOST AT SEA & SKYThe Flannan Isles Lighthouse keepersThree Lighthouse Keepers Vanished From a Rock in the Atlantic. One Coat Was Left Behind.8 min read CASE 28 · VANISHEDThe Lost Colony of Roanoke115 People Vanished and Left One Word Carved in a Post. The Lost Colony of Roanoke.8 min read CASE 29 · LOST AT SEA & SKYFrederick Valentich"It's Not an Aircraft": The Pilot Who Vanished Mid-Sentence Over Bass Strait7 min read CASE 30 · LOST AT SEA & SKYFlight 19Flight 19: Five Navy Bombers Vanished. Then the Plane Sent to Find Them Vanished Too.8 min read CASE 31 · LOST AT SEA & SKYAmelia EarhartAmelia Earhart's Last Flight: The Final Radio Calls and What Happened Next8 min read CASE 32 · VANISHEDDorothy ArnoldThe Heiress Who Walked Into Central Park and Vanished: Dorothy Arnold7 min read CASE 33 · UNEXPLAINED DEATHSEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe Was Found in Someone Else's Clothes, Calling for "Reynolds." Nobody Knows Why.7 min read CASE 34 · VANISHEDLouis Le PrinceHe Filmed the First Movie, Then Vanished From a Train Before He Could Show It7 min read CASE 35 · UNEXPLAINED DEATHSThe Lead Masks CaseTwo Men Found on a Hill Wearing Lead Masks, With Instructions to "Wait for the Signal"7 min readCASE 36 · LETTERS, NOTES & HEISTSRicky McCormick's encrypted notesThe FBI Couldn't Crack the Code in a Dead Man's Pocket. They Asked the Internet for Help.6 min read CASE 37 · LETTERS, NOTES & HEISTSThe Watcher letters"The Watcher": The Letters That Kept a Family From Ever Moving Into Their Dream House6 min read CASE 38 · LETTERS, NOTES & HEISTSThe Circleville lettersA Small Town Got Hundreds of Letters Exposing Its Secrets. They Kept Coming After a Man Went to Prison.5 min read CASE 39 · MURDERThe Bloody BendersThe Family Inn on the Kansas Prairie Where Travelers Disappeared: The Bloody Benders7 min read CASE 40 · UNEXPLAINED DEATHSKaspar HauserThe Boy Who Walked Out of Nowhere Claiming He'd Been Raised in a Dark Cell: Kaspar Hauser7 min read CASE 41 · VANISHEDMary Shotwell LittleA Newlywed Walked to Her Car at an Atlanta Mall and Vanished. Then Her Gas Card Was Used Hundreds of Miles Away.6 min read CASE 42 · VANISHEDOwen ParfittA Man Who Couldn't Walk Vanished From a Chair Outside His Front Door in Minutes5 min read CASE 43 · VANISHEDBenjamin BathurstA British Diplomat Stepped Out to His Carriage in 1809 and Vanished: Benjamin Bathurst5 min read CASE 44 · LETTERS, NOTES & HEISTSThe "Babushka Lady"The Woman Who Kept Filming While Everyone Else Ran: Who Was the Babushka Lady?6 min readCASE 45 · VANISHEDJean SpanglerA Hollywood Dancer Left for a Night Shoot That Didn't Exist. Her Torn Purse Held a Note About "Dr. Scott."6 min readCASE 46 · VANISHEDAmbrose SmallCanada's Theater King Sold Everything for Millions, Then Vanished From His Office That Night5 min read CASE 47 · LOST AT SEA & SKYthe Sarah JoeFive Fishermen Vanished Off Maui. Nine Years Later, Their Boat Washed Up 2,000 Miles Away Beside a Grave.4 min read CASE 48 · MURDERWilliam Desmond TaylorHollywood's Greatest Unsolved Murder: Who Shot William Desmond Taylor?5 min readCASE 49 · LETTERS, NOTES & HEISTSThe Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theftThe $500 Million Art Heist Nobody Has Solved: 81 Minutes Inside the Gardner Museum6 min read CASE 50 · LOST AT SEA & SKYThe SS Baychimo, the "ghost ship of the Arctic"The Ghost Ship of the Arctic: An Abandoned Steamer Drifted Without a Crew for 38 Years4 min read

When the record runs out

The Archive picks up where the case file stops.

Same real records. Then a story nobody else will tell you. The first pages of every file are free.

Read File 027 free Volume XVI: They Were Never Caught