If You’re Obsessed W/ True Crime Shows Like ‘Dirty John’ These Disturbing Mysteries On Reddit Will Freak You Out
Content warning: This article contains material regarding sexual and physical abuse.
The popularity of Netflix’s Dirty John and Abducted in Plain Sight has proven what we already know: people go nuts for true crime, so please keep it coming.
For some of us, it’s easy to become utterly obsessed with a single crime or mystery. So we sit on our couches chowing down on Dorito’s while making judgements on areas we know nothing about but feeling like FBI agents all the same.
If you’ve already seen the above shows and are in desperate need of another true crime fix, check out these IRL mysteries on Reddit.
FYI: settle in with a nice cuppa ‘cos most of these are long reads but they’re worth the time. Believe me.
US Attorney stabbed 36 times but deemed a suicide
Assistant US Attorney Jonathan Luna was found stabbed 36 times. His hands were slashed & his scrotum & throat was slashed. Nevertheless, the FBI theorised he committed suicide. Baltimore, 2003. from r/UnresolvedMysteries
Prison romance turns to escape plan
The Case of Pamela Sue Rimer- April 28, 1966 from r/TrueCrime
18-year-old Joshua found dead in a chimney
18 year old Joshua Maddux missing since 2008 is found dead in a chimney in 2015 and it was ruled an accident. Circumstances would beg to differ. from r/UnresolvedMysteries
‘The scooter was moved next to Michaela’s abductor’s car’
In 1988, 9 year old Michaela Garecht rode her scooter with her friend to the local market. When they left, their scooters weren’t where they last left them. Michaela spotted the scooter next to a car in the parking lot. The scooter was deliberately placed there by Michaela’s abductor. from r/UnresolvedMysteries
The unexplained death of Emilie Morris
[Unexplained Death] Emilie Morris wore a wire to prove her high school coach had molested her. Before the case could go to trial, she was found dead, the death labelled as “suspicious”. All charges against the coach were subsequently dropped. from r/UnresolvedMysteries
Blair became paranoid someone wanted to kill him, days later he was dead
In 1996, 31 year old Blair Adams fearfully fled Canada and entered the United States. Prior to fleeing, Blair nervously confided with a friend that he believed someone was out to kill him, though he never disclosed who or why. Days later, Blair was found dead in Knoxville, Tennessee. from r/UnresolvedMysteries
A teenage boy discovers a woman’s embalmed severed head in the woods
In 2014, a teenager discovered the professionally severed, embalmed head of an older woman in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. While evidence shown she was dismembered at the hands of someone who knew what they were doing, two red, rubber bouncy balls replaced her eyes; a practice unheard of. from r/UnresolvedMysteries
South Korean high school student found on opposite end of Korea with different name and different family
[Resolved] In January 5, 2010, a brilliant South Korean high school student disappeared. One month later, she was found on the other side of Korea, with a completely different name and completely different family. from r/UnresolvedMysteries
David and Tim were locked inside a windowless bathroom and burned alive
In 1982, David Cole, 16, and Timothy Fowler, 17, were best friends who were spending the night together in David’s parents’ farmhouse in Michigan. Around 12 AM, David and Tim were locked inside a windowless bathroom by an unknown assailant where they were burned alive. from r/UnresolvedMysteries
“I can’t come back. I cheated on you.”
In 2015, 19 year old Katelin Akens was to fly from Virgina to Arizona to attend cosmetology school. Katelin was to be dropped off at the airport by her former stepfather, but she never arrived there. Her mother and fiancée received unusual and contradictory texts on the day of her disappearance. from r/UnresolvedMysteries
If you’re keen for more, go visit r/UnresolvedMysteries on Reddit.