Cold Cases
History's unsolved mysteries and forgotten investigations
143 investigations
Jun 17, 2026
The Death of Rebecca Zahau: Coronado's Unanswered Questions
Rebecca Zahau was found bound, gagged, and hanging from a Coronado mansion balcony in 2011. Officials ruled suicide. A civil jury later found otherwise.
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Jun 16, 2026
The Salish Sea Foot Mystery: Twenty Feet and No Good Explanation
Since 2007, more than twenty detached human feet have washed ashore in British Columbia and Washington State. Science explains the how. The who is harder.
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Jun 15, 2026
The Coded Notes of Ricky McCormick: The FBI's Unsolved Cipher
Ricky McCormick was found dead in a St. Louis cornfield in 1999. In his pockets were two handwritten pages of symbols that no cryptanalyst in the world has been able to decipher.
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Jun 14, 2026
The Freeway Phantom: Washington DC's Most Disturbing Cold Case
Between 1971 and 1972, six young Black girls were murdered in Washington DC and dumped along freeways. The FBI investigated for decades. No one has ever been charged.
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