Thousands of people go missing every year and when they vanish, authorities often suspect foul play. Unfortunately, there’s only a small window of opportunity for investigators to find someone alive and well. Some cases end in tragedy when the victim is found lifeless. But other times, a person can disappear off the face of the Earth without a trace or a clue as to who took them or why. Check out these creepy missing cases that left Redditors completely baffled. Some of these will make you think twice about ever leaving the sanctity of your home.
The Boy Everyone Thought Was Found Is Still Missing
Bobby Dunbar went missing on a fishing trip in Louisiana, and it left Reddit user interruptinglayman completely disturbed. But the family later found the boy in the custody of another man, or so they thought, but they were wrong.
“The disappearance of Bobby Dunbar. In 1912 his parents took him fishing on a lake in Louisiana and he went missing. Police searched for him for 8 months, and finally found a man named William Cantwell Walters who was traveling with a boy that resembled Bobby Dunbar.
Walter’s claimed the boy was the son of a friend who had given him custody, and that the child’s name was Bruce Anderson not Bobby Dunbar. Investigators and positive ID from the parents determined this was actually the Dunbar’s child and gave custody over to them. The town had a parade for Bobby Dunbar’s return.
During the trial with the Dunbar’s and Walters a woman named Julia Anderson came to defend Walters, asserting this was her son Bruce and she had given Walters custody – the courts dismissed her because she had three children out of wedlock (it was 1912) and two were already deceased. The trial being in Mississippi, and her being a very poor woman from North Carolina, she gave up on fighting the case.
Then, 9 years ago in 2008 one of “Bobby Dunbar’s” granddaughters had a DNA test done. She compared her grandfathers DNA to his owns brothers. They were not related.”
She May Have Been Abducted From a Parking Lot
Jennifer Kesse was either abducted from her apartment or the apartment’s parking lot, according to Reddit user brieflyinsane. But chilling footage shows someone dropping off her car and cops can’t make out the face.
“Jennifer Kesse is an interesting one, and for me it’s local; they found her car a couple blocks from where I live now. Basically, in 2006 Jennifer Kesse was last seen leaving work one evening. She talked to her boyfriend on the phone that night around 10.
Then, the next morning, after she failed to show up to work, it was discovered that she was apparently abducted either from her apartment or its parking lot shortly before work.
They found her car in a nearby parking lot later, but no sign of Jennifer. There wasn’t much to go on until a security camera caught somebody dropping off her car, and the footage of this person of interest is what makes the case the most chilling. He/she has been called “the luckiest person of interest in history.”
They were caught on camera walking past a gate, and despite the camera being pretty close, the camera only took one picture every 3 seconds and his/her face is perfectly obscured in every shot. Even though it’s so close, police still say they can’t confidently say if the suspect is male or female. There are still flyers up around here for her, and I think of her often.
I hope someday it can be solved.”
She May Have Disappeared on Purpose
Maura Murray vanished after a car crash, and her disappearance completely baffled this Reddit user. But reports of what she did before and after the crash may hint at the possibility that her disappearance was not foul play but intentional on her part.
“Maura Murray (born May 4, 1982) disappeared on the evening of February 9, 2004, after a car crash on Route 112 in Woodsville, New Hampshire, a village in Haverhill. Her whereabouts remain unknown. She was a nursing student completing her junior year at the University of Massachusetts Amherst at the time of her disappearance.
On the afternoon of Monday, February 9, before she left the university campus, she emailed her professors and work supervisor, writing that she was taking a week off due to a death in the family; this claim could not be corroborated by her family.[2] At 7:27 pm, a local woman reported a car accident on a sharp corner of Route 112 adjacent to her home.
A passing motorist who also lived nearby stopped at the scene, and asked the woman driving the car if she needed assistance; she declined, claiming to have called roadside assistance. Upon arriving home several minutes later, the motorist reported the accident to emergency services. At 7:46 pm, law enforcement arrived at the scene, but the woman had disappeared.
Did she do it intentionally? If so she was able to avoid law by just minutes. And if it was someone else who did it, they were able to avoid law by just minutes.”
Adoptive Child Disappears in Upstate NY
Jaliek Rainwalker vanished from the home of his adoptive family, according to Reddit user a_horse_has_no_name. But his father’s unusual behavior may suggest that he played a role in his adoptive child’s disappearance.
“Jaliek Rainwalker. He disappeared from the home of his adopted parents in upstate NY about 10 years ago. Lots of shifty behavior from his adoptive father—an off-the-grid, paranoid, hothead. Weird notes sent after his disappearance….Also—that name is pure Jedi.”
Boy Escapes Crash and Vanishes
According to Redditttor DuhTrutho, Juan Martinez was accompanying his parents aboard a truck when they suffered a terrible crash. But while his mom and dad’s remains were found, the fate of the little boy is still a mystery.
“Juan Martinez disappeared while on ‘vacation’ with his mother and father who was a truck driver. His dad was carrying a load of 20,000 liters of sulfuric acid on route to a chemical plant or something similar when he somehow started driving erratically down a long declining road. The truck Juan was on crashed into another truck, spilling the sulfuric acid and killing both of his parents.
Juan however, was never found after the accident. And no, sulfuric acid doesn’t dissolve everything, so something should have been left of him, but nothing was ever found.”
She Vanished Before the Ship Docked
Amy Bradley vanished while on a cruise with her family, and it left user Amphibialrabies69’s completely baffled. While she was never found, there were several sightings that suggested that she was a victim of something worse than death.
She was on a cruise with her family. She was last seen asleep on the balcony of the cabin and was seen earlier in the night with the band on the cruise. She was reported missing shortly after the cruise docked.
There was no signs of her on the ship or in the ocean.
There were possible sightings of Bradley in Curaçao in 1998 and 1999. Two Canadian tourists reported seeing a woman resembling Amy on a beach in Curaçao in August 1998.[5] The woman’s tattoos were reportedly identical to Bradley’s.[3] Bradley’s tattoos included a Tasmanian Devil spinning a basketball located on her shoulder, the sun placed on her lower back, a Chinese symbol located on her right ankle, and a gecko lizard on her navel.
She also had a navel ring.[6] A member of the Navy stated that he saw Bradley in a brothel in 1999. He claimed she told him that “her name was Amy Bradley and [she] begged him for help,” explaining that she was not allowed to leave. I find it freaky just because of how terrifying human trafficking is.”
The Last Thing She Did Was Walk Towards a Lake
If Stacy Arras’s dad had accompanied her to the lake, she might still be here, according to another Reddit user. But Arras walked towards the lake on her own and then vanished off the face of the Earth.
“The Stacy Arras disappearance…
It was in the afternoon on July 17, 1981, when a group of six, plus Arras and her father, rode into Sunrise High Sierra Camp on horseback. The camp sits 9,400 feet above sea level and is regarded for its historic significance, being the final stop in Yosemite’s “mountain chalet” loop. It was built in 1961 to make backcountry an alluring destination for tourists, offering stunning wilderness vistas but also creature comforts like showers and reasonably comfy beds.
Arras told her father that she wanted to photograph a nearby lake. It wasn’t terribly far, just over a bluff. He declined to accompany his daughter, 14 at the time, but an elderly man from their group would tag along.
At some point, the 77-year-old man grew tired, and sat down to rest. Arras, seemingly determined to reach the water, trekked onward.
Back at the camp, the group’s tour guide remembered noticing her from afar. She was “standing on a rock about 50 yards south of the trail.” According to a summary of her official cold case file, that was the last time anyone saw Arras or the last time anyone is known to have seen her. She vanished that day, without a trace, leaving only her camera lens behind.”
The Last Thing He Heard Was Her Screams
User Brc37 shared the story of Angela Hammond, a woman who urgently called her fiance to tell him about a strange man in a pickup truck. The next thing her fiance heard were her screams and then she vanished.
“Angela Hammond – While driving home Angela Hammond stops at a phone booth to call her fiance Rob and describes a creepy looking man in a pickup truck in the parking lot. Her fiance suddenly hears Angela scream and drives into town to check on her. He passes by a pick-up truck and sees Angela struggling with an unidentified man, but after attempting a pursuit, the transmission on his truck gives out and this is the last anyone ever sees of Angela.
She still hasn’t been found and went missing in 1991.”
Former Harlem Globetrotter Left Only His Footprints Behind
According to Redditor WhyYouYelling, a former Harlem Globetrotter named Rico Harris made a brief stop to check out some mountains. But when authorities went looking for him, all they found were his massive footprints.
“Rico Harris. He was a massive 6’9″ former Harlem Globetrotter basketball player who had drug issues earlier in his life, but had made a full recovery and was getting his life back on track. He was driving along California’s Interstate I-5, from his home in Southern California to Seattle, to live with his girlfriend.
He was somewhere just north of Sacramento, exhausted, and told his girlfriend over the phone that he wanted to check out the mountains. All calls stopped since then.
His car was found a couple days later by a patrolman near a rest stop in the mountains. A massive search was launched. No signs of him.
The strangest part? A driver later reported seeing a massive 6’9″ individual wandering down the highway, just a mile from where the car was found – a week later. A search was re-launched, massive size 17 footprints were found in the ground that were not there before, they were getting very close, and then… Nothing. No trace, no body, nothing.
Where did Rico go the first time he disappeared? Where was he for an entire week? And where did he disappear to again? The fact that someone could disappear twice, is what makes this so damn mystifying to me.”
The Sodder Children Are Still Missing
Five of the Sodder children vanished after a house fire in 1945, and according to Redditor ffff, they were never found. But the cause of the fire remained a heated debate and one family member suspected foul play.
“On Christmas Eve, December 24, 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. At the time, it was occupied by George Sodder, his wife Jennie, and nine of their ten children. During the fire, George, Jennie, and four of the nine children escaped.
The bodies of the other five children have never been found.
The fire was blamed on “faulty wiring,” however, one of the jurors involved in the inquest had, at one point, threatened George Sodder, saying his house would be “burned” and his children “destroyed”.
The Sodders continue to question the official findings about the fire. They wondered why, if it had been caused by an electrical problem, the family’s Christmas lights had remained on throughout the fire’s early stages, when the power should have gone out.
A telephone repairman told the Sodders that the house’s phone line had not been burned through in the fire, as they had initially thought, but cut by someone who had been willing and able to climb 14 feet up the pole. A missing ladder belonging to the Sodders was found at the bottom of an embankment soon after the incident. A man whom neighbors had seen stealing a block and tackle from the property around the time of the fire was identified and arrested.
He admitted to the theft, and claimed he had been the one who cut the phone line, thinking it was a power line, but denied having anything to do with the fire.
However, no record identifying him exists, and why he would have wanted to cut any utility lines to the Sodder house while stealing the block and tackle has never been explained. Jennie Sodder also had trouble accepting Morris’s belief that all traces of the children’s bodies had been burned completely in the fire. Many of the household appliances had been found, still recognizable, in the ash.
A local crematorium supported her theory.
The trucks’ failure to start was also considered. George Sodder believed they had been tampered with, perhaps by the same man who stole the block and tackle and cut the phone line. The only bone fragments ever found on the site were a few human vertebrae fragments, although these were confirmed to have never been exposed to fire.”
They Went for a Drive and Vanished
Another user shared the story of the Jamison family who went for a drive to look for a plot of land and vanished. But security footage showed them acting strangely earlier and the plot thickened when they were finally found.
“-The Jamison family (2 adults, 1 young daughter) was interested in purchasing a plot of land in Oklahoma
-They drive out in their pickup truck to check it out
-Truck is later found abandoned
-$32,000 cash found in truck, along with the Jamisons’ IDs, wallets, mobile phones, and a GPS.
-The family dog was also left in the truck, and was extremely malnourished.
-A camera is discovered, the final picture was of their daughter, 6-year old Madyson, who looks somewhat distressed.
-Security footage is uncovered, with the family appearing “trance-like” and not speaking to one-another.
-The Jamisons’ skeletal remains are found years later, dumped less than 3 miles from where the pickup truck was originally discovered.
-Remains show no signs of struggle.”
Mom Trapped In Bad Marriage Goes Missing
According to a Reddit user, Susan Powell was trapped in a bad marriage, but the situation got worse when she disappeared. But authorities may never know what happened to her because of her husband’s unusual actions.
“I remember reading about the disappearance of Susan Powell in a similar one of these threads a few months back. It’s a wild story – husband and wife (with 2 young sons) have a bad marriage (he’s abusive & controlling + at one point they had to move because the husband’s father was in love with the wife). Things get so bad she starts fearing for her life – then one night the whole family disappears, only to have the husband come back a few days later saying that he and the boys went camping and he had no idea where the wife was.
As the investigation into what happened to the wife goes on, the husband acts more and more suspiciously, eventually moving with the kids to live with his father that they moved away from in the first place, but then lost custody of the kids because the father got caught with a bunch of child porn (and hundreds of creeper shots of Susan).
Finally, during a supervised visit, the husband grabs his sons from the social worker, holes himself up inside his house and then blows it up, killing himself and both the boys. And all the while, they never solved the mystery of what happened to Susan Powell and she is still listed as missing (although presumed murdered and dumped somewhere by the husband) – it’s a sad, crazy tale.”
He Ran Out of Gas on the Highway
Reddit user InThisIllusion shared the story of Brandon Lawson, a man who managed to call for help after someone tried chasing him into the woods. But by the time his brother and a cop arrived, there was no trace of him.
“Brandon Lawson. He ran out of gas on the highway in the middle of the night and called his brother to come help him. Shortly after he called 911 and reported that someone had chased him into the woods and that he needed police.
Eventually his brother and one police officer arrive at the scene and find his truck abandoned but no sign of Brandon. Brandon calls his brother and says he’s bleeding and is 10 minutes away from his truck. That was the last anyone ever heard from him and searches of the area turned up empty.”
Girls Went Missing in Panamanian Hiking Trail
Redditor Obev369 recalled hearing a story about two Dutch girls who may not have lived long enough to regret going on a hike across a trail in Panama. But did they succumb to the elements or was it something else?
“The Dutch girls who went missing in Panama is both creepy and mysterious to say the least. This is a great read but also a sad story. I haven’t read it in some time but I think they had determined that they had gone off the trail and possibly one of them had fallen and gotten injured.
The other girl went to go find help and had when it got dark, all she had was a camera to light her way, so the story is has some pictures of darkness in a jungle that are unsettling. Extremely creepy and sad as they both most likely died of exposure but there has been speculation of a malicious actor in the case.”
What Happened to the Yuba County Five?
According to user Holdnofear, five friends with mental disabilities drove into the forest and only four were found dead. But the fate of the final friend has never been determined nor the reason behind what happened to them.
“In 1978 five friends with intellectual disabilities ended up driving into the wilderness for no apparent reason and four of their remains were later found there. One was extremely emaciated and had taken a long time to die in a ranger’s cabin where food and other essentials were readily available. The others were outside and not enough was found to determine how they died.
They didn’t leave even though their truck was still functional. I can’t find any theory anywhere even attempting to explain what could have happened to them.”
She Rode Her Bike Into Oblivion
Imagine letting your daughter go on a bike ride and then never seeing her again. According to Reddit user LumosErin, the missing bike rider was named Tara Calico, but an eerie Polaroid suggests she may still be alive.
“Tara Calico.
On September 20, 1988 in Belen, New Mexico, she went for her daily bike ride and never came back. Her mom actually used to accompany her on these rides but stopped because she felt like she was being stalked by a driver. She tried to get Tara to carry mace, but Tara refused.
That day, her mom set out to look for her along the trail and didn’t find her, but pieces of her Walkman and a cassette tape. Several people saw Tara riding her bike (which has never been found), but no one witnessed her abduction although they did see a light-colored pickup truck following her.
On June 15, 1989 a Polaroid photo of a young woman and boy, bound and gagged was found in a convenience store parking lot in Florida. The photo was thought to have been taken after May 1989 because the type of film was not available till then. Tara’s mom thought the woman in the photo was Tara given a similar scar on her leg from a car accident.
The boy was thought to be the missing Michael Henley, (also of New Mexico) but that later proved to be untrue as Henley’s remains were later found in the forest a few miles from a campsite from which he had disappeared in 1990. More photographs have surfaced of a female bound and gagged, but they haven’t been released to the public. The female in the photos has been suspected to be Tara, but the boy remains unidentified.”
She Ran Into the Woods and Vanished
According to another Reddit user, Asha Jaquilla Degree was only 9 years old when she seemingly packed up her stuff and left home. She was later observed running into the woods by a motorist but all anyone ever found was her backpack.
“Asha Jaquilla Degree
-Asha was 9 years old at the time, in the year 2000.
-She packed her backpack with multiple sets of clothes the night before she went missing.
-Early in the morning, sometime before 4am, Asha leaves her family home in North Carolina, despite the heavy wind and rain outside.
-A passing motorist notices her walking alongside the highway, and turns around.
-At this point, Asha is observed running into a wooded area.
-Her backpack is later unearthed from a construction site, near where she entered the woods.
-Asha’s body has never been found.”
Never Sunbathe by the Ohio River
Reddit user SteveMidnight shared a story of a girl named Heather Teague who only wanted to sunbathe by the Ohio River. But she never imagined that someone was watching her until it was too late to do anything about it.
“In the 90s, a girl by the name of Heather Teague was sunbathing on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River near Evansville, Indiana. A witness was watching from across the river through his telescope (probably creeping on her) when, out of the woods behind her, a man walked up, grabbed her by the hair, and dragged her back to the woods. To this day, no one knows what happened to her or who took her (although there are many speculations, some very plausible).”
She Reacted to Someone That Wasn’t There
According to Emmanuel_Zorg, Elisa Lam was acting like there was someone in the elevator with her but surveillance footage showed she was alone. Then they found her body, but no one knows what happened to her.
“Elisa Lam. The surveillance video of her right before she died is extremely disturbing. Basically, girl stays alone in downtown LA hotel.
Disappears. Then someone complains the water is gross. They find her body later inside a rooftop water container. Locked from the outside. Then they find (and release) security camera footage of her in the hallways and elevators that show her behaving super strange the night of her disappearance andit never shows anyone else near her. Still unsolved.”
Mentally Disturbed Boy Vanishes During Camping Trip
User Obev369 shared the story of Dennis Martin, a boy who was supposed to sneak up and scare his parents with two other boys. But he gave them the scare of their lives when he completely vanished from the face of the Earth. But is he still alive in the forest?
“Dennis Martin. Dennis disappeared while playing with two other kids in the Great Smokey Montain’s on a camping trip. While sneaking up to scare the parents, two of the boys went one way while Dennis went around another way. The two boys that were together jumped out but Dennis was never seen again.
There are some odd factors involved in this case such as the unkempt man. A man and his son hiking thought they had seen a bear but when the father focused on what they were looking at, he believed it to be a man with something over his shoulder attempting to hide in the brush. It should be noted that Dennis was said to have had a mental disorder of some kind but this is still an odd case nonetheless.”
The Case The Slipped Under the Radar
Brianne Wolgram disappeared decades ago, and according to Redditor rissaro0o, three strange girls may have played a role in her disappearance. But like Wolgram herself, this case has seemingly vanished from authorities’ radar.
“Brianne Wolgram.
I don’t usually see this case, not super popular in the r/Unresolvedmysteries sub. So PLEASE talk about it and spread awareness. Her friends and family still haven’t given up, its been almost 20 years now.
PLEASE don’t let this case slip between the cracks.
I find it incredibly creepy because she disappeared without a trace. She was seen with three strange girls the night of her disappearance, and no one has come forward. They also found her car in a ditch, no prints.
Nothing. Its a very small town. Somebody knows something and they’re not saying shit.”
He Went on a Road Trip and Ended Up Nowhere
Ray Gricar was a district attorney who went to destress on a seemingly normal road trip, according to Redditor ceckenrode137. But all they found was his damaged laptop and some say his disappearance was connected to a scandal.
“Ray Gricar
He was the Centre County district attorney in PA. In 2005 he went on a road trip never to return. His car and cell phone were found in a town between State College and Harrisburg.
His laptop was found ruined by the Susquehanna River.
No one knows what happened to him. Some speculate his disappearance is connected to the Penn State abuse scandal, which came to light in 2011.”
Man With a Gun Chose Boy at Gunpoint
Jacob Wetterling was only 11 years old when he disappeared, according to user Taclark. He was reportedly one of three boys who had a run-in with a man with a gun. The man chose Wetterling but let the others go, and then tragedy struck.
“Everyone in Minnesota knows about Jacob Wetterling. Eleven year old kid out riding bicycle with his brother and his friend, and this guy comes out with a gun and stops them and makes them all lie down on the ground. He sends Jacob’s brother off running, telling him he’ll shoot him if he looks back, and then gets a look at Jacob and his friend before choosing Jacob and sending his friend running the way he’d sent the brother.
They finally found him last year and caught the guy who was responsible after almost 30 years of nobody knowing what had happened.
The other one that came to mind was Jodi Huisentruit, a news anchor that disappeared in 1995. A public and popular face that most people in the area would recognize, and she vanishes without a trace one morning after oversleeping and missing work. The striking thing about that one is just how little there is to read about it; after the details leading up to her disappearance and the signs of a struggle in the parking lot at her car, there’s just nothing at all afterward.
No real updates, as far as I know there aren’t any suspects, no leads, and she’s still just gone.”
News Anchor Vanished And No One Seemed to Care
According to Redditor taclark, Jodi Huisentruit vanished in 1995. And despite there being evidence of a struggle by her car, authorities have seemingly forgotten about her or the mystery behind her shocking disappearance.
“The other one that came to mind was Jodi Huisentruit, a news anchor that disappeared in 1995. A public and popular face that most people in the area would recognize, and she vanishes without a trace one morning after oversleeping and missing work. The striking thing about that one is just how little there is to read about it; after the details leading up to her disappearance and the signs of a struggle in the parking lot at her car, there’s just nothing at all afterward.
No real updates, as far as I know there aren’t any suspects, no leads, and she’s still just gone.”
Diver May Have Faked His Own Disappearance
Ben McDaniel was a scuba diver who went missing while diving in the Vortex Springs, according to Redditor a_change_of_heart. But his disappearance led to two other deaths and some say he may have faked his death.
“For me, it’s definitely Ben McDaniel. He was a scuba diver who went missing while underwater in a notoriously hard-to-navigate cave that only experienced divers were supposed to go into. But multiple experts said that it was unlikely that his body was in the cave, which was searched extensively.
His parents kept hiring people to go into the cave and look for his body, and one of the search and rescue divers actually went missing and was never found while looking for him. There’s a theory that he faked his own death to get out of financial trouble, but employees definitely saw him dive underwater.
Also, the owner of Vortex Springs (the diving area where he went missing) died under suspicious circumstances a year later and McDaniel’s parents are convinced that it had something to do with what happened to their son. Idk, it’s never sat right with me.”
The Last Guys to See Her Lawyered Up
User LoveMas2016 shared a story of a college girl from Indiana who went out partying one night and didn’t come home. But then her boyfriend who reported her missing moved home and the last guys who saw her lawyered up.
“A 20-year-old affluent, Jewish, East Coast college girl going to school in Indiana is out with her friends drinking and partying and never comes home. Her boyfriend reports her missing the next morning. The last guys she was known to be with all clammed up and lawyered up almost immediately.
Her boyfriend (also an affluent East Coaster) packs up and moves home shortly after her disappearance. Several theories have arisen and been investigated but none have shown strong enough links to proceed. Local rumor is that she OD’ed and the people with her freaked out and drove south and dropped her body in the Ohio River.”
He Ran Out of Airport and Disappeared
According to Redditor jimmy193, Lars Mittank was left behind in Bulgaria but had a weird feeling that someone was after him. Was he running from something or someone? The CCTV footage suggested the latter.
“The disappearance of Lars Mittank.
Went to Bulgaria with friends. Got in a fight and was injured so couldn’t fly back when they did. Called his mum once they had all left saying he thought he was being followed and he was going to book a plane the next day.
Was last seen on cctv footage heading into the airport carrying his suitcase, next thing he’s running out of the airport at full speed without his bags. He was never seen again.”
Teen Boys Went Missing by the Marina
According to user sweepingpines, six teen boys went missing after taking 2 boats out onto Lake Ontario. An extensive search was initiated but there was no trace of their whereabouts or their remains anywhere.
“On St. Patrick’s Day in 1995 in my hometown of Pickering, Ontario, 6 teenaged boys went missing. They were doing some drinking that night and got the idea to go down to the local marina and steal some boats.
They took 2 small boats out onto Lake Ontario and were never seen again. The only item ever found was a gas can from one of the boats and it was found near New York State. No bodies have ever been recovered, not a single article of clothing and neither of the boats. The search for them was extensive, spanning from the U.S. all way up into northern Ontario. People speculated that they ran away but there was no evidence to back that up. To this day no one knows what happened to them.”
She Tried to Get Away From Her Boyfriend
Mary Marshall-Lands was trying to get away from her abusive boyfriend, according to Redditor AnotherInternetGoob. She took a walk and was never heard from again, but a private investigator has some clue.
“A little late but this is an equally interesting and creepy one from a neighboring town where I live. Mary Marshall-Lands disappeared from her apartment March 12th, 2004, and no one has seen her since. I remember growing up and seeing the billboards around town about her disappearance, but didn’t really know the extent of it until I got older.
Her then boyfriend at the time had been living with her and was the last one to see her before she left her apartment around 10 p.m. The couple apparently had an argument which caused her to leave to “take a walk.” She left her keys, wallet, and cell phone in the apartment and took her empty purse with her.
Her boyfriend had been known for abuse in prior relationships, which caused him to be the main suspect in the case. After her disappearance, the entire town got behind the search effort, but nothing was found. The family of the boyfriend owned and operated a pig farm, which is known around town to be Mary’s final resting place.
The farm was searched but nothing was found, though pigs are known to even eat bones. Years after her disappearance, her then boyfriend was sent to 6 years in prison for holding his then girlfriend against her will as well as sexual abuse.
Despite this, the local police have yet to discover any information or evidence that can pin him to the crime. The police continue to dig through evidence and hope for any information, as the town she went missing from is extremely small. The private investigator hired by the family believes that “her remains are within 10 miles of the fountain in the middle of town.” This one hit home for me as I grew up in the area and now personally know the family through business endeavors.
It’s scary and tough for me to see them deal with her disappearance.”
Japanese Woman’s Note Pointed to Sister
According to Redditor SheepFloof, Mayumi Arashi’s disappearance may have been linked to a mystery man that authorities called “A”. But a note left behind by Arashi hints that her sister wasn’t exactly an angel.
“I’m personally perplexed by the disappearance of a Japanese woman named Mayumi Arashi.
The 27 year old left her house stating that she was going to meet a certain classmate of hers and never returned. Her older sister, Yoko, later checked with this classmate, who stated that such a meeting was never promised, and thus never happened. Her whole family started searching for her, but to no avail.
There was an investigation which pinned a guy called “A” as the prime suspect.
This was due to another note that Mayumi left, stating how she had “been betrayed” and was “sorry.” In addition, Yoko stated that she had received a call from “A” who claimed to have met Mayumi that afternoon she disappeared, and “wanted to be in jail if Mayumi ever turns up dead.”
The day after Mayumi’s disappearance, police tailed “A” and found him entering a mountain or… a foresty place or something carrying two cans of juice. The police then lost track of him.
Now, it would seem like Mayumi’s family, especially her sister Yoko, were extremely cooperative in helping the police, and that “A” was the prime suspect. This case blew up over the internet after an interview with the father. A news station went to interview the family over this case, and upon interviewing the father, many internet users spotted a mysterious note posted on a wall behind him that the news crew failed to catch.
The note, in Mayumi’s handwriting, said: “Don’t trust what Yoko says.”
The Springfield Three Went Missing
Suzanne Streeter, her mother, and a friend went missing in 1992. And according to user dewright23, there was a clue that might have explained what happened to them, but it was accidentally deleted from the answering machine.
“The Springfield Three refers to an unsolved missing persons case that began on June 7, 1992, when friends Suzanne “Suzie” Streeter and Stacy McCall, and Streeter’s mother, Sherrill Levitt, went missing from Levitt’s home in Springfield, Missouri. All of their personal belongings, including cars and purses, were left behind. There were no signs of a struggle, except a broken porch light; there was also a message on the answering machine that police believe might have provided a clue about the disappearances, but it was inadvertently erased.
In 1997, Robert Craig Cox, a convicted kidnapper and robber, claimed that he knew the women had been murdered and that their bodies would never be recovered. Neither their whereabouts nor their remains have been discovered.”
They Were Just Down the Street
In 1971, a woman and her boyfriend went missing, according to Redditor Guy_In_Florida. But while the woman’s mom was fed all sorts of stories about her daughter’s whereabouts, it turns out she was much closer than anyone realized.
“In about 1971 a lady in Boca Raton reported her daughter missing. Her boyfriend was also missing along with his van. At some point over the years she hired private detectives to look for the two.
At one point she was told they were living in San Francisco. She was once told her daughter had a child. She never could understand why her daughter broke off contact and continued to look for her daughter.
Along the streets in South Florida there are usually drainage canals that drain the everglades to the ocean. Some are quite deep. In about 2000 they dredged a canal not far from her house and found the van.
Daughter and boyfriend were both inside. All those years they were just down the street. At least she had closure.”
They Found Her Car On Fire
Kellisue Ackernecht went to work one day, but never came home, according to user Nightsswiftdragons. But her car was found eventually and the condition it was in suggested that she might have ran into danger.
“Kellysue Ackernecht. She disappeared after work one night and her car was found on fire less than a mile from her house. Nobody knows what happened for sure.”
He Tried to Make a Phone Call
According to Redditor Zoomwafflez, the last sign that indicated that an acquaintance of his was alive was a two-second phone call. But the circumstances behind his disappearance and the way he turned up will send shivers down your spine.
“I’m sure there are stranger cases but this one always creeped me out because I knew the guy, he and I were never friends but ran in the same circles and had a lot of mutual friends. One night he was hanging out at my buddies place playing video games and left around 9:30 or 10 pm to head back to his apartment. His place was only 3 blocks away but his keycard was swiped at the wrong building (identical towers next to each other) and he tried to make a phone call to a friend that only lasted 2 seconds but ended before our friend picked up, that was the last sign of where he was.
When he didn’t show up for classes the next day our friends started putting out flyers, a few days later his family reported him missing resulting in a massive search for him with helicopters, dogs, people walking all the fields near campus, the works. Not a trace was found, although it didn’t help that it was snowing. Of course the police treated our mutual friend as a suspect as he was the last person to see him (he’s the nicest guy, no one who knew him suspected him for a moment) and also said maybe he was drunk and fell in the river or something but they weren’t drinking that much by a long shot so that didn’t make sense.
Months later his body is found in an old abandoned barn owned by the school about a mile off campus, apparently he was curled up behind some equipment in the basement with his shoes at the top of the stairs. The cops story is that he was out taking photos, got lost, fell down the stairs and died of hypothermia, they attributed the shoes to paradoxical undressing or him literally falling out of his shoes. Except that doesn’t make any sense.
According to my buddy he was hanging out with he didn’t have his camera on him, there’s no mention of it in the police reports, and no sign that he ever made it back to his apartment to get his camera (would have shown up on keycard records). In addition to that you could see his apartment tower from the building he was found in so being lost doesn’t make much sense, and his body was already desiccated and partially decomposed when they found it so I’m not sure how they knew hypothermia was the cause of death. He was also found to have cuts on his hands and the room he was found in had been locked, the police claim that when he fell down the stairs he hit the door hard enough to unlock and open it, and cut his hands on the doors.
Somehow. Personally I think he was murdered.”
The Time An Entire Flight Went Missing
It’s hard to imagine an entire group of people going missing, but that’s what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight 370. According to Redditor xxSpeedyThrowaway69, the aircraft was there one minute and gone the next.
“Malaysia Airlines flight 370, I can’t wrap my head around how at the same time practically anything you do is monitored, recorded and stored but we somehow still manage to lose a whole f*cking passenger aircraft.”
He Called Out to His Dad and then Disappeared
Redditor DairyFeelers went to school with Garrett Bardsley, a kid who went camping with his dad and a group of Boy Scouts in the Uinta Mountains in Utah. But along the way, Bardsley’s dad heard him call “Dad” and was never heard from again.
I went to elementary school with this kid, so as a young kid it was weird to hear that he just vanished.
In a nutshell, Garrett was fishing with his Dad in the Uinta Mountains in Utah. Garrett was there camping with a group of Boy scouts. He and his Dad went fishing together and his socks got wet.
His Dad told him to go back to camp and get a new pair. The camp was 150-200 yrds from the creek. As Garrett started to head up to camp his Dad pointed out he was going the wrong way. Garrett then went in the correct direction to camp. Moments later he thought he heard someone yell “DAD”. The Dad went to camp about 15 minutes later to check on Garrett. He never made it.”
One Guy, Disappeared and Two Others Turned Up
According to an unnamed Reddit user, Bryce Laspisa was passing through town when he disappeared. But in the wake of his mysterious vanishing act, two bodies turned up that only deepened the mystery.
“Bryce Laspisa, disappeared in my town as he was passing through from college. In the weeks that followed TWO bodies were discovered in the area. One wrapped in garbage bags.
One set on fire. Neither of them was Bryce. And he was acting strange before his disappearance. Giving away all his things. Really creepy.”
Three Boys Were Silenced Forever
According to user anonmcnonerson, his mom’s best friend’s brother went across the water towards an island with two other friends. They were pretty rowdy, but then they went silent and were never heard from again.
“A little late and this comment will probably get buried but worth a shot. In high school, my mom’s best friends brother went out across the water to an island in Anacortes, WA with 2 friends. One of the boys parents lived on the water so they could hear the boys across the water on the island that wasn’t too far away the entire night.
All the sudden they went silent and they were never seen again. No rowboat, no life jackets, and no bodies were ever found. They were presumed drown but what’s bizarre is that the parents never heard screaming or distress from across the water.”
Local School Teacher Went Missing
According to user lilpastababy, a local school teacher went missing and her car was later found abandoned. But her husband’s weird behavior led some to suspect him and what he did next shook the town.
“A woman went missing a few months ago from a neighboring town. She was a school teacher and unlike her to just up and go. Her husband tried saying she has done weird shit like that before.
Then they find her car abandoned.
Turns out she has filed a domestic violence claim against him before and tried to retract it. So we’re all like, yeah, the husband killed her. A couple months go by, and more stuff about this looney toon is popping up – sound of a gunshot picked up by neighbors security camera, sounds of them yelling and him barking like a dog.
It was weird.
Helicopters flew over the swampy area by my job looking for her body. Finally, a few weeks ago, he calls the cops, tells them where to find her, and hangs himself. Sure as sh*t they find her body right where he said.”
It Was Either the Vatican or the Mafia
According to Reddit user Divshali, Emanuela Orlandi was living in the Vatican City with her father when she mysteriously vanished. But rumor has it that her disappearance may be tied to the Vatican or the mafia.
“In Italy there’s the mystery surrounding Emanuela Orlandi’s disappearance. She was a young girl who randomly disappeared near her house and was never found, despite many reports of her being seen in different places. It’s especially creepy if you consider that her father worked for the Vatican and the family resided in the Vatican City, but all secret service involvement was handled by the Vatican and kept under cover.
Moreover, she was linked to a series of different political happenings, most notably either an involvement of the Vatican with the mafia and her father or as a pawn to free Mehmet Ali Ağca, the Turkish man who shot Pope John Paul II. Her remains were never found and people keep coming up with anonymous testimonies which have never yielded a result.”