Here are some of the Top Unsolved Mysteries in the World that really defied any rational explanation or are just simply out right strange!
Shroud of Turin
What is this Shroud of Turin? Shroud of Turin is a linen cloth bearing an image of a man who had died of cruxification. Most Catholics actually believed it to be a burial shroud of Jesus Christ. Despite many scientific investigations, no one has yet been able to explain how the image has been imprinted on the shroud. Despite many attempts, no one has managed to replicate it. A test called Radiocarbon dated it to be around in the Middle Ages; however apologists for the shroud believe it is incorrupt because carbon dating can only date things which decay. The Shroud of Turin is being kept at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy.
Mary Celeste
Mary Celeste launched in Nova Scotia in 1860. Her original name was “Amazon”. She has experienced many accidents and passed through several owners until it was auctioned in New York. After extensive repairs she was put under American registry and renamed “Mary Celeste”.
The new captain of Mary Celeste was Benjamin Briggs, 37, a master with three previous commands. On November 7, 1872 the ship departed New York with Captain Briggs, his wife, young daughter and a crew of eight. The ship was loaded with 1700 barrels of raw American alcohol bound for Genoa, Italy. The captain, his family and crew were never seen again. The ship was found floating in the middle of the Strait of Gibraltar. There were no signs of struggle on board and all documents except the captain’s log were missing. In early 1873, it was reported that two lifeboats grounded in Spain, one with a body and an American flag, the other containing five bodies. It has been alleged that these could have been the remains of the crew of the Mary Celeste. However, the bodies were apparently never identified.
The Taos Hum
The ‘Taos Hum’ is a low-pitched sound heard in numerous places worldwide, especially in the USA, UK, and northern Europe. Taos Hum is usually heard in a quiet environment and is often described as sounding like a distant diesel engine. It has proven undetectable by microphones or VLF antennae, its source and nature is still a mystery yet to be answered.
Black Dahlia
In 1947 a body of a 22 year old woman, who was named Elizabeth Short, was found in two pieces in a parking lot in Los Angeles. According to newspaper reports shortly after the murder, Elizabeth received the nickname “Black Dahlia” at a Long Beach drugstore in the summer of 1946, as a play on the then-current movie The Blue Dahlia. Many rumours and tales have spread about the Black Dahlia, and the investigation (one of the largest in LA history) never found the killer.
Jack the Ripper
In the later half of 1888, London was terrorized by a series of murders in the east end. The name Jack the Ripper was taken from a letter sent to a newspaper at the time by someone claiming to be the killer. The victims were typically prostitutes who had their throats cut and bodies mutilated. In some cases the bodies were discovered just minutes after the ripper had left the scene. The police at the time had many suspects but could never find sufficient evidence to convict anyone. In modern times there has even been some speculation that Prince Albert Victor was the murderer. Even with modern police methods, no further light has been shed on the murders in recent times. To this day no one knows who the ripper was.
