Local Mysteries
Late at night, printers working at this 1921 downtown building reported hearing footsteps and typewriter keys clicking when no one else was on the floor.
The Newton Daily News building
In 1971, this well-dressed skyjack passenger demanded $200,000 in cash and four parachutes before jumping out of a Boeing 727 into the cold Pacific Northwest night, never to be seen again.
D.B. Cooper
First described by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, this legendary sunken island city was said to have been swallowed by the ocean in a single day and night of catastrophic flooding.
Atlantis
Local Iowa legend says that a slimy, mud-covered beast lurks around the Skunk River bridge near this unincorporated community just west of Newton.
Metz (or Metz Mud Monster)
Critics who claim the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing was staged on a secret Hollywood set often point to photos showing this object appearing to "wave" in a windless vacuum.
An American Flag
Between Maytag Park and Newton High School sits a heavily wooded area...what is this wooded area known as?
Children's Forest
In 1888, an unidentified serial killer nicknamed "Jack" terrorized the poor Whitechapel district of this major European capital city.
London
This lake in south-central Iowa now covers many former small towns and villages.
Lake Red Rock
Affectionately nicknamed "Nessie," this aquatic creature is rumored to inhabit a deep freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands.
The Loch Ness Monster
In 1945, five U.S. Navy Avenger bombers carrying 14 airmen vanished over the Atlantic Ocean during a routine training flight, an incident known as Flight 19 that launched the legend of this geographical area.
The Bermuda Triangle
Built in 1865, the historic Maple Hill Mansion near Monroe is famous for its ghostly legends and an underground tunnel that locals say was once a stop on this famous secret 19th-century escape network.
Though official reports state Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, decades of conspiracy theories persist surrounding his 1963 assassination of this U.S. President in Dallas, Texas.
John F Kennedy
Located in Salisbury, England, this prehistoric monument made of massive standing stones aligned with the summer solstice was built over 4,000 years ago, leaving scientists puzzling over how ancient people moved the 25-ton blocks.
Stonehedge
Famous for the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film footage shot in Northern California, this large, ape-like creature is also known in Pacific Northwest Indigenous folklore as Sasquatch.
In 1872, the merchant ship Mary Celeste was spotted drifting in the Atlantic Ocean with its cargo intact and plenty of food, but completely missing this key piece of equipment and its 10 crew members.
A lifeboat
Opening in 1927 in the historic Hotel Maytag building, this downtown movie venue is rumored to have a resident ghost—though today its most famous resident is a pet pig named Joy.
Capitol II Theater
In 1937, this pioneer attempted to become the first woman to fly around the world, but her plane vanished over the Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.
Amelia Earhart
This highly classified U.S. Air Force facility in the Nevada desert has been at the center of alien space technology and UFO conspiracy theories for decades.
Area 51
First reported in Point Pleasant, West Virginia in 1966, this red-eyed, winged creature was famously blamed for foretelling the tragic collapse of the Silver Bridge
Mothman
The official Warren Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, but conspiracy theorists frequently argue a second shooter fired at President Kennedy from a grassy knoll along this Dallas street.
Dealey Plaza
Urban legend says that a creature known as the "Mud Man" haunts the bridge area in this small unincorporated community just west of Newton.
Metz
In 1910, this legendary escape artist and illusionist agreed to be handcuffed and jumped off a bridge into the icy Detroit River—and escaped in under two minutes—yet historians still debate how he survived such high-risk feats without getting caught.
Hidden in the Andes mountains of Peru, this 15th-century Inca citadel was completely abandoned and unknown to the Spanish conquistadors, remaining hidden from the outside world until 1911.
Machu Picchu
Translating from Spanish to "goat-sucker," this bloodthirsty creature of Latin American folklore was first reported in Puerto Rico in 1995 after livestock were found mysteriously drained of blood.
Chupacabra
In 1590, when Governor John White returned to Roanoke Island, he found the entire colony vanished, with only this single word carved into a wooden post as a clue.
CROATOAN