Natural Mysteries
This region is infamous for unexplained disappearances of ships and planes in the Atlantic Ocean.
Bermuda Triangle
This famous detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle lives at 221B Baker Street.
Sherlock Holmes
This Netflix series centers on supernatural events in Hawkins, Indiana.
Stranger Things
This rare neurodegenerative disease once spread in Papua New Guinea through ritual cannibalism.
Kuru
This ship was found abandoned in 1872 with no crew aboard and no explanation.
The Mary Celeste
These glowing ocean waves are caused by living organisms emitting light.
Bioluminescence
This Dan Brown novel revolves around secret codes hidden in famous artworks.
The DaVinci Code
This cult TV series investigates paranormal cases with the slogan “The truth is out there.”
The X-Files
This condition involves a belief that one is already dead or does not exist.
Cotard Delusion
This 1971 hijacker parachuted from a plane with ransom money and was never found.
D.B. Cooper
his weather phenomenon in Venezuela produces nearly constant lightning without thunderstorms.
Catatumbo lightning
This medieval manuscript written in an unknown script still baffles linguists today.
The Voynich Manuscript
This 1999 series takes place in a town where dreams and reality blur, created by David Lynch.
Twin Peaks
This neurological illness causes uncontrollable laughing or crying fits.
Pseudobulbar Affect
This lost colony of English settlers "vanished" from Roanoke Island in the late 1500s.
The Roanoke Colony
Birds use this mysterious ability to navigate thousands of miles during migration.
magnetoreception; the use of earth's magnetic field
This Edgar Allan Poe story features a mysterious death in a locked room aboard a ship.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym (also known as Poe’s maritime mysteries)
In this film, a U.S. Marshal investigates a disappearance on a mysterious island asylum.
Shutter Island
This illness, also called African trypanosomiasis, is spread by the tsetse fly.
African trypanosomiasis (African Sleeping Sickness)
This unidentified serial killer terrorized London in 1888 and was never caught.
Jack the Ripper
This sudden ocean discoloration is caused by algae blooms and can poison marine life.
Red tides
This Umberto Eco novel is set in a mysterious monastery filled with secret murders and forbidden texts.
The Name of the Rose
This 2019 film features a modern detective unraveling a wealthy family’s murder mystery.
Knives Out
This modern syndrome includes symptoms reported by diplomats involving sound and pressure sensations.
Havana Syndrome
This infamous 1960s killer in California taunted police with coded letters.