Biggest Unsolved Mystery From Each State

Alabama - The Disappearance of Brasher and Dye

Image Source/ AL.comBack in 1956 In Jefferson County, brothers Billy Howard and Robert Earl Dye, vanished with their cousin Dan Brasher. They went missing and were last saw driving a green Ford. Since then, several tales have surfaced, including one about the car being buried beneath a freeway.

Alaska - The Fishing Boat Fire

Image Source/ DiscoverPowisland.comA small boat was reported on fire off Craig's shore in 1982. Inside, eight corpses were discovered. For an unknown reason, they had been shot and left to burn. Also unidentified is the offender(s). This case is infamous as the most prolific unresolved mystery in the state.

Arizona - The Hunt for Robert Fisher

Image Source/ WikipediaRobert William Fisher was accused of killing his wife and children in 2001 and setting his Scottsdale home on fire. He disappeared and authorities never managed to apprehend him. Fisher was upon the "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list released by the FBI until 2021, when he was officially taken off the list.

Arkansas - The Gurdon Light

Image Source/ Atlas ObsucraThe Gurdon Light was a strange floating light, noticed originally over the railroad in Gurdon in the 1930s. Theoretical approaches range from the spirit of William McClain, who was killed in 1931, to a natural phenomena. Rock quartz beneath the ground and swamp gas have both been suggested as potential causes.

California - The Alcatraz Escape

Image Source/ BBCDuring the great escape of Alcatraz in 1962, 33 inmates who attempted to escape from the jail were killed. John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Morris broke out of their cells using holes they had punched in the cell wall. Sadly, that is how the narrative finishes. According to NBC News, a part of the FBI inquiry states, "What occurred next is still a mystery."

Colorado - The Black Forest Mystery

Image Source/ PikistThe Lee family relocated to their new house in the Black Forest region only to be plagued by a multitude of strange occurrences, including footsteps, music, and flashing lights. Even though a Hopi shaman claimed the home was situated near a location where spirits transitioned between worlds, no one has been able to explain it to this day.

Connecticut - The New Haven Graves

Image Source/ NBC CommercialIn the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, a tree fell on New Haven Green, unleashing a twisted mystery in the roots. A 200-year-old human skull was found and over 5,000 victims are thought to be buried beneath the Green based on the discovery of further body bits. Although an epidemic has been suggested as a possible explanation, nothing is concrete.

Delaware - The Unsolved Murder of Jane Pritchard

Image Source/ MediumIn September 1986, Jane Marie Prichard was shot to death while performing botanist studies in Blackbird State Forest and campers uncovered her body. There were other hunters in the forest that day and authorities ruled out an accident, according to Delaware Online. They still haven't been able to determine who might have killed Pritchard or why someone wanted her dead and the investigation remains pending.

Florida - The Unexplainable Combustion of Mary Reeser

Image Source/ Tampa Bay Times67-year-old Mary Reeser's body was discovered in her St. Petersburg apartment in July 1951. Only her shrunken cranium and remnants of her left foot and backbone were left after she had been reduced to ashes. Reeser's home was undamaged. Many people thought it was an instance of spontaneous human combustion because of the circumstances.

Georgia - Bleeding House

Image Source/ ObscUrban Legend WikiaIn 1987, Minnie Winston was horrified to discover that the walls, floor, and appliances of her Atlanta home at 1114 Fountain Drive were dripping with blood. However, the only thing the authorities discovered was proof that the blood was actually human.

Hawaii - The Vanishing of Lisa Au

Image Source/ The Morbid LibraryLisa Au, a 19-year-old, vanished in 1982. In Kailua, her car was recovered alongside a roadway, and ten days later, her corpse was found. Although it has been theorised that a police officer (or a person impersonating a police officer) was responsible, the crime has not yet been solved.

Idaho - Cult Killings

Image Source/ The MirrorSince the 1970s, mutilated humans, animals, and deer have been discovered in the cities of Jerome and Bliss. These include really odd instances like the blood-draining of corpses. The motivation has been cited by the authorities as "cult killings" although no suspect has been named.

Illinois - Mad Gasser of Mattoon

Image Source/ WGN RadioA series of gas attacks in the 1940s are attributed to the "Mad Gasser" of Mattoon. Despite the victims' reports of various symptoms after the whiff of an unfamiliar stench, no tangible proof was ever discovered. Mass hysteria or paranormal activity were also suggested as possible explanations, although it goes without saying that the mystery is still unexplained.

Indiana - The Fires of Odon

Image Source/ MediumA farmer in Odon saw smoke pouring from a window early one morning in 1941. As he raced to put out the first fire, a second one started in a different room. This occurred 28 times in a row! The farmer set fire to the entire house and constructed a new one because he thought poltergeists were to blame.

Iowa - The Curious Case of Landon Jones

Image Source/ MEDIzzy JournalA Cedar Falls youngster named Landon Jones got a bacterial infection in one of his lungs in 2013. He hasn't experienced hunger or thirst since that time. The youngster only consumes food and liquids because he must. Nobody is aware of the cause of this.

Kansas - Graduation Combustion

Image Source/ NBC NewsRandy Leach vanished unexpectedly in 1988 from a high school pre-graduation celebration in Leavenworth County. Before the police could conduct an investigation, the party's location was cleaned up and then burnt down. Many of the people that helped the detectives ended up to be dead.

Kentucky - Cloudy With a Chance of Meat

Image Source/ Atlas ObscuraOn a farm in Kentucky, meat fragments of unknown origin fell from the sky one day in 1876. The flesh was the victims of vultures that had overindulged and then puked while circling overhead, which is the only explanation anyone has ever been able to provide.

Louisiana - The All-Powerful Marie Laveau

Image Source/ BritannicaIn the nineteenth century, the infamous Marie Laveau was a pivotal figure in New Orleans' Voodoo culture. All of her abilities became somewhat legendary, and it can be difficult to distinguish reality from myth. Could she have been as strong as they claim?

Maine - The Dismemberment of Sarah Ware

Image Source/ QT06.5Sarah Ware, 52, was discovered dead in Bucksport in 1898. Her neighbour, the primary suspect, was cleared of all charges after a blood-stained hammer that was thought to be the murder weapon vanished. Ware's funeral was especially peculiar since her head and body were buried apart and there was no tombstone erected.

Maryland - Bethesda Tunnels

Image Source/ WTOPA man's body was discovered in the basement of a Bethesda house in 2017, and a network of tunnels beneath the building were uncovered along with it. The house's owner, Daniel Beckwitt, was accused of killing the guy, but there is still no explanation for the tunnels.

Massachusetts - The Black Flash

Image Source/ RankerFrom 1939 through 1945, a person known as the "Black Flash" visited and tormented the civilians of Provincetown. He would disappear and reappear up until a guy poured boiling water on him, which caused him to vanish. Nobody is aware of who the culprit was.

Michigan - Unexplained Light

Image Source/ Detroit Free PressA group of teenagers in Paulding claim to have seen an enigmatic light in 1966. Swamp gas and other scientific explanations have been ruled out in favour of the more widely accepted paranormal notion that the light was emanating from the lantern of a local brakeman who died while attempting to halt an approaching train.

Minnesota - A Frozen Hilliard

Image Source/ MPR NewsIn 1980, Jean Hilliard was operating a vehicle when it left the road close to Langby. The following day, she was discovered fully frozen yet she did not die from hypothermia. After being thawed out, Hillard made a full recovery and is still very much alive.

Mississippi - The Phantom Barber

Image Source/ Newspapers.com BlogAccording to Southern Living, a strange home invasion rash struck Pascagoula in 1942: "The attacker snatched strands of hair from each of the persons whose homes he broke into." Nobody has ever discovered out who the Phantom Barber truly was or why he did what he did, despite one guy becoming a suspect who was never formally prosecuted and passed a lie detector exam.

Missouri - The First Aids Victim

Image Source/ MediumRobert Rayford, 16, passed away in 1969 after being sent to a hospital in St. Louis. Extreme weight loss and frequent infections were among his symptoms. A few years later, the HIV virus was found in the US and testing revealed that Rayford had died from problems related to AIDS. The youngster had never travelled outside of the state and had never received a blood transfusion. According to reports, Robert Rayford was the first person to pass away from AIDS-related illnesses.

Montana - The House of Mystery

Image Source/ Atlas ObscuraThere appears to be a gravitational pull at Glacier National Park that causes a strange phenomenon where the trees there grow sideways. The "House of Mystery," a crooked hut that produces optical illusions, is also located in the same alleged "Vortex."

Nebraska - The Fortunate Few

Image Source/ Snopes.com15 choir members from Beatrice's West Side Baptist Church were scheduled to gather there on March 1 for a practise. Each of the 15 were running late that day for various reasons. They were quite fortunate since that day a gas leak demolished the church.

Nevada - Legendary Tupac Shakur

Image Source/ BritannicaHip-hop icon Tupac Shakur was shot and killed in a drive-by in Las Vegas in 1996. According to History, "the story...begins with a botched attempt on his life two years earlier," which rapper Christopher Wallace and producer Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs were responsible for. Six months later, Wallace was killed in Los Angeles; no one has ever been taken into custody in either instance.

New Hampshire - Rachel Garden's Vanishing

Image Source/ Stories of the UnsolvedWhen 15-year-old Rachel Garden purchased a pack of smokes from a Newton market in 1980, she was never heard from again. Rachel's alibi was staying with her friend, who denied knowing anything about the plans.  Three youths were allegedly observed by a witness chatting to Rachel outside of the market, but none of the men were ever prosecuted. There are no suspects and no one has ever been charged.

New Jersey - A Phantom Sniper

Image Source/ FBIA supposedly ghostly sharpshooter haunted Camden in 1927. Window attacks on buses and cars were reported, but no bullets or cases were discovered. They continued the investigation for almost a year, and the enigmatic shooter was never uncovered.

New Mexico - The Roswell Experiments

Image Source/ History.comIn the summer of 1947, a rancher from Roswell discovered unexplained debris in his sheep field. Roswell residents rejected the Air Force's explanation that the debris came from a weather balloon that had crashed. They thought it originated from a UFO. The military disclosed fifty years later that the debris was from a top-secret atomic experiment.

New York - The Leatherman

Image Source/ NPRA guy known as the "Leatherman" prowled the streets of Westchester and Putnam Counties in the nineteenth century. He slept in caverns, and in 1889, his body was uncovered. The man's name and the reason he lived as a hermit and roamed the area are still unknown.

North Carolina - Shadows Alive

Image Source/ TripSavvyGoing bear hunting has a special importance in Cashiers because, in the fall, when the sun is out, a bear's shadow may be seen on Whiteside Mountain right before sunset. Romantic Asheville advises you to use your camera to "photograph" this baffling occurrence.

North Dakota - The Bodies of the Six

Image Source/ Ghosts of North DakotaLess than 100 people live in Niagara as of right now. However, there were at least six more residents there in the early 1900s than was known at the time. In the crawl hole of a home that had formerly belonged to the recluse Eugene Butler, six corpses of victims who had been bludgeoned to death were found in 1915. To this day, their identities are a mystery.

Ohio - Ghost Writer

Image Source/ Thought CatalogCircleville locals first started getting threatening and abusive letters in 1976. Paul Freshour was detained following the murder of a local. However, the letters still persisted. The person behind the cunning, grotesque and intimidating messages still remains a mystery today.

Oklahoma - Moving Day

Image Source/ All That's InterestingThe Jamison family travelled to Red Oak in 2014 to see a property that was up for sale. Their truck and all of their belongings were discovered a few days later, but it took hunters approximately a month to discover their corpses. The mystery has still not been cleared up.

Oregon - The Train with no Tracks

Image Source/ ABC NewsResidents of Forest Grove, Oregon, in 2016 claimed to have heard what sounded like a train on metal rails screeching. An innocent sound if you live by tracks, but there's no railroad close by. Nobody was able to identify the sound or locate its source.

Philadelphia - The Cardboard Coffin

Image Source/ MediumA little boy's body was found in a cardboard box in the woods in 1957. He was not recognised by the authorities, and no one came forward to report missing a youngster who matched his description. Although the homicide site provided no leads, a psychic in 1960 helped the authorities locate a foster home where the youngster may have resided.

Rhode Island - The Double Murderer

Image Source/ Dark Downeast Maine True Crime PodcastAdam Emery killed Jason Bass in 1993 during an argument on the road. Just hours after being found guilty of the crime, Emery disappeared. His wife's remains eventually turned up in Narragansett Bay when his automobile was discovered abandoned on the Newport Bridge. Adam Emery is still regarded by the FBI as a wanted person.

South Carolina - The Notorious Lizard Man

Image Source/ The MirrorResidents of Browntown first reported seeing what is now known as the "Lizard Man" in the summer of 1988. This seven-foot-tall creature had crimson eyes and tremendous, superhuman power. The initial sighting featured the beast "mauling" a vehicle. According to the Smithsonian, "the enigma hasn't been solved to this day," and sightings as late as 2015 have been reported.

South Dakota - The Colleague Case

Image Source/ MediumWhen Tina Marcotte had a flat tyre in 1994, she contacted a friend to let them know. She did, however, also suggest that Tom Kueter, a coworker, would assist her. Marcotte disappeared. Kueter was then taken into custody but said that he had not spoken to his coworker. The next day, he was discovered dead.

Tennessee - The Craigmiles Mausoleum

Image Source/ Visit Cleveland TNNina Craigmiles, age 7, perished after being struck by a railway in 1871. In response, her relatives constructed a marble tomb for her and other members of the family. But the white marble started to show crimson stains. They couldn't clean them, and new stains developed each time a family member was laid in the mausoleum.

Texas - Remembering Amber Hagerman

Image Source/ MisingKids.orgGirl Scout Amber Hagerman, age 9, of Arlington, was abducted in 1996. According to a witness, the girl was forced inside a vehicle. Several days later, she was found. The case inspired the development of AMBER Alerts (America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response), which are currently used all over the world.

Utah - The Escape of Jean Baptiste

Image Source/ The Dead HistoryJean Baptiste was well-known for robbing graves. He was exiled to a secluded island in the Great Salt Lake after the discovery of his grave-pillaging in the late 1800s.  He fled three weeks later. What little information the authorities had, suggested that he may have constructed a raft to flee. But he disappeared and was never heard from again.

Vermont - Bennington Triangle

Image Source/ History By DayAround Glastenbury Mountain in Vermont is a place known as the "Bennington Triangle," where multiple disappearances have taken place throughout time. There have been many possibilities, from serial murders to supernatural activity, but no conclusive solution has been discovered.

Virginia - Old House Woods

Image Source/ Daily PressThe "Old House Woods" in the coastal city of Diggs, Virginia, was once a well-liked hiding area for troops and pirates, so it's only natural that it's become a hotspot for paranormal activity, including reports of skeletons strolling the woods in armour and sightings of a ghostly woman. People have said that when wandering through the woodland, they suddenly felt dreadful.

Washington - Mathematician Jason Padgett

Image Source/ BBCA vicious attack by two guys outside a club left Jason Padgett, a furniture salesman and jock, with a serious concussion in 2002. He was able to "intuitively perceive complicated mathematical things and scientific concepts" after his recovery, according to Live Science. Currently, Padgett is one of 15 to 25 persons who have the so-called "acquired savant syndrome"—a condition in which talent was gained after a head injury.

West Virginia - The Octopus

Image Source/ AlchetronDanny Casolaro, a journalist, arranged to meet a source in Martinsburg in 1991. Casolaro was working on a government-related tale he named "The Octopus." Later he was found dead in his hotel room. Although believed to be self-inflicted, some people think Danny Casolaro was killed rather than taking his own life.

Wisconsin - The Cursed Bunkbed

Image Source/ Milwuakee RecordThe Tallman family purchased a second-hand bunk bed in 1987. From then on, what appeared to be poltergeist activity began to emerge in their Horicon house. They had a fire and their kids were unwell. The issues were finally resolved when the family dismantled the bunk bed. What was the reasoning?

Wyoming - Devil's Tower

Image Source/ Atlas ObsucraNumerous Native American tribes consider the Devil's Tower National Monument to be a holy location and each group has its own origin myth for the enormous stone construct. Additionally, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a science fiction movie, has a significant mythology surrounding the building. It is related to a current or former volcano in some way and is composed of volcanic material, according to geology. But experts are still baffled as to how it came to be.