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Sarah Fin covers historical mysteries and unsolved cases for Morbid Index, with a focus on what the surviving record — court documents, contemporary reporting, official investigations — actually establishes, as distinct from theories that developed afterward.
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48 entries
The Index · Dark History
What the 1910 trial record shows about Dr Crippen, Cora Crippen's disappearance, the remains at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, the wireless arrest, and why a 2007 DNA study is disputed.
Nov 5, 2026
The Index · Cults
What happened at Jonestown on November 18, 1978: Leo Ryan's visit, the airstrip shooting, the 918 deaths and why 'murder or suicide' is still argued over.
Nov 5, 2026
The Index · Historical Mysteries
Rat kings are real but rare. What the Altenburg and Tartu specimens, a 2007 study, a live 2021 find and two 1683 broadsheets show, and what is still unproven.
Nov 4, 2026
The Index · Dark History
How a 1962 dump fire reached the coal under Centralia, Pennsylvania, why it was never put out, how the town was emptied, and what Silent Hill really took from it.
Nov 4, 2026
The Index · Dark History
What happened to Charles Lindbergh Jr. in 1932, how ransom gold certificates led to Bruno Hauptmann, what the trial proved, and the DNA fight still unresolved.
Nov 4, 2026
The Index · Curses
No curse inscription was found in Tutankhamun's tomb. See how Carnarvon's 1923 death, a press rivalry and a 2002 BMJ study shaped and tested the legend.
Nov 3, 2026
The Index · Hoaxes
Mary Toft did not give birth to rabbits. Her 1726 confessions, the doctors' reports and sworn depositions show how the hoax ran and what is still uncertain.
Nov 2, 2026
The Index · Historic Trials
In 1804 a Hammersmith bricklayer in white work clothes was shot as a ghost. The trial record shows the mistake itself was not what decided the verdict.
Nov 2, 2026
The Index · Unsolved Cases
Is there treasure in Oak Island's Money Pit? No find has proved it. Here is what the 1860s records say, how the legend grew, and what the geology suggests.
Nov 2, 2026
The Index · Unidentified Persons
Kaspar Hauser appeared in Nuremberg in 1828 and died of a stab wound in 1833. What the records, the dungeon story and the 2024 DNA study actually show.
Nov 1, 2026
The Index · Unidentified Persons
A burned woman was found in Isdalen near Bergen on 29 November 1970. Her name is still unknown. What the police, NRK and the tooth analysis show, and what is only theory.
Oct 31, 2026
The Index · Disappearances
Did an Inuit village vanish near Lake Anjikuni in 1930? What the Danville Bee article, the RCMP and Skeptoid show, and how the story grew from 25 people to 2,000.
Oct 31, 2026
The Index · Unsolved Cases
A Kansas inn, a missing doctor and graves found in May 1873. What the records show about the Benders, their flight, the 1889 arrests and the claims never proven.
Oct 31, 2026
The Index · Hoaxes
The Beale ciphers promise gold buried in Virginia. See what the 1885 pamphlet says, how one cipher was 'solved', and why the story has no independent proof.
Oct 31, 2026
The Index · Hoaxes
Two cousins photographed 'fairies' in Yorkshire in 1917 and 1920. See how Conan Doyle backed them, how the cut-outs were traced and what Frances never conceded.
Oct 30, 2026
The Index · Dark History
Edward V and Richard disappeared in 1483. Separate the recorded succession crisis, later murder stories and disputed bones from claims that the case is solved.
Oct 30, 2026
The Index · Unsolved Cases
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished on March 8, 2014 with 239 people aboard. What the satellite data, the confirmed debris and the official reports establish, and where the search stands after Ocean Infinity's 2026 attempt.
Oct 29, 2026
The Index · Dark History
A cosmic airburst flattened Siberian forest in 1908. What the evidence establishes, why no crater is confirmed, and what remains uncertain about the object.
Oct 29, 2026