Unsolved mysteries of the past (7 photos)

None of these mysteries to unravel us, apparently, never will be able to:

Shepherd's Monument




This monument is located in Staffordshire (England) and now 250 years is haunted by fans to solve puzzles. The fact that it bears a strange sequence of letters DOUOSVAVVM, which is not given to decipher. Above this encryption of beating such eminent minds as Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin.

The author of the inscription is unknown, but there is speculation that she was left the Knights Templar, and in it lies a hint as to the whereabouts of the Holy Grail. The murder of the "Black Dahlia»


This murder was one of the most brutal and mysterious crimes in history. "Black Dahlia" named 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short. January 9, 1947, she came to "The Baltimore Hotel", where she was scheduled an audition and a few hours later disappeared without a trace.

And on January 15 of her mutilated body was found on a derelict plot of land near the border city of Los Angeles. Killer ripped it into two parts, removed the genitals and nipples, rassёk mouth from ear to ear ...

Investigation of the murder of the "Black Dahlia" was the loudest, longest and largest in the history of American law enforcement agencies USA. It involved not only the LAPD, but the FBI.

The press is constantly exaggerated "sensational" details, some were completely rigged. During the period of investigation in the murder confessed about 60 people (including a few women). 22 people in different periods of the investigation were declared killers "Black Dahlia".

However, the killer of Elizabeth Short was never found and the case of the "Black Dahlia" remains unsolved until now.

In popular culture, this story has been used repeatedly. In 1987, the world saw the book "The Black Dahlia" James Ellroy. In 2006 it was made into a film, which was held in the Russian box office called "The Black Dahlia».

Lal Bahadur Shastri



The Prime Minister of the Republic of India Lal Bahadur Shastri died on January 11, 1966 in Tashkent. This happened after the banquet, which successfully completes the negotiations between India and Pakistan. Because of the bluish tint of the body of the deceased immediately suspect in the poisoning. The case threatens to become a serious international scandal. The investigation was carried out in secrecy, and its results still did not really know.

Taossky hum



For many years residents of Taos (NM) heard wafting from the desert a strange hum, reminiscent of the sound of a passing train. Nobody still knows what it is and where taken. Despite the fact that people clearly hear the hum, no technique it does not catch.

The mystery of the death of the ship SS Ourang Medan



This story took place in 1947. Two en route to Malaysia American ship took the signal SOS. About begged assistance crew member in distress Dutch ship. The man shouted that the captain and the entire crew mates are dead. Then he heard a strange noise and the last words: "I am dying".

SilverStar vessel sailed to the rescue. Upon arrival, the rescue team has not found aboard a single living person. All of the dead on their faces frozen in an expression of horror. Even the dog died with a terrible grin on his face. Then in the cargo compartment fire broke out and rescuers had to evacuate. Shortly thereafter, on Ourang Medan explosion and sank.

Versions of the death of SS Ourang Medan expressed very different: ghosts, dangerous chemicals, aliens ... But what's really happened, we will never know for sure is not.

Aluminum wedge Ayuda



In 1974, workers digging a trench Romanian near aiud and at a depth of 10 meters came across the three sites. Two of them were the bones of a prehistoric elephant that about 2, 5 million years.

But the most interesting was the third object: aluminum wedge. This finding has puzzled researchers, because aluminum was opened only in 1808, and the age of the wedge, given that he was in a single layer containing the remains of an extinct animal, can not be less than 11 thousand years.

Ufologists immediately declared this artifact direct evidence of visits to Earth "little green men." Like it or not, it is unlikely someone will be able to say with full confidence.

Mackenzie Poltergeist



Mackenzie Poltergeist - one of the most documented paranormal phenomena in the world. He settled on Greyfriars Cemetery near Edinburgh (Scotland) and is associated with the name of ill lawyer, George Mackenzie, who was responsible for the content of prisoners Kovenanterskoy prison.

Over the past 20 years, the poltergeist attack on people hundreds of times, leaving their bodies on cuts, bruises and abrasions. Many people approaching the crypt where lies the body of "Bloody Mackenzie 'fainted.

What's really going on? Who knows…

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