Lists about real and fictional mysteries and the people who solved them—or at least tried to.

Mysteries & Detectives

So many new shows, so little time. Which are worth your precious eyeballs? These list rank the best new series in each genre that have premiered since 2015, so you still have plenty of time to catch up.

New Shows to Check Out

Entertainment

With so many great TV series currently airing, we&rsquo;re ranking the best <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/mystery-tv-shows-and-series/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">mystery TV shows</a> since 2018. Our list of the highest rated TV mysteries&nbsp;of the past four years is ranked by viewers from everywhere, so make sure you vote up the best new mystery series on television.&nbsp;What is the best new mystery TV show?&nbsp;

Featuring new <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-crime-tv-show-on-netflix-watch-instantly/lanayoshii?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Netflix mystery shows</a>, Hulu originals, critically acclaimed&nbsp;miniseries, and more, the best recent mystery shows include Mindhunter, 13 Reasons Why, Riverdale, and&nbsp;Ozark. The HBO miniseries Killing Eve is&nbsp;considered to be one of the most binge-worthy shows today, while Netflix&#39;s&nbsp;Russian Doll and HBO Max&#39;s The Flight Attendant are known as the shows to watch now.&nbsp;

Vote up the best new mystery shows and feel free to add any new mystery series missing from the list.&nbsp;

The Best New TV Mysteries of the Last Few Years

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The 60+ Best New Mystery TV Shows, Ranked

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If you want to feel a chill down your spine, these creepy stories about people's experiences with some slightly out-of-this-world phenomenon will do the trick. The people of <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9hll7/hey_reddit_what_are_some_of_your_first_hand/">Reddit&nbsp;share&nbsp;their inexplicable&nbsp;experiences</a>&nbsp;with seemingly unexplainable occurrences and events, all for your entertainment.You don't need to be <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/supernatural-belief-stories/amandasedlakhevener">a believer in the paranormal</a>&nbsp;to enjoy these kind of stories. For the same reason we enjoy going to horror films—&nbsp;getting goose bumps&nbsp;and feeling unnerved— they're a good read. And knowing that they come from people's actual experiences gives them a whole new layer of freak-factor. If you are a believer, then all the better. These are real accounts of the unexplained, from a lot of people who are self-described skeptics, who can't seem to come up with any other explanation then&nbsp;something supernatural.&nbsp;

23 People Describe Their First-Hand Experiences With Unexplained Phenomena

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23 People Describe Their Experiences with Unexplained Phenomena

Lea Rose Emery

Mysteries

To really leave your mark upon this world when you depart, consider the different scary tombstone epitaphs&nbsp;available for your final resting place. While custom usually dictates the dead &quot;rest in peace,&quot; you might see yourself more inclined to view your dirt nap as a chance to rile the place up even after you've gone. All manner of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/weirdest-and-creepiest-graves/ariel-kana" target="_blank">creepy mysterious tombstones</a>&nbsp;exist out there for you to choose from if you feel more macabre as you decompose. Or perhaps you enjoy tormenting the living, in which case&nbsp;confusing epitaphs of strange elements of your life or philosophy will unnerve anyone foolish enough to go into a cemetery with a positive mindset.&nbsp;&nbsp;Looking at these&nbsp;unexplained epitaphs on tombstones, you can theorize various different fates that happened to those who dictated them. Many of people received their <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/funny-tombstones/anabel-conner" target="_blank">confusing&nbsp;tombstones</a> years after their demise, so they don't even get a say in the eternal riddle which has become their memory. But the ones who laid down some fine lines before they croaked definitely roll around in their graves today, no doubt still amused by their final quips.

These Cryptic Messages On Tombstones Only Hint At Their Terrifying Backstories

Creepiest Tombstone Messages Of All Time

Laura Allan

Nicknamed &quot;Shelby&#39;s Sweetheart&quot;&nbsp;by her community, Asha Jaquilla Degree was last seen walking down a foggy highway in the early hours of Valentine&#39;s Day&nbsp;2000. She was only 9 years old. Over the past two decades, there have been multiple theories explaining why Asha left her Shelby, NC, home in the middle of the night, and as of 2016,&nbsp;there were&nbsp;350 leads on the case.

Despite these leads, one fact remains clear: No one has seen, heard from, or been able to find Asha Degree in over 20 years. Even after two decades of searching, Asha&#39;s family still believes she is alive; while this may strike some as wishful thinking, there are numerous <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/missing-people-who-were-found-alive/rydavis" target="_blank">missing persons</a> who have been found, sometimes years after they disappeared.

The Asha Degree case is still considered an open investigation; here&#39;s everything we know.

Everything We Know About The Mysterious Disappearance Of Asha Degree

Patrick Thornton

Brittanee Drexel told her parents she was staying with a friend for spring break before she went <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/lost-children-who-were-found/anabel-conner" target="_blank">missing</a> in 2009. Leading up to her disappearance, the 17-year-old high school senior from Rochester, NY,&nbsp;was under an immense amount of stress from&nbsp;her parents&#39; separation. While her vanishing&nbsp;may at first sound like the case of a runaway teen, Brittanee Drexel&#39;s disappearance quickly turned ominous.

The Brittanee Drexel case has remained unsolved since she was last seen on April 25, 2009, though the investigation fluctuated between hot and cold throughout the 2010s. While murder and human trafficking are the two leading theories in Brittanee&#39;s disappearance, the events of April 25&nbsp;remain just as perplexing now as they were in 2009.

Here are the facts of the case and a general timeline of events. We&#39;ll also explore plausible theories and suspects in Brittanee Drexel&#39;s confounding disappearance.

Brittanee Drexel Was On Spring Break When She Vanished In 2009, And Her Case Is Still Unsolved

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Unfortunately, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/people-who-disappeared-mysteriously/alby-thompson" target="_blank">people go missing all of the time</a>, with over 60,000 reported cases in Canada every year. Some of the people who disappeared are found <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/missing-people-who-were-found-alive/rydavis" target="_blank">alive and leading new lives</a>, while others have more macabre and violent endings. Emma Fillipoff's&nbsp;disappearance was&nbsp;so strange, people took notice.Fillipoff moved to Victoria, British Columbia, in fall of 2011, leaving behind her family in Perth, Ontario. She got a seasonal job at the restaurant Red Fish Blue Fish. She left the restaurant on October 31, 2012, but promised&nbsp;to be back for the next season. Fillipoff's family and friends thought she was driving her van back to Perth that November, but she never made it home.She seemingly disappeared into thin air, with no leads or clues about what happened. Because she was acting strangely before her disappearance, there are several theories about what happened to her. But no one really knows what happened to Emma Fillipoff.

The Strange Circumstances Of Emma Fillipoff's Disappearance

Emma Fillipoff Left Her Seasonal Job In Canada To Head Home - She Was Never Heard From Again

Jodi Smith

True Crime

<a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/what-happened-to-shia-labeouf/nathan-gibson?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">What happened to</a> Alissa Turney? She went missing from her Phoenix, AZ, high school in 2001 at the age of 17, and nobody has seen her since. The Alissa Turney <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unsolved-mysteries-of-missing-or-murdered-families/mike-bedard" target="_blank">disappearance</a> has remained a mystery since the early 2000s, and&nbsp;law enforcement has failed to crack the case. Investigators&#39; jobs&nbsp;were made exponentially more difficult by the fact that the case wasn&#39;t actively investigated until five years after Turney&#39;s disappearance.

What originally appeared to be a runaway teen scenario is now widely considered a case of foul play, with multiple suspects considered over the years. Interviews with those close to Turney reveal a portrait of a complicated young woman who was intelligent and social, but whose personal life was much darker than many would guess. While no charges have been filed, her sister Sarah&#39;s&nbsp;theories point&nbsp;to their allegedly abusive stepfather, Mike Turney, as the likely culprit. Here are all of the details that have been released about Alissa Turney&#39;s confounding missing person&nbsp;case.

Everything About Alissa Turney’s Case That Has Been Released To The Public

All The Alissa Turney Case Details That Have Been Made Public

Eric Luis

Lists of fascinating and bizarre real cases that continue to stump detectives and amateur sleuths.

Unsolved Mysteries

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There are nearly 90,000 missing persons in the U.S. alone, at any given time. And most cases will remain cold, as people disappear into different lives, some filled with unimaginable terrors. But what happens to the small percentage of missing people who one day show back up? Where did they go and what happened to them? <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/13-famous-missing-people/celeb-stalker?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Missing people found</a> alive are stories that capture the nation's attention whenever they break. Often inspiring and devastating at the same time, and sometimes downright eerie and bizarre, these narratives of men and women who return after years of absence are all-around fascinating.&nbsp;Some tales are so fantastic, you would think there's no way they could be true, like the story of Gabriel Nagy, the missing man found alive several years after disappearing and suffering severe amnesia, or the incredible events leading to Elizabeth Smart's rescue and return to her family. Kidnapped people who escaped, missing people found off the grid, others <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/greatest-fictional-characters-leading-double-lives/ranker-characters?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">living double lives</a>, each story manages to shock one after the other. For the devotedly curious creep-seekers, here are several stories about real life missing people who were found alive, despite all reasonable doubt.

Missing People Who Were Found Alive

Ryan Davis

Edgar Allan Poe, famous for short stories like&nbsp;&ldquo;The Raven&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Tell-Tale Heart,&rdquo; was a master of mystery and horror. Poe&rsquo;s life was filled with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-edgar-allan-poe-facts/philgibbons" target="_blank">strange facts</a>; not only did his family disown him, but&nbsp;he famously&nbsp;married his 13-year-old cousin when he himself was 27. Poe is credited with creating the modern detective story &ndash; and in his own end, Poe left behind a mystery that no one has yet been able to solve. For over 160 years, countless fans of both literature and crime have been asking, how did Poe die?

Edgar Allan Poe passed on October 7, 1849, and the events surrounding his demise remain&nbsp;shrouded in mystery. Poe was found in a tavern, completely delirious, and yet his doctor testified that there was no evidence of intoxication. Poe raved about a mysterious man named Reynolds before his passing, but no one could identify a person&nbsp;by that name. Perhaps most notably, when&nbsp;Poe was found in the tavern on that fateful and enigmatic night, he was wearing another man&rsquo;s clothes.

Mercury ingestion as a possible culprit&nbsp;of Poe&#39;s end is a theory frequently discussed, as is the possibility of rabies.&nbsp;Perhaps the cooping theory is correct, a conjecture which claims that&nbsp;Poe was kidnapped and forced into voter fraud. Whatever the answer, the end of Edgar Allan Poe&#39;s life&nbsp;is&nbsp;one mystery that may never be solved.

To This Day, No One Knows How Edgar Allan Poe Died

Genevieve Carlton

Real tales of terror from real people doing normal things, like playing the Powerball and using tampons.

Crazy True! Horror Stories

<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/list-of-all-detective-movies/reference">TV shows and movies</a> teach&nbsp;us that relentless detectives always solve the case. Sadly, however, this is not always true. Many cases remain not only unresolved, but shrouded in mystery, rife with eerie, unsettling details that continue to raise questions. Several real-life detectives, police officers, and dispatchers took to Reddit&nbsp;to share some of their most bizarre and hair-raising stories concerning cases that were never officially solved, and incidents where &quot;justice was served,&quot; despite a host of loose ends. Here is a collection of the most startling unsolved cases.&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1h5k7f/law_enforcement_and_detectives_of_reddit_have_you/" target="_blank">Source</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/19uxzk/copsdetectives_of_reddit_have_you_ever_obsessed/?" target="_blank">Source</a>, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/5a9fou/seriousdetectivespolice_officers_of_reddit_what/" target="_blank">Source</a>&nbsp;

Real Police Officers Describe Their Creepiest Unsolved Cases

Real Detectives Describe Their Creepiest Unsolved Mysteries

Christopher Shultz

As long as human beings have been alive, we have been doing bizarre things that barely make sense. Here are lists of a few thousand of them.

Weird History Around the World

History

From prehistory through modern-day occurrences, history offers some pretty fascinating stories and information. It also, as often as not, leaves observers wanting more. Simply put, history is full of questions - and Redditors want answers.

In a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/hmfoqj/serious_if_you_could_learn_the_honest_truth/" target="_blank">recent Reddit thread</a>, individuals chimed in on which historical mysteries they wondered about and really wanted to be solved. Their contributions ran the gamut from political conspiracies to secret identities to some fascinating &quot;what-could-have-beens&quot; through the ages.

Though we&#39;ve found definitive <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/scientific-explanations-for-famous-mysteries/jim-rowley" target="_blank">answers to many purported mysteries</a> over the years, there remain a number of&nbsp;enigmas that continue to pique imaginations, sometimes opening up more lines of inquiry just when it seems an explanation has been found. Historians do find answers, and you might find a few of those below, but this list doesn&#39;t make any grand assertions about history. Rather, here&#39;s your chance to explore its wonders and enduring questions, with some additional insight into the efforts taken to find answers.

17 Historical Mysteries People Would Really Like Answers To

Historical Mysteries People Would Really Like Answers To

Melissa Sartore

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Have you ever had an unexplainable&nbsp;chilling encounter or experience that still haunts you?&nbsp;Many people have had experiences&nbsp;that are just so bizarre that they are are still scratching their heads years later wondering what exactly happened. On Reddit, people are sharing creepy and unsettling life events that still remain an&nbsp;unsolved mystery to this day.&nbsp;

People Share Their Creepiest Personal Unsolved Mysteries

Amanda Ashley

Unsolved Mysteries isn&#39;t just about disappearances and&nbsp;slayings. While the&nbsp;landmark television series mostly dabbles&nbsp;in true crime, it&#39;s not&nbsp;afraid to make time for spooky, unexplainable segments. The show often covered the paranormal, and some of the segments are still pretty freaky.

Most supernatural Unsolved Mysteries segments deal&nbsp;with families living through terrifying situations or&nbsp;hotel guests coming into contact with the unknown.&nbsp;The thing that sets&nbsp;Unsolved Mysteries apart from other <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-paranormal-television-tv-shows-and-series/reference" target="_blank">paranormal TV&nbsp;shows</a> is the amount of investigation that goes into each episode. The series strives to discover an actual reason behind every haunting it&nbsp;covers, and more often than not, Robert Stack and company find&nbsp;a dark mystery at the center of their paranormal investigation.&nbsp;

The Most Terrifying Paranormal Segments From 'Unsolved Mysteries'

Scary Supernatural Episodes Of Unsolved Mysteries

Jacob Shelton

On April 1, 2014, two students from the Netherlands named&nbsp;Lisanne&nbsp;Froon and Kris Kremers went on a hike in Panama with a dog. The dog came back, but the young women didn't. A search eventually turned up a severed foot and scattered remains, but authorities had trouble determining&nbsp;how the hikers&nbsp;had died. Years later, some people still believe someone killed the pair.Froon&nbsp;and Kremers&nbsp;were both in their early 20s; they traveled to&nbsp;Panama to work with children. Many hikers <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/backpacker-disappearances/mariel-loveland" target="_blank">from all over the world disappear</a>, fall,&nbsp;or suffer other fatal&nbsp;accidents while traveling&nbsp;-&nbsp;this could've happened to these women as well.&nbsp;But there are a few holes&nbsp;in this particular theory. For one, the girls' camera had photos on it from hours after they stopped dialing emergency services. Also, a&nbsp;serial killer might have stalked&nbsp;their area at the time.The world may never <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/sw-extended-universe-things-to-last-jedi/nathan-gibson?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">know what happened</a> to the pair, but speculation still runs wild. Did they become lost&nbsp;and fall down a cliff? Was someone who's still out there responsible for their deaths? Or is it all part of a cover-up?

What Really Happened To Two Dutch Hikers Who Disappeared In Panama?

When most people think of Maine and mysteries, Stephen King&#39;s horror stories come to mind. Those take place in fictional locations across the state, but there are a number of real and disturbing unsolved&nbsp;Maine mysteries. While Maine certainly isn&#39;t the only state with an eerie history - the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/unsolved-texas-mysteries/steve-wright" target="_blank">unsolved mysteries in&nbsp;Texas</a>&nbsp;alone are staggering - it certainly does have its fair share of mystifying&nbsp;atrocities.

One of the state&#39;s earliest publicized mysteries is&nbsp;the disappearance of a&nbsp;plane flown by&nbsp;Charles Nungesser and Fran&ccedil;ois Coli in 1927 - people heard it&nbsp;and found pieces of the wreckage, but no one saw it happen, and&nbsp;its pilots remain&nbsp;missing. In another tale,&nbsp;four men claimed aliens took them from a canoe in 1976 before returning them to Earth. The state also has its share of odd disappearances and slayings with no leads. Perhaps the eeriest of the unsolved crimes in Maine involves the theory that a maniac targets&nbsp;young men in the state, but law enforcement has not announced any connection between the slayings of these individuals.

The Scariest Unsolved Crimes And Mysteries From Maine

11 Scary Unsolved Mysteries From Maine

Supernatural & Paranormal

So many weird things happen in the Pacific Northwest that, comparatively, a mysterious hole in the ground seems pretty innocuous - at first. Next to numerous Bigfoot sightings and miles of giant mushrooms, the phenomenon of <a href="https://historydaily.org/mels-hole-a-sensational-urban-myth-of-a-mysterious-bottomless-pit" target="_blank">Mel&#39;s Hole</a> seems pretty straightforward until you realize that it also happens to be&nbsp;a bottomless pit that brings animals back from the dead. Mel&#39;s Hole is one of the most mysterious&nbsp;places in the state of Washington. The mystery of Mel&#39;s Hole all started with an interview on Coast to Coast AM when a caller identifying himself as Mel Waters claimed that he&nbsp;found a real-life bottomless pit on his property.

As you can imagine,&nbsp;things only got creepier from there -&nbsp;Pet Sematary&nbsp;creepy. Today, this <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-washington-stories-legends/isadora-teich" target="_blank">supernatural phenomenon in Washington</a>, like so many others, straddles the line between being famous and elusive.&nbsp;

Curious? Unnerved? Both? If <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/supernatural-shows-on-tv-right-now/ranker-tv" target="_blank">supernatural entertainment</a> intrigues you,&nbsp;read on for more facts about Mel&#39;s Hole, its rise to notoriety, and the bizarre secrets said to hide somewhere in its bottomless depths.

Mel's Hole Is Supposedly A Supernatural Infinite Pit That Revives Animals From The Dead

What Is Mel's Hole? The Pit That Supposedly Revives Dead Animals

Maggie Clendenin

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