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Unsolved Mysteries
Stories and accounts connected to unsolved mysteries.
Historical Mysteries
Cicada 3301: The Internet's Most Mysterious Recruitment Puzzle
On January 4, 2012, an anonymous message appeared on 4chan claiming to seek highly intelligent individuals. What followed was an international trail of cryptography, steganography, obscure literature, telephone numbers, Tor websites, and physical clues placed around the world. The group called itself 3301. More than a decade later, nobody has conclusively established who created Cicada 3301, what organization stood behind it, or what happened to the people who reached the end.
Historical Mysteries
The Max Headroom Signal Hijacking
On November 22, 1987, an unidentified person wearing a Max Headroom mask interrupted two Chicago television broadcasts. The second intrusion lasted about ninety seconds and was recorded in full. Despite an FCC investigation, the people responsible were never publicly identified.
Historical Mysteries
The Voynich Manuscript: Inside the Mysterious Book No One Can Read
More than 600 years ago, someone filled hundreds of pages of parchment with an unknown script, impossible plants, astronomical diagrams, strange bathing figures and mysterious recipes. Cryptographers, linguists and codebreakers have spent generations trying to read it. The Voynich Manuscript still refuses to give up its secret.
Historical Mysteries
John Titor: The Man Who Claimed He Came From 2036
In 2000, an anonymous internet user claimed to be an American soldier from the year 2036. He described his time machine, photographed its supposed components, predicted war and catastrophe, and said his mission involved a forgotten IBM computer from 1975. Then, in March 2001, John Titor disappeared.