In the winter of 1963, seven-year-old Keith Field was playing with friends on a foggy road in South London when a speeding car came close to hitting him. According to his account, the car stopped suddenly just before reaching him,…
In October 1974, a couple in Asheville, North Carolina, stopped to help a stranded driver named Clayton. They repaired his truck and sent him on his way. But later that night, the woman saw Clayton outside her home, working on…
On the night of December 20, 1630, James Graham was unable to sleep. The English mill owner had no idea that a strange sight outside his home would lead him into a murder investigation. When James looked through his bedroom…
In 2008, a 27-year-old woman in Portugal reached a point where the stress in her home had become difficult to bear. She was raising two young children while living with a critical mother-in-law. Her husband was abroad for work, and…
A Strange Sound No One Else Could Hear On Sunday evening, March 15, 1970, Lisa Cooper was sitting with her husband and two children in her home in Daytona Beach, Florida. Her children were playing a board game. Her husband…
On January 16, 1960, a 77-year-old woman in Toulon, France, was reportedly attacked by her husband after years of severe paralysis. What happened next became an extraordinary medical story. The woman, Marie, had been unable to walk or move normally…
The murder of René Gorlin On November 25, 1980, workers at a construction site outside Paris made a disturbing discovery. A man’s body was lying in the mud beside a pile of gravel. He had been shot twice in the…
Gary Cagne’s Survival Begins in a Violent Storm In late November 1976, 27-year-old Canadian sailor Gary Cagne was crossing the Tasman Sea between Fiji and New Zealand. He was traveling alone in his 31-foot wooden boat. The voyage had already…
A Thief Stole a Parrot and Ran On the morning of September 20, 1909, a man named Terry Rooney was walking down a busy street in San Francisco, California. He passed shops, restaurants, and cafes. Then something in a shop…
The Frosty the Polar Bear Escape In 1978, residents of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, got an unexpected visitor in Slater Park. It was not a stray dog or a wild animal from the surrounding area. It was an 800-pound polar bear…