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…
A Late-Night Joyride Takes a Strange Turn On the night of March 9, 1974, a 44-year-old man named Don Yearwood was walking along a sidewalk with two friends in Florida. They had been drinking for hours and were still passing…
The Mysterious Doctor Who Appeared in a Hospital One afternoon in June 1975, Marie Daniels was preparing to leave a hospital room in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Her husband, Harold, was lying in the bed beside her. He had undergone surgery…
On May 15, 1978, a man in Tucson, Arizona, heard something that should not have been possible. He picked up a Mayday signal from a boat in trouble off the Florida coast. The problem was that Tucson was thousands of…
A Baby Suddenly Stops Breathing One afternoon in January 1978, Janet Whittle was at home in St. Helens, England, feeding her three-month-old daughter, Lisa. After feeding and burping the baby, Janet placed Lisa in her crib and went to the…
On March 7, 1946, a 10-year-old boy was working in a field in South Africa when a sudden storm changed everything. The boy was leading a team of oxen while they pulled a heavy plow. He was trying to finish…
The Murder of Danny Longstreet Early in the morning of March 14, 1997, Danny Longstreet left his home in Higginson, Arkansas, for another quiet police shift. Longstreet was 39 years old and had joined the Higginson Police Department less than…
The Strange Phone Call On the afternoon of October 27, 2000, a secretary at a major electronics company in Taiwan answered a phone call at her desk. Instead of a normal conversation, she heard frantic screaming. The caller sounded like…
A Woman Found Dead on a Rotating Bed Around noon on November 19, 1976, a housekeeper named Ying was cleaning rooms at a hotel in Hong Kong. She reached room number two and knocked on the door. There was no…
Who Was Thomas McDermott? Just after 8:00 a.m. on May 14, 1900, 36-year-old house painter Thomas McDermott was sitting inside St. Patrick’s Church in Lowell, Massachusetts. A funeral Mass was taking place. McDermott did not know the person who had…