The case of a Washington teenager killed by his pre-teen “pals.” — “With friends like these, who needs enemies?” Indeed, sometimes in life, the people we consider our best buddies could wind up being our worst enemies. That’s one harsh lesson the family of a Washington teenager tragically and needlessly found out the hard way nearly two decades ago. Craig Sorger was…

A call about missing the bus marks the last time Monique’s mom ever heard from her daughter. — Monique “Pebbles” Santiago was born on September 11, 1978, to her mother Annie Graniela (before her marriage to Monique’s stepfather). There is no information on her biological father, though she has one older sister named Lisa. Initially, the family hailed from the Bronx in New York City, eventually moving upstate…

The strange tale of two deaths and an unsolved disappearance from the same college campus. — In the early morning hours of Friday, 13 November 1925, in Northampton, Massachusetts, a young woman named Jean M. Robeson was discovered dead in her dormitory at Smith College by asphyxiation through illuminating gas. However, shortly after Jean's untimely death, another tragedy would befall the institute. At around 8 a.m…

Who were the men he spoke of before he died? And what did the word he wrote down mean? — At approximately 3 a.m. on October 26, 1984, two truck drivers in Germany came across a bizarre scene. They witnessed a visibly injured person wearing a white jacket walking away from a wrecked blue VW Golf I sitting in a ditch of the Autobahn 45 near Hagen-Süd, about 60 miles…

David Lovely left his family at a stop in Wyoming to find a mechanic for his motorcycle. Then, his bike was found abandoned on a dirt road days later. — Late into the summer of 1985, a dreamy move across the country for one family became a living nightmare when teenager David disappeared on his motorcycle. Nine days later, the bike was found on a dirt road, with the teen nowhere in sight. So, what happened to David Vernon Lovely?

What a sad....case? Can it even be called a case at this stage? No one's been arrested or charged. Alicia's a legal adult now and has chosen to stay with this much older, larger guy with whom she has this mysterious history. …

Who was the mystery man Elizabeth spoke with over the phone? And who later abandoned her vehicle? — Elizabeth Crawford, a 34-year-old woman, went missing from a small town in South Carolina after she left her home to meet with a female friend. Just before her disappearance, she had received a phone call from an unknown man with a deep voice. Two days later, her abandoned car was…

Adele Wells was last seen leaving her grandmother’s house to resume her walk to school. So, why did she never arrive? — On the morning of Friday, November 21, 1958, in Genesee County’s Flint, Michigan, Adele Wells found herself unable to attend school due to a mild cold. However, as the morning progressed she had a change of heart and made the decision to go to school after all. The 7-year-old stepped…

What happened to 4-year-old Hickle Harley Ware? — Bungo Township, Cass County, Minnesota — On June 11, 1938, young Hickle Ware was playing in a meadow near his family’s farm southwest of Pine River with his older brothers, 13-year-old Richard Jr., and 10-year-old Bob. At some point between noon and 1pm, his brothers briefly left to round up…