Top 10 Unsolved Mysteries
The world itself is a place of mysteries and wonders where only a handful is explained and is known to people. However, countless more wonders and unexplained theories remain, which till today even the biggest of brains are unable to decode and explain the truth that lie hidden behind. Here are the top 10 unsolved mysteries of the world.
1. Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin is believed to bear the image of a man who has been crucified and is considered to be the shroud of Jesus Christ, as said by most of the Catholics of the world. Even today the question of how and where this shroud has come from, its origin of existance, still remains a question to all the experts of this world, therefore has no definite answer. Believers explain that this was the cloth that had been draped over Jesus Christ after he was crucified, and the image that appears on the cloth is that of the lord himself. Today this is kept preserved in the Cathedral of St.John the Baptist, in Italy. Though various tests has been performed to explain about the imprinted image on the cloth, and even the material on which the image is seen to be found, skeptical arguments remain of which none has been confirmed so far.
2. Mary Celeste
Mary Celeste originally called as “Amazon” was launched in 1860 in Nova Scotia. It was a huge merchant ship that went missing with the Captain Briggs, his wife, young daughter and a crew of eight. The ship was loaded with 1700 barrels of alcohol headed towards Geneva in Italy. Later the ship was found abandoned with practically nothing missing and no signs of struggle, but the entire members of the crew missing. Till date, their missing is still unanswered though various theories regarding their fate had been put forward but with no apparent explanation.
3. The Taos Hum
It is noted that in various parts of USA, UK and northern Europe a low frequency, yet a persistent hum is said to be heard in various geographical locations, more like that of a diesel engine running far. The source of this sound is still undetectable inspite of finding its existence through microphones and VLF antenna. Experts believe that the sound may also be because of some volcanic reaction taking place in the earth’s core. Though this hum has been recorded for study, even today it is under the notification of experts, with mysteriously this sound being spread to farther regions o f the existing places that it is being heard now.
4. Black Dahlia
Elizabeth Short, a 22 year old, received the name “Black Dahila”, after her murder in 1947, where she was found murdered, cut in two pieces in a parking lot. The investigation of this murder had created wide speculations in the LA, and even today this is a spine chilling unsolved mystery where the killer had never been caught.
5. Comte de Saint Germain
A “jack of all trades” is what Saint Germain was described about. He was a courtier, an alchemist, inventor, violinist an amateur composer and so on. He was a wonder man who came and died with no trace of his existence or where he belonged to. He has been considered as a powerful deity since his death and is considered to be role model because of the various skills that he possessed.
6. Voynich manuscript
This is believed to be a medieval manuscript of the 15th or 16th century, whose script is yet to be deciphered apart from the mysteries of its author and language. This was a subject of all the famous cryptographers of the world, who finally had to accept defeat, concluding that it must just be a script of non-meaningless symbols.
7. Jack the Ripper
Jack the ripper is one of the famous unsolved mysteries that it has taken into various forms of illustrating it in movies and books and journals. Jack the ripper is to have been lived during the 1888 where a series of murders of prostitutes brutally mutilated would be found. The killer was never found, but the legend of the ripper still remains.
8. Bermuda triangle
Disappearance would occur in an area of water in the North Atlantic, the reason which would be unexplained. Exaggerated reports of bad weather, alien abduction and many more were put forward, but till date, it is an unexplained theory.
9. The Zodiac Killer
This killer was active in the 1960′s, where the killer used to disclose himself as the murderer though not revealing his name. His murder weapon was usually the pistol, and had even sent a crypted letter to the cops, describing his fantasy for killing humans. Though an arrest was made, all evidence was against the culprit, and till date, the Zodiac killer is free.
10. The Babushka Lady
This mysterious lady took its origin during the Kennedy assassination in 1963. Various photos showing her appearance had been published, but her identity was unknown, and was named babushka, considering the type of scarf she had worn around her head. She is seen to remain in the crime scene of Kennedy’s death, and even after the cops had noticed far wide for her to come out in the limelight, she hasn’t done so, and so the mystery remains.
These top 10 unsolved mysteries still miss a beat in the heart of the people who know its real secret, yet are miserable to come out to tell its real facts.
