If I were a ghost capable of time travel, there’s no doubt the first thing I would do is go back in time to various scenes of unsolved mysteries to witness the truth. Nothing would satisfy me more than to finally know what really went down. Don’t you want to know what happened? The suspense is too unbearable, I need to know! Universe, tell me! What happened to Elisa Lam? Who’s the zodiac killer?
The first place I would go is Christmas, 1996, Colorado. That’s right, probably one of the most infamous murders: JonBenét Ramsey. JonBenét Ramsey, if you didn’t know, was a child beauty queen who was murdered in her own house in 1996. Her body was found by her parents in the basement. The cause of death was of strangulation and a blow to the head (she had a broken skull). Earlier, there was a note found on the stairs in their home addressed to Mr. Ramsey. It requested $118000 in exchange for his daughter’s life. The note was specific that he not contact police or friends about it, but Mrs. Ramsey does it anyways. When the police arrived, they searched the house but didn’t find anything. Later, another search was conducted and found the girl’s body behind a latched door. JonBenét’s immediate family (mom, dad and brother) were prime suspects but were later ruled out. To this day, no one knows what happened to 6-year-old JonBenét or who was her killer. x
Next, I’d take a little visit back to 1587, the year of the second establishment of the Roanoke colony. Some background information, the colony was Queen Elizabeth I’s attempt to have a permanent English settlement in “the new world” in present-day North Carolina. However, things would not go as planned. The first one happened in 1585 but didn’t last because its colonists were not living well due to conflicts with the natives and food scarcity. Everybody returned to England. Later in 1587, another group, under John White, travelled back to Roanoke Island to retry the whole colonization thing. They were doing pretty okay, John White’s daughter even had a child in Roanoke, making the child the first English person born in America. Shortly following, John White would return to England to retrieve supplies for his colony, only to be stopped by a war between England and Spain. The war lasted 3 years, so John did not get back to his people until 1590. By the time he returned, not a soul was to be found. The entire colony had seemed to disappear into thin air! It’s often called the “Lost Colony”. The only thing left by them was a carving on a tree, reading “CROATOAN”. It’s unsure of how a group of 100+ colonist simply vanished without a trace. As a ghost travelling back to the 16th century, I’d gladly stay the whole three years during John White’s absence to see exactly where the lost colony went. x
June 1962, San Francisco is my next destination. Many of you might already be familiar with its popular tourist attraction, Alcatraz Prison, but do you also know of the famous Alcatraz escape? I mean, it’s a Clint Eastwood movie. As the name suggests, June 1962 is the date of a great escape from Alcatraz. The men in the incident were leader Frank Morris, and brothers John and Clarence Anglin. June 11 was the big day. The Anglin Brothers and Morris had created paper-mâché heads and tucked them in their cell beds on the night of the grand departure. In the months leading up to that day, Morris and the Brothers had used spoons stolen from the cafeteria to scrape the side of the vent opening situated inside their cells to help enlarge the hole so that they could climb through it. On the night of June 11, as the guards came by to do their nightly check on the inmates, they were fooled by the phoney heads that were placed in the beds of Morris and the Anglin Brothers. They, at the time, had already squeezed themselves through their vent opening, leading to a small, unguarded utility corridor. From the corridor, the three felons climbed to the roof of the prison. There, they used 50 stolen raincoats and a bunch of other materials to create a makeshift raft to help them cross the San Francisco Bay. After 10:00 that evening, they were gone. Nobody knew what became of the escaped prisoners, their bodies were never found. There have been many controversies surrounding it. Many believe they drowned during their fatal attempt, others believe they made it to land and lived low-profiled lives, perhaps in another country. This has been a centre of my interest for a few years now; I’d really like to know what end Morris and the Anglins had met. x
Probably one of the most mysterious and gruesome murders ever, the Black Dahlia. January 14, 1947, Los Angeles is where I’d want to be. The morning of January 15, the body of Elizabeth Short (Black Dahlia) was found in a park, naked and cut in half. There was a cut on her face from ear to ear, giving her a permanent (and creepy) smile. Her body was entirely drained of blood and was posed with her hands over her head. Elizabeth Short had been a waitress in LA. She moved there in 1946, so she didn’t know a lot of people there prior to her death. After the police began the investigation, there were anonymous letters sent to various newspaper companies regarding Elizabeth Short. They had some of her belongings but everything had been cleaned with gasoline, therefore removing any fingerprints the police could’ve used. The police had gone through numerous suspects but none seemed to check out. The Black Dahlia’s murder still remains an unsolved case today. x
More of a more recent unsolved mystery, only going back to early 2013. Perhaps since it wasn’t so long ago, you’ve heard about this one in the news; the death of Elisa Lam. Elisa Lam was a Canadian student who was found dead in the water tank on the roof of the Cecil Hotel in LA. She had gone missing on January 31, 2013, and was not discovered until February 19. Nobody knew what happened during that three week period. It was said that Elisa Lam had had problems with bipolar disorder. There’s been a video of an elevator surveillance camera, catching Lam acting strange. She appears to be hiding from something then talking to somebody who the camera doesn’t film. She then proceeds to press all the buttons on the elevator. You can watch the video here. The circumstances of her death are unexplainable. It’s not known whether it’s a murder or a suicide, but I want the answers. x
The Zodiac Killer isn’t Ted Cruz, okay? The only way to find out the truth is to go back to late 1968, California. The Zodiac Killer was a serial killer during the 1960s-1970s. He sent multiple letters to the press, using code. He is said to have murdered between 20 and 28 people. His identity is unknown, even though there’s a sketch of him. So, who is he exactly? I wanna know. x
I love a good mystery! So glad to see someone exploring these captivating stories on the blog. And honestly… I NEED to know the story behind JonBenet Ramsey because the ransom note seems like a front to me…
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