This month’s unsolved murder case comes to us out of Texas, from the so-called Golden Age of crime: the 1970’s. There isn’t a lot of information available online regarding this case, but let’s do what we can to keep Jesse’s name in the light. Was the murder a result of a confrontation at a nearby …
Category: Unsolved Murders
The Unsolved: Adre’Anna Jackson
In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, this month’s unsolved murder post will focus on tthe case of an indegenous girl named Adre’Anna Jackson. This is just one of hundreds of cases of MMIWG (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls) across the United States and Canada. This case specifically is …
The Unsolved: Edward “Mitt” Croley
This month’s unsolved murder brings us to upstate New York to examine the case of a young man who vanished in March of 1991, only for his remains to be discovered nearly a year later, fifteen miles away. This is a case that has very little information available to the public. It’s a case that …
The Unsolved: Alberta Jones
This month’s unsolved murder post is one of the more culturally significant ones we’ve examined. Of course, all people matter and all victims deserve to have their stories told, but today we will be delving into the unsolved murder of a civil rights icon named Alberta Odell Jones. How did Alberta Jones end up in …
The Unnamed: Sebastian Pasqual
This month's Doe case is an especially strange one - we possibly know what his name was, because investigators found someone that knew him in life. And you may notice that I’m using “he” instead of “they” in this post - that’s because we know how the Doe identified his gender in life. How did …
The Unsolved: Georgette Bauerdorf
This month’s unsolved murder takes us all the way back to the 40’s in Old Hollywood. An aspiring actress and oil heiress moved to Hollywood to pursue her dreams. Two months later she was found strangled to death in her apartment. Who attacked Georgette Bauerdorf, and why is the case still unsolved more than three …
The Unsolved: Ben Keita
This month’s unsolved murder is a bit of a controversial one - the police ruled the death a suicide, despite the evidence not adding up. In addition to the controversy, I also want to add a trigger warning up front...because if Ben Keita did not die by suicide, it seems very likely that he was …
The Unsolved: Gunther Stoll
This month’s unsolved murder case is one that has grabbed the attention of the internet, though it has never come close to being solved. Amateur sleuths do love their codes after all. So, what is YOGTZE, and why did Gunther Stoll write it down right before his untimely death? Let’s explore. Who Was Gunther? Gunther …
The Unsolved: Lisa Au
This month’s unsolved murder case takes us somewhere we haven’t been yet: Hawai’i. I want to be up front before we get into things...this is new territory for me. I have learned a lot about Hawaiian culture while researching for this post, but I’m not naïve or arrogant enough to believe I know everything. If …
The Unsolved: Betsy Aardsma
When someone heads off to college, it’s assumed that they are moving onwards and upwards in life. Campuses are meant to be safe places. Libraries are meant to be quiet bastions of learning. This month’s unsolved murder revolves around a young woman enrolled at Penn State who walked into the library one night, and was …
The Morbid Library 