Lots of things can be scary: ghosts, zombies, vampires, and all kinds of monsters. But as creepy as they might seem, there’s no real evidence they exist—and that’s a comforting thought.
What’s far more chilling, though, are the real-life mysteries that leave us questioning everything we thought we understood about the world around us.
Take missing persons cases, for instance. Recently, Redditors shared the ones they just can’t stop thinking about. We’ve gathered some of the most haunting ones below—read on, but be warned, these stories may stay with you long after you’re done.
#21
Hannah Upp, a twice victim of fugue states. She had disappeared twice, and each time was found near water. Well, she decides to move to a tropical island to teach, and whaddya know, she disappears. I think she drowned.
27points
#22
Sherill Levitt, Suzy Streeter and Stacy McCall. The 3 missing women from Springfield MO from 1992.
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27points
#23
Even though we all know she's 100000% dead, I go nuts wondering where Susan Powell is. That case haunts me.
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27points
#24
My brother, he disappeared when I was probably around 4? He was 22 I think, never found a body, dogs couldn't track him in the forest he went missing in, I remember when I was a teen and they finally declared him dead.....I still wonder what happened, my sister (now 57, and his twin) thinks he wandered off drunk and got eaten by a mountain lion.
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26points
#25
Frederick Valentich. Private pilot who disappeared along with his plane in 1978 after reporting a UFO following him. The ATC tapes are still available. There's a sudden strange mechanical whirring sound and then nothing. Never found a trace of him.
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26points
#26
Summer Wells. She went missing in 2021 at the age of 4. Mom says she was outside helping plant flowers and went inside to play. Sadly she was never seen again. The family was investigated but nothing came to light. It’s a very sad story and I think of that poor little girl often. I truly wonder what happened to her.
25points
#27
Mekayla Bali. 16 year old girl went missing in 2016 from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was last on camera at a restaurant in the local bus stop. Never seen or heard from again. There is a theory that she was meeting someone that she met online, but nobody knows.
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23points
#28
My brother. 1969. Camping trip. He went off with his fishing pole and never returned.
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22points
#29
The Skelton brothers. Their dad has been in jail for like 13 years and still refuses to say where they are.
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20points
#30
April Beth Pitzer
I worked this case, it's not a particularly noteworthy case and I've worked a fair few missing persons cases since, but just the fact so much time has been put into it and knowing she'll never be found.
The rumour was that she was an informant against a dealer, as a result she was m*rdered and thrown down a mine shafts. She was bipolar which is a factor too, less than stellar choices. Quite a few little bits to the story that were odd, suggestions that her mother was constructing false evidence to keep the case alive. Certainly people know what happened to her but aren't talking. Just years of false leads.
I worked this case, it's not a particularly noteworthy case and I've worked a fair few missing persons cases since, but just the fact so much time has been put into it and knowing she'll never be found.
The rumour was that she was an informant against a dealer, as a result she was m*rdered and thrown down a mine shafts. She was bipolar which is a factor too, less than stellar choices. Quite a few little bits to the story that were odd, suggestions that her mother was constructing false evidence to keep the case alive. Certainly people know what happened to her but aren't talking. Just years of false leads.
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18points
