Explore the World's Greatest Mysteries

In 2022, DNA analysis finally identified the Somerton Man after 76 years: Carl Webb, an electrical engineer from Melbourne. But his identification raised as many questions as it answered.

In 1947, aspiring actress Elizabeth Short was found bisected with surgical precision in a Los Angeles vacant lot. The case became America's most infamous unsolved murder.

In 1957, the body of an abused boy aged 4-6 was found in a cardboard box on a Philadelphia roadside. He remained unidentified for over 65 years until DNA analysis revealed his name in 2022.

In 1922, six members of a family were brutally murdered with a mattock on an isolated Bavarian farm. Evidence suggests the killer had been hiding in the attic beforehand — and stayed for days after.

On December 26, 1996, six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found dead in her family's basement in Boulder, Colorado. A bizarre ransom note, family suspicion, and conflicting DNA evidence fuel endless debate.

Over 100 bronze dodecahedra have been found across the former Roman Empire. Each face has a different-sized circular hole, and each corner bears a small knob. No one knows what they were for.