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.

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.

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.

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.

Standing in Delhi for over 1,600 years, this iron pillar has barely rusted. It remains a testament to the astonishing metallurgical skill of ancient India—and a puzzle that modern science only recently began to solve.