Weird Unsolved mystery of the lead masks case: UFOs, death, and a cryptic note in 1960s Brazil Popkin

Internet An anonymous group posted internet puzzles to recruit code-breakers, then vanished Ellsworth Toohey

Science In 1997, NOAA recorded a sound louder than any known animal Ellsworth Toohey

Weird Tiny conspiracy notes keep turning up inside sealed groceries in Pennsylvania Ellsworth Toohey

math Half a century of math mystery finally meets Baek Jin-eon Jason Weisberger

law Jan 6 pipe bomb suspect arrested Rob Beschizza

art CIA Kryptos sculptor disgusted by flood of wrong AI solutions Ellsworth Toohey

trees Poland's bizarre Crooked Forest: what makes these trees bend? Popkin

tabloids Robert "The Hulk" Kennedy Jr and UFO death rays in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Entertainment Unsolved Mysteries' co-creator on why people love it David Pescovitz

Weird What is the freaky glowing orange orb that's been spotted on Route 66 for more than a century? David Pescovitz

fbi New documentary explores the bizarre cover-up around the Boston Marathon Bombing Thom Dunn

crimes This man robbed a bank in 1969 and vanished. On Friday, authorities found him, just a few months too late. David Pescovitz

the daily show Do any Republicans actually know what critical race theory is? Unsolved Mysteries (MAGA Edition) investigates Carla Sinclair

colonialism How a 19th-century slave kickstarted the world's vanilla-farming market Clive Thompson

futility closet Two settlers disappeared from a small Eastern Pacific island in 1934 Futility Closet

crimes Celebrate the mystery of D.B. Cooper at this weekend's DBCooperCon in Portland! David Pescovitz

podcast A new podcast hopes to solve an infamous unsolved death in Norway's Isdalen Valley Séamus Bellamy

futility closet In 1924, two British mountaineers disappeared trying to conquer Mount Everest. No one knows if they succeeded. Futility Closet

media Ferocious bipedal dog-like beast prowling American forests! says tabloid Peter Sheridan