while probability now points to db
cooper's death
without hard evidence many people today
still believe that he survived welcome
to watch mojo
and today we're counting down our picks
for the top 10 creepiest disappearance
stories
it's a loss without closure with plenty
of clues
but no resolution it is a real
mystery one minute she's here one minute
she's not and there's just so many
theories
he had been claimed by the sea he knew
and loved
for this list we're looking at the
scariest most disturbing stories about
people who disappeared
however we'll be avoiding cases
involving minors in large-scale
disasters
which of these stories scares you the
most let us know in the comments
number 10. hajin kwei in november 2018
this chinese biophysicist made world
headlines when he announced he created
the first
genetically edited human babies i
understand my work
will be controversial but i believe
family need this technology his claim
was met with widespread condemnation
due to serious ethical issues with his
experiment his research was suspended
he was fired from sustec and then he
disappeared
he was last seen at the human genome
editing conference in hong kong on
wednesday
the south china morning post reports
that the researcher's employer
is dismissing claims he was detained in
december it was reported that he was
sequestered in an apartment under guard
in december 2019 it was announced that
jian kway had been sentenced to three
years in prison
but there remain unanswered questions
regarding his whereabouts and well-being
it's game over for hijanku who thought
he could tweak life
and get away with it number nine lauren
speerer
in 2011 20 year old lauren speer was
attending indiana university and
studying textiles merchandising
on the night of june 2nd 2011 spiro went
out with some friends to bloomington's
kilroy sports bar
she left the bar around 2 30 am and was
last seen leaving a friend's apartment
at 4 30.
she remains missing to this day the
latest images come from a security
camera according to the authorities
here's one of them but which police say
shows lauren just hours before she
disappeared
various theories have been put forth
including abduction
and a fatal overdose a spearer had
reportedly consumed alcohol and drugs
one theory is that lauren was kidnapped
by a biker gang
after collapsing in the street on the
way to her apartment
despite thousands of tips and attempts
by police to tie her disappearance to
other crimes in the area
lauren spears whereabouts remain unknown
i really just would like to hear
this is where you can find your daughter
it's the not knowing
what happened to her where she might be
or you know it's
unbearable number eight lars mittank
one of the strangest and creepiest
stories involving a disappearance has to
be that of 28 year old german man lars
mithunk
in june 2014 mittonk was vacationing at
bulgaria's golden sands seaside resort
with friends
when it was time to leave midtonk was
left in the country owing to a ruptured
eardrum
which prevented him from flying he
checked into the hotel color varna by
himself
where he reportedly began to act
paranoid he even called his mother and
told her that four men were looking to
get rid of him
the last time anyone saw me tank he was
running through
varna airport in fear hopping a fence
and fleeing into the nearby woods
he hasn't been seen since the source of
his fear
and his current whereabouts remain
unknown
number 7. maura murray on february 9
2004 murray a nursing student at the
university of massachusetts amherst
emailed her professors claiming there
had been a death in the family
it is a real mystery
one minute she's here one minute she's
not and there's just so many theories
her parents have since stated that no
such death occurred she looked into
hotels in vermont
loaded her car with clothing and
toiletries and packed up her belongings
in boxes
after leaving campus she purchased
alcohol and withdrew 280
from an atm murray crashed her car
around 7 pm that night
and when police arrived at 7 45 she was
nowhere to be found
there was no injury so they searched on
foot and in
vehicles basically what they were
looking for was a a person walking would
be footprints in the snow
they found none the responding officer
found a few suspect items in the car
including driving directions to vermont
and blank accident report forms
of murray herself there was and has been
no trace all i have left is
the public because i'm not getting any
help anywhere else
i'm asking for help my daughter number
six the springfield three
this missing person's case in which
cheryl leavitt stacy mccall and susie
streeter all disappeared
has remained unsolved since 1992. the
story begins at levitt's home in
springfield missouri
where the women spent the night after
attending high school graduation parties
the girls leave the party just after 2
a.m cops believe stacey and susie walk
through the front door of cheryl's house
on delmar street
about 15 minutes later that's where the
mystery begins
when a friend arrived at the house the
next morning all three were missing
despite their cars being parked outside
authorities say there was no sign of a
struggle
in fact the front door was unlocked the
tv was on
their clothes were still there their
purses and personal items
untouched the friend found a broken
porch light and she reportedly received
an obscene phone call while there
levitt's dog was also visibly agitated
when mccall's mother later arrived to
investigate
she found a quote strange message on the
answering machine
but this was accidentally deleted it was
a brief call and the person didn't
identify themselves
it was a male voice that made sexual
innuendos
and she hung up and immediately received
a second call with also making sexual
overtones
unfortunately the crime scene was so
badly contaminated
that it prevented a proper investigation
but until then these families will
continue to live one day at a time
hoping for the best but knowing the
worst could be just around the corner
number five rebecca coryum when this 24
year old british woman disappeared the
morning of march 21
2011 she was working for the disney
wonder cruise ship
the ship set sail from los angeles on
sunday march the 22nd for the mexican
riviera
the alarm was raised last tuesday when
she failed to turn up for her shift
the following day the vessel docked in
puerto vallarta
the mexican navy and u.s coast guard
were deployed to search the seas koream
was last seen on cctv footage
talking to someone on one of the ship's
internal phones at 5 45 am
she was clad in extra-large clothing and
appeared visibly distressed by the call
she hung up walked away and was never
seen again
investigators believe that coryum went
overboard but how she went overboard
remains a mystery
some believe she jumped others believe
she was pushed by a rogue wave
and her parents believe she was thrown
into the ocean a very very little
information comes back to us as to what
investigations found out
and that's the frustrating side that we
face really
and that's partially because of the
problems of
where the ship was registered the
official investigation has received
loads of criticism and disney wonder has
even been accused of covering up her
disappearance
i don't know what happened to her do we
that's the worst number 4.
zeb quinn it's a loss without closure
with plenty of clues
but no resolution on january 2nd 2000
18 year old zeb quinn met up with his
friend robert owens
after quinn received a notification on
his pager however he appeared frantic
and allegedly sped away in his car two
days later after being treated at the
hospital for injuries
owens called in sick for quinn it's very
complex as you've reported on
mr owens was a person of interest in in
the quinn disappearance from
2000 and it those kind of things do make
the case
uh you know it does make the case much
more complicated
on january 6th quinn's car was found
abandoned with bizarre lipstick drawings
on the back windshield
and a live puppy stuck inside his mother
has some hope
he could have been kidnapped and is
still alive in july 2017
owens was charged with first-degree
murder in the death of quinn
and is currently awaiting trial he is
also serving life in prison for ending
the lives of the food network's christie
shone and her husband jt cod in 2015.
we're able to bring jason no one's to
justice
he's removed from society he's going to
die
in this in the custody of the state of
north carolina as for quinn
his exact fate remains a mystery
number three harold holt in december
1967
harold holt was serving as the 17th
prime minister of australia
holt was an avid outdoorsman but nearly
60 years old
and his personal doctor had recently
advised him against
swimming on the afternoon of december 17
1967
holt went for a swim at australia's
cheviot beach despite
rough waters he was quickly swept out to
sea
and a massive search was undertaken in
the area rescuers trundled their way to
the search scene from surrounding
communities
police and military divers deployed to
cheviot beach by helicopter
crowds silently lined the roadway
despite the country's best
efforts no one was able to find any
trace of holt
a governmental inquiry was never
launched owing to the wishes of holt's
family
this detail among other factors has led
to numerous conspiracy theories
in washington where secret servicemen
keep the president under strict
surveillance
they were surprised that a prime
minister could be allowed to swim
without being closely watched despite
countless claims to the contrary
the official ruling stands that hold
died in a tragic drowning
he had been claimed by the sea he knew
and loved
number 2. d.b cooper the story of db
cooper is one of the most famous
unsolved mysteries of all time a story
involving air theft
a cinematic escape and an ambiguous
outcome the identity of db cooper has
been a mystery since november 24
1971 when a man calling himself dan
cooper
hijacked and threatened to blow up a
passenger jet flying from portland to
seattle
cooper is the pseudonym of a man who
hijacked a boeing 727 in 1971
and extorted 200 000 in ransom after
securing the money
cooper opened the door mid-flight and
jumped out into the cold dark night
never to be seen again police believe he
left the 727 in the flatlands of oregon
or washington
but they are still looking in four
states even around the airport
the only trace of cooper remains a small
cache of ransom bills that was recovered
in 1980
the portion of ransom money a family
discovered buried in sand
while camping along a sandbar tinabar
in the columbia river in 1980. the rest
of the money
and db himself remain missing many fbi
agents claim that cooper likely died in
the jump
but then again they could just be trying
to save face
while probability now points to db
cooper's death
without hard evidence many people today
still believe that he survived before we
continue
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number 1. amelia earhart if there's one
unsolved story more popular than that of
db cooper it's that of amelia earhart
earhart was a popular and renowned
aviator and the first woman to fly
solo over the atlantic the magnificent
thing about emilia
is that in the eyes of the world she
never died
her fear never witnessed her failure
never recorded
in 1937 she and navigator fred noonan
attempted to circumnavigate the globe
however they disappeared over the
pacific near hawaii and were never heard
from
again this grainy film records the last
time amelia earhart and fred noonan
are ever seen alive countless theories
have been put forth regarding their
ultimate fate
but no consensus has ever been made not
a trace of wreckage
was found floating there was no mayday
call there was no distress call
for 70 years investigators have been
trying to solve the earhart enigma
it's most likely that earhart and noonan
ran out of fuel and crashed into the
pacific
while desperately looking for howland
island it's a boring answer
but the most realistic often are do you
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