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Im your host Ayman Hasan and welcome back to another video here at most amazing top
10. The number of people that have disappeared without a trace is too big to even think about
and that in and of itself is scary. I cannot even imagine being a family member of any
of these people and never getting closure about what happened. Your mind would go through
every possible explanation and youd drive yourself insane. Fortunately a lot of cases
do get solved, something comes up, a lead, a tiny fingerprint that says it all but a
lot of the time they dont. So this is The Top 10 Scary Disappearances That Haven’t
Been Solved.
Starting us off with number 10 is Timmothy Pitzen. Back in 2011 James Pitzen dropped
off his 6 year old son Timmothy to his kindergarten class and that was the last time he saw the
boy. His mother Amy checked him out of school citing a non existent family emergency and
James only learned he was missing once he went to pick him up at the end of the day.
That day Amy took Timmothy to the Brookfield Zoo, and then they spent the night at a cove
resort. The next day they drove to a different resort and Amy called her family members to
tell them her and Timmothy were safe and fine. But she didnt call James. During these calls
many people heard Timmothy in the background saying he was hungry and that was the last
time it was confirmed that the two were together. That night Amy was seen alone at a dollar
store, then a food store and then she checked into the Rockford Inn and at some point that
night she committed suicide by slitting her wrists, neck and overdosing on antihistamines.
A hotel maid found her body the next day along with a note in which she apologised for the
mess she created and said Timmothy was safe with people who would love and care for him
and ended it with ‘you’ll never find him’. The knife she used only had her blood on her
but a quote on quote concerning amount of blood in her car belonged to Timmothy. Despite
that James still holds that Timmothy is still alive and somewhere.
Coming in at number 9 is Diane. Way back in 1998 around Good Friday in Florida, a woman
called Diane Augat was reported missing by her mum. Her mum went on to say Diane suffered
from addiction and mental illness and was drawn to and easily trusting of men, especially
men with money. Now its still up in the air whether she left on purpose because of a man
or whether it was an abduction. A few days after her disappearance she left a worrying
message on her mums answering phone. In the message she screams help help before you hear
a sound of some sort of scuffle and then someone else saying hey gimme that before the message
ends. She tried calling back but there was no answer. So at this point okay, it sounds
like shes being held hostage by this man or maybe this was a romantic situation gone wrong.
2 days later the tip of Dianes middle finger was found on the side of the road she had
been seen walking down. A week later her clothes were found folded in a bag and disposed of
in the freezer of a random convenience store. Totally normal location to do that. Another
bag filled with her makeup was found in another store and it was labelled Diane.
At number 8 we have D. B Cooper. On the 24th of November 1971 an unidentified man later
dubbed D.B Cooper bought a one way plane ticket from Portland to Seattle. Everything was normal,
he ordered a bourbon and soda while he waited for the plane to take off. When it finally
did he handed a flight attendant a note saying he had a bomb in his briefcase and demanded
200,000$ in cash all in 20$ bills and 4 parachutes. He got the loot once the plane landed and
once the other 36 passengers were off the plane but then he ordered the pilot to take
the plane to Mexico City. I love how there was no security or police at Seattle airport
that couldve come onto the plane to try and stop this. Like is it that easy? But anyway
the plane took off and he told all the crew to wait in the cockpit with the pilot. Around
8pm long before reaching Mexico City, the aft airstairs were opened and Cooper jumped
out with the parachutes and money and has eluded authorities since. Some have theorised
he mustve died when he jumped out because the conditions were risky, he was raining
with strong winds and he wasnt dressed appropriately for a safe landing. Either that or his neck
snapped when he opened his parachute. 9 years later a little boy found bundles of his cash
in the Columbia River so perhaps his body did end up somewhere in the woods of South
Seattle. Either way it still remains the only unsolved hijacking in US history.
Filling our number 7 slot is Joan Risch. In October of 1961 Joans 4 year old daughter
went to her neighbour and told her mommy is gone and the kitchen is covered with red paint.
Obviously it wasnt red paint she was talking about, it was blood. Blood was everywhere,
the telephone had been ripped out of the wall and a bloody fingerprint was left that they
were never able to identify. The blood created a trail that led to the driveway yet no weapon
or body was found. That is a horrific scene but its also a bit suspicious. Its almost
perfect, the one bloody fingerprint, the trial that leads nowhere. It was discovered that
that summer Joan checked out and read 25 books all about unexplained disappearances. One
of them was called Into Thin Air and it was about a woman who went missing after leaving
behind a towel and a bunch of blood smears. Sound familiar? Many think Joan staged her
disappearance to get away from her boring suburban life whereas others conclude it was
simply a coincidence. She was never found so what dyu guys think?
Now at number 6 are the Lighthouse Keepers. December 1900 a ship docked at Eilean Mor
an island near Scotland. The point was to drop off a lighthouse keeper and relieve of
out of the 3 that were stationed there. But when they got there there were no lighthouse
keepers anywhere. And the lighthouse just wasnt right. There was an untouched dinner
set up on the table, a chair was found overturned, the lamps were prepared for lighting but werent
lit, all the clocks had stopped and 2 of the 3 mens coats were gone. Based on all the clues
and signs they found they determined then men had been gone for about a week which was
just bizarre because it was against the rules for all keepers to leave the lighthouse and
all the men were experienced and followed the rules by the book. So it just didnt make
any sense. Investigators offered that maybe they went out to secure a crane and got blown
off a cliff. Even if that did happen how did all 3 conveniently get blown off? But this
did seem to match with their final logs in which they recorded storms so severe they
were praying and crying. But plot twist - no one else in the area remembered any bad weather
in that time period whatsoever and their bodies were never found. Maybe they just realised
they hated their jobs and they were like screw this we’re outta here, lets change our names
and move to Bali.
Coming in at number 5 is Asha Degree. Back in 2000 on the night before Valentines Day,
Ashas brother woke up in the middle of the night because he heard some sound coming from
Ashas bed. He assumed she was just moving around and went back to sleep. So naive little
brother. What Asha was actually doing was getting her backpack that shed already filled
with clothes because she was about to run away. Many drivers saw her on the highway
at 4am, one even stopped to ask if she was okay to which she reacted by running into
the woods. Thats really ballsy for 9 year old, to run into the woods at 4am. I wouldnt
even do that now and im 21. That encounter was the last time she was seen, search parties
found a shed in the woods filled with candy wrappers and a hair bow belonging to Asha.
what everyone initially deemed as just a runaway kid took a dark turn the following year when
her backpack was found buried in garbage bags 26 miles away. So either she was going to
meet someone that she had planned this with or someone found her and did something bad.
Either way its been 19 years and theres been no real breaks in the case. But it remains
open till this day and her family still believe shes alive somewhere.
At number 4 are The 3 Girls. In the mid 70s in Fort Worth Texas, 17 year old Rachel Trlica
went to the mall to do some christmas shopping with her friend Lisa and Lisas young neighbour
Julie. They were seen in the shopping mall during the day and despite intending to be
home by 4pm the girls were never seen again. The gifts they bought were safely stowed away
in Lisas parked car but that was it. Why would 3 girls leave everything all of a sudden?
It doesnt add up. The only break in the case was a letter Rachel sent to her husband, yes
i know being married at 17 is a bit much but this was the 70s and it was Texas so. The
letter itself was also shady as hell, she wrote ‘i know im going to catch it, but
we just had to get away. We’re going to Houston. See you in about a week. The car
is in Sears upper lot. Love Rachel’. No idea what shes referring to when she says
im going to catch it, catch what an illness? On the letter her husband noticed she misspelled
her own name the first time she tried to write it and many of the numbers on the postmark
were backwards. He thought he was trying to tell her something but felt useless in the
situation. Despite it having been 40 years since the disappearance the families still
release pigeons in their honour every year. Pigeons thats a thats a new one.
Filling our number 3 slot is Maura Murray. Maura was a 21 year old nursing student living
in Massachusetts. She emailed her professors in Feb of 2004 telling them shed be missing
class due to a family death which was a complete lie. She instead emailed her boyfriend, withdrew
money, packed a bag, bought alcohol and hit the road. That night it was snowing quite
a bit and her car hit a snowbank 140 miles away from her house. A bus driver asked if
she needed help and she said no but he called the police anyway and that was the last time
anyone saw her alive. Police found wine and a map to burlington but her wallet phone and
keys were gone. Her life wasnt troubled, she had no reason to run away. A dog followed
her trial for a while but there were no footsteps in the snow anywhere. Before she disappeared
though things were weird. She was visibly upset at work after getting a call from her
sister about a fight she had had with her own boyfriend, 2 days before the disappearance
she crashed her dads car and the damages costed 10,000 dollars. A note was found in her dorm
implying Maura and her boyfriend were having troubles. The note wasnt a note at all it
was printed out emails between her and her bf about him seeing another girl. He took
leave from the army to look for her and a while later he said he received a voicemail
of just breathing and then crying or a whimper which he was sure was her. Either way the
call was from a prepaid calling card so it couldnt be tracked. And no one has heard from
her since.
Now at number 2 is The Polaroid Picture. New Mexico 1988, the September day started off
pretty normal. 19 year old Tara Calico went for a bike ride and then had a tennis date
with her boyfriend later in the afternoon, but she never came home. Her mother started
frantically looking for her and found the tape shed been listening to in a ditch by
the highway. The situation got worse when police found bits of her walkman and bike
at a campground 20 miles from where she lived. After that the search went nowhere, no more
leads no nothing until a year later. A random woman had been shopping in a grocery store
when she found a polaroid picture in the parking lot. The picture was of a teenage girl and
guy tied up on a mattress with tape on their mouths and it seemed like they were in the
back of a van. First of all, if youre involved in doing something like this, why the hell
would you take a disposable picture of it that you could easily lose? When her mother
saw the picture she was convinced it was Tara because of the scar on her leg which was similar
to Taras. I love when birthmarks or scars help in these situations im just like YES.
but either way the boy in the photo wasnt her boyfriend, he was never identified and
it was also never confirmed if it was actually Tara in the picture. Shes still classed as
missing and theres actually a really popular podcast about her disappearance.
And finally at number 1 are The Sodder Children. This one is long and detailed so keep up people.
Fayetteville Virginia Christmas Eve 1945 Italian immigrants George and Jennie Sodder went to
bed along with 9 of their 10 children. The last one was away in the army. That night
a fire broke out in the house and 4 children escaped but 5 disappeared without a trace.
George tried to go back in to get the remaining 5 children who were all upstairs, the downstairs
floor and staircase was completely engulfed in flames so he tried something else. He usually
kept a ladder propped against the house so he thought hed use that but that was weirdly
missing, he then thought he would drive his truck next to the window climb atop it and
go from there. But again weirdly neither truck would start despite being perfectly fine the
day before. Despite calling the fire department twice no one got any operator response and
by the time the crew came it was 8am and the house was just a pile of ash. After the investigation
was over there was no bodily remains found amongst the rubble so they suggested to the
family that the fire was so hot it fully cremated the kids. But George and Jennie had their
doubts. They even went ote a crematorium where they told her that bones remained even if
they were burned at 2000 degrees for 2 hours, the fire only lasted 45minutes. Months before
the fire a stranger told George the 2 fuse boxes at the house were going to cause a fire.
Around the same time another man tried to make him buy family life insurance and got
angry when George declined and said your goddamn house is going up in smoke and your children
are going to be destroyed. Youre going to be paid for the dirty remarks you have been
making about Mussolini. The night of the fire Jennie got a weird call from an unknown woman
who seemed to be laughing at Jennie, despite knowing the front door was unlocked she went
to bed. In the middle of the night she heard a long bang on the roof and then a rolling
noise. It was later found to be a napalm that had landed on the roof. The houses lines were
found cut, they werent just not working. Someone else said they saw the missing kids in a car
across from the fire, another said she served she saw 4 of the 5 kids along with 4 italian
adults at a hotel. Despite following lead after lead for decades the parents never found
anything.
And thats it for todays video guys! I am so into like abduction, murder, disappearance,
serial killer documentaries or shows like anything of that kind is my vibe. But of course
none of this should be entertainment its horrible. Lemme know if you guys knew any of these cases
beforehand and as always im your host Ayman Hasan and ill see you next time! Byee.