Kai Tak Airport - Major international airport closed in 1998 where planes literally almost crashed constantly due to right-hand turn over the city ( en.wikipedia.org )
hitchBOT - Hitchhiking robot that relied on human kindness that was decapitated, dismembered, and discarded in Philadelphia ( en.wikipedia.org )
Murder of Junko Furuta - The crime has been described as the worst case of juvenile delinquency in post-war Japan. ( en.wikipedia.org )
Hinterkaifeck murders - The murders are considered one of the most gruesome and puzzling unsolved crimes in German history. ( en.wikipedia.org )
Rat king - A collection of rats whose tails are intertwined and bound together in some way ( en.wikipedia.org )
See also: Squirrel king
Zone of Death (Yellowstone) - The part of Yellowstone National Park, where any crime can technically be committed without punishment ( en.wikipedia.org )
Joyce Vincent - An English woman whose death went unnoticed for more than two years. ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL Alice Walton (Walmart heir) killed a pedestrian in a driving accident and was never charged. She has also been arrested for DUI twice but never charged. ( en.wikipedia.org )
The sketchy part is not her not getting convicted. It's that no charges were even filed. I also enjoyed this bit of info from one of the sources regarding the other DUI incident. Prosecutors in Texas have dropped a 2011 drunken driving citation against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. heiress Alice Walton.
Krzywy Domek - Unusually shaped building in Poland that mimics the visual effect of a funhouse mirror ( en.wikipedia.org )
Zersetzung - Psychological warfare used by Eastern Germany to undermine the self-confidence, mental stability and relationships of its political opponent ( en.wikipedia.org )
Marvin Heemeyer - Spent months turning a bulldozer into a hulking armored vengeance weapon dubbed the “Killdozer” ( en.wikipedia.org )
Raymond Robinson (Green Man) - Severely disfigured man whose years of nighttime walks made him into a figure of urban legend ( en.wikipedia.org )
Dee Dee Blanchard - Mother is murdered and it seems her severely disabled daughter was kidnapped, but things are not always as they appear ( en.wikipedia.org )
Gloria Ramirez, the Toxic Lady ( en.wikipedia.org )
I wish the article had better support and citations, but I find the story to be fascinating anyway.
Lars Mittank - Dubbed “the most famous missing person on YouTube” ( en.wikipedia.org )
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom - Oft-regarded as the single most vile, most depraved, most despicable, most infamous and most controversial film of all time ( en.wikipedia.org )
Cymothoa exigua - Parasite that severs the blood vessels in the fish's tongue causing it to fall off then attaches itself to the remaining stub and becomes the new tongue ( en.wikipedia.org )
Dead (musician) - Former singer of black metal band Mayhem known (among other things) for his suicide photo being used as an album cover ( en.wikipedia.org )
Brazen bull - Life-sized bull-shaped statue that was hollow so victims could be locked inside its stomach and roasted alive ( en.wikipedia.org )
Garry Hoy - Threw himself against the glass to prove to students that the windows on the 24th floor of the Toronto-Dominion Centre were unbreakable ( en.wikipedia.org )
Titan Submersible Incident 2023 ( en.wikipedia.org )
Cicada 3301 - enigmatic group responsible for posting puzzles on the internet with the intent of "recruiting intelligent individuals" ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL in traditional Christian theology there are four sins "which cry out to heaven for vengeance" : murder, sodomy, oppression of the poor, and defrauding a worker of his wages. ( en.wikipedia.org )
Polybius - hoax arcade game said to have been created by an unknown government agency to test mind control technology ( en.wikipedia.org )
Voynich manuscript - illustrated manuscript written in an unknown language ( en.wikipedia.org )
