Darkness Falls: Recent Episodes
Adnan Bin Rashid
Darkness Falls is a true crime and mystery podcast. Join host Adnan and dive into true crime cases and mysterious incidents from all over the world.
On 15 January 1947 a woman named Betty Bersinger was walking with her 3-year-old daughter when she discovered a dismembered body of a young woman in a vacant building plot in a Los Angeles neighborhood. The young woman turned out to be a 22-year-old Hollywood hopeful named Elizabeth Short—later dubbed the “Black Dahlia”. The gruesome nature of the crime and the Hollywood connection made the case a public sensation. It also became famous for the number of people who falsely admitted to the killing. Who killed the Black Dahlia and why? It’s a mystery, the murderer has never been found, and given how much time has passed, probably never will be.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dahlia
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/572113/the-black-dahlia-murder-facts
https://localhistories.org/elizabeth-short/
https://www.infoplease.com/people/who2-biography/elizabeth-short
https://heathermonroe.medium.com/the-ruthless-murder-of-elizabeth-short-e2291ea59490
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/black-dahlia-35605.php
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/the-black-dahlia
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/has-the-black-dahlia-murder-finally-been-solved-198247/
https://www.novelsuspects.com/articles/a-brief-history-of-the-black-dahlia/
https://www.biography.com/news/black-dahlia-murder-mystery
https://allthatsinteresting.com/black-dahlia-murder
https://pleasekillme.com/black-dahlia-elizabeth-short/
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/the-black-dahlia-murder/
https://www.history.com/news/who-killed-the-black-dahlia
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38513320
http://www.theblackdahliainhollywood.com/
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/The_Black_Dahlia
The British ship Dei Gratia was about 400 miles east of the Azores on December 5, 1872, when crew members spotted a ship adrift in the rough seas. Captain David Morehouse was taken aback to discover that the ship unguided. Morehouse sent a boarding party to the ship, rowing up to the silent ship, the men read the name Mary Celeste on her bow. Mary Celeste’s only lifeboat was missing. There was a six-month supply of food and water—but not a soul to consume it. Thus was born one of the most durable mysteries in nautical history: What happened to the ten people who had sailed aboard the Mary Celeste? Through the decades, a lack of hard facts has only spurred speculation as to what might have taken place. Theories have ranged from mutiny to pirates to alien abduction to killer waterspouts.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/abandoned-ship-the-mary-celeste-174488104/
https://www.history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-mary-celeste
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mary-Celeste
https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-celeste
https://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/blogs/article/5-theories-what-happened-mary-celeste/
https://www.historyhit.com/what-happened-to-the-mary-celeste/
https://www.dailynautica.com/en/features/the-mystery-of-the-mary-celeste-part-one-the-facts/
https://sometimes-interesting.com/what-happened-to-the-mary-celeste/
https://explorersweb.com/exploration-mysteries-the-mary-celeste/
https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Mary_Celeste
https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/the-mystery-of-the-mary-celeste-ghost-ship/
https://historyofyesterday.com/what-really-happened-to-the-mary-celeste-ab16e9ec6b24
https://owlcation.com/humanities/maryceleste
https://www.modelerscentral.com/maritime-history/story-of-the-mary-celeste/
https://explorethearchive.com/mary-celeste-lost-at-sea
https://www.maryceleste.net/
https://slate.com/human-interest/2011/12/the-mary-celeste-the-unluckiest-ship-to-ever-sail-the-seven-seas.html
In New Orleans, between 1918 and 1919, a serial killer would break into homes of Italian grocers, attacking them and their families while they were sleeping. The grocers often lived in apartments connected to the corner groceries. The killer became known as The Axeman. The Axeman would chisel out a panel of the door to get inside; then, he would use a weapon, an ax or razor, owned by the victims. He would leave the weapons at the scene.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axeman_of_New_Orleans
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/axeman-new-orleans-preyed-italian-immigrants-180968037/
https://nolaghosts.com/the-axeman-of-new-orleans/
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/The_Axeman_of_New_Orleans
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/la-axeman/
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-axeman-of-new-orleans
https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/ghost-stories/axeman-new-orleans/
https://www.lsureveille.com/entertainment/louisiana-true-crime-the-new-orleans-axeman-who-murdered-italian-grocers-unfond-of-jazz/article_0a263482-8744-11ec-85de-7b60c0b7252f.html
https://pocketsights.com/tours/tour/New-Orleans-The-Axeman-of-New-Orleans-2341
https://www.openculture.com/2018/10/story-axeman-new-orleans-serial-killer-loved-jazz.html
https://heathermonroe.medium.com/unsolved-the-axeman-murderer-of-new-orleans-2580c0fa59b
https://allthatsinteresting.com/axeman-of-new-orleans
https://www.vice.com/en/article/jpnxxy/how-the-axeman-of-new-orleans-terrorized-a-city-and-escaped-the-law
https://historyofyesterday.com/the-trail-of-the-axeman-of-new-orleans-4575828d7e3
https://medium.com/exploring-history/the-19th-century-serial-killer-that-targeted-sicilian-immigrants-in-new-orleans-324be0852a98
https://www.theministryofhistory.co.uk/short-histories-blog/theaxemanofneworleans
http://www.absolutecrime.com/the-axeman.html#.Yr8LcIRBzrc
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/la-axeman
In 1971, a chain-smoking man in a business suit climbed aboard a Boeing 727 in Portland carrying a briefcase full of dynamite. Then he committed one of America’s weirdest and most enduring unsolved crimes. It is the only unsolved case of air piracy in commercial aviation history.
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https://www.oregonlive.com/dbcooper/
https://the-line-up.com/db-cooper-50th-anniversary
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-bottomless-mystery-of-db-cooper
https://citizensleuths.com/db-cooper-what-you-need-to-know.html
https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/fifty-years-after-infamous-hijacking-who-was-d-b-cooper-d594c02e8bc0
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/db-cooper-expert-columbia-river-search/283-4a5311ba-f43f-499b-8c17-1f05eb419854
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/db-cooper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper
https://www.britannica.com/biography/D-B-Cooper
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/d-b-cooper/
https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/db-cooper-hijacking
https://www.opb.org/article/2021/11/24/d-b-cooper-50th-anniversary/
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/db-cooper-tina-mucklow-untold-story-1111944/
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-24/db-cooper-hijacking-mystery-50-years-on/100631582
https://www.history.com/news/who-was-d-b-cooper
https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/D.B._Cooper
On 1st April 1922, five members of the Gruber family along with their live in maid were bludgeoned to death in a remote German farmstead. The murders are considered as one of the most gruesome and puzzling unsolved crimes in German history. Over the years lots of suspects and theories have emerged. However, the case remains unsolved. It has been 100 years but the murders still haunt and intrigue true crime enthusiasts and mystery buffs.
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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502044/chilling-story-hinterkaifeck-killings-germanys-most-famous-unsolved-crime
https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/hinterkaifeck-farm-murders/
https://www.historicmysteries.com/hinterkaifeck-murders/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/hinterkaifeck-murders
https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/the-hinterkaifeck-murders-germanys-oldest-unsolved-massacre-17dea740e031
https://www.darkhistories.com/the-hinterkaifeck-murders/
https://24hoursworlds.com/international/127512/
https://cvltnation.com/the-brutal-hinterkaifeck-murders/
https://aminoapps.com/c/brainsmasher/page/item/the-hinterkaifeck-murders/z6jG_ElNHwIYNmrVb3zvV0rYQLDwWBr001l
https://www.unsolvedcasebook.com/hinterkaifeck-murders/
https://grimhappenings.com/the-hinterkaifeck-murders
https://vocal.media/criminal/the-chilling-story-of-the-hinterkaifeck-killings
https://didyouknowfacts.com/germanys-notorious-hinterkaifeck-murders-remain-unsolved-nearly-100-years-later/
On the morning of December 1, 1948 the body of a man was discovered at Somerton Beach in Adelaide. The discovery lead to what is now 'known as 'The Mystery of The Somerton Man' or 'The Tamam Shud Case'. It is one of Australia's biggest mystery and has caused sensation around the globe. People have invested their time and tried to find the identity of the man. Theories have emerged over the years ranging from espionage to a failed romance. The mystery of the Somerton Man hasn't been solved but there have been recent developments which may provide answers.
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/may/19/remains-of-mystery-somerton-man-to-be-exhumed-70-years-after-his-death
https://alchetron.com/Tamam-Shud-case
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https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/31/australia/australia-somerton-man-mystery-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-body-on-somerton-beach-50795611/
https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/news-life/bombshell-claim-on-somerton-man-mystery-i-saw-his-dead-body/news-story/a78b959a0f922adc0d993d351a516c8d
https://www.thedailybeast.com/somerton-man-case-raises-theories-about-cold-war-spies-in-australias-most-baffling-mystery
https://adelaidecityexplorer.com.au/items/show/163
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57166662
https://sometimes-interesting.com/the-somerton-man-the-taman-shud-case/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9962197/How-muscly-calves-little-girl-loved-ballet-solve-mystery-Somerton-Man.html
https://sites.psu.edu/jiyoonnicky/unsolved-crimes/taman-shud-case/
https://owlcation.com/social-sciences/The-Mystery-of-the-Somerton-Man-Taman-Shud-Case
https://www.museumoflost.com/who-was-the-somerton-man/
In February of 1959 a group of nine hikers perished in the Northern Ural Mountains. The circumstances leading to their deaths were extremely strange and bizarre. The quick closing of the investigation triggered more suspicion among people. It soon came to be known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident. It became one of the mysterious incidents to have occurred in Soviet history and is widely talked about worldwide to this day. Tons of theories have emerged ranging from avalanches, weapon tests, UFO’s to government cover ups and Yetis.
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On 9th June 1912, 8 innocent people were murdered in Villisca, Iowa, 6 of them were children. This incident forever changed the small town of Villisca. A perpetrator entered the Moore home and bludgeoned eight of its occupants to death. Suspects and confessions have come forward, and even trials were held, but, ultimately, the person responsible for the barbaric crimes remains unknown. Now more than a hundred years later, the Villisca axe murders remain one of the most mysterious cases in history.
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ax-murderer-who-got-away-117037374/
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ia-villisca/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/ppm84g/why-did-a-ghost-hunter-stab-himself-inside-a-famous-axe-murder-house-1118
https://www.historicmysteries.com/villisca-axe-murders/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/villisca-axe-murders