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Today we're looking at
some scary mysteries
that have been cleverly solved by Reddit.
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- [Narrator] In the sub Reddit
called Unsolved Mysteries,
you can find countless
cases of missing persons
that haven't been found
and murders that haven't been solved.
In the case of the Strongsville skeleton,
the detective work, started by one user,
actually led to a break in the case
that allowed the mystery
to be solved by Reddit.
The case revolves around a
skeleton found by three boys,
while they were exploring the woods
near Strongsville, Ohio in 1975.
The skeleton wore no clothes
and it's mandible was missing.
Investigators determined that the skeleton
belonged to a woman between
the ages of 18 and 25
and that the cause of death
had been a shot to the head.
This is where the case went cold.
Authorities scoured countless reports
of young women who had gone missing
but were unable to find a
match for the eerie skeleton
that had been left in the woods.
In 2015, 40 years after the
skeleton had been discovered,
the case made it's way to Reddit.
The user who posted
the story, Call Me Ice,
decided to do some detective work.
They contacted the Strongsville police
and actually obtained some
additional information
from the case file including a
photo of the skeletons skull.
The photo made it's way to Websleuth,
where a user who worked
as a forensic artist,
used the picture of the
skull to draw a recreation
of what the woman's face
may have looked like.
Once he had his drawing,
he compared it to missing
persons listings online
and found a match.
17 year old Linda Pagano,
who went missing in Akron, Ohio in 1974
after getting into a fight
with her step father.
The match was reported to police
who confirmed it with
Linda's dental records,
bringing closure to Linda's
family and the Reddit community.
In 2014, another cold case stuck out
among the other scary
mysteries that often end up
being discussed on Reddit.
A user called Zombie
Grey took to the sight
to spread the word of a
case that had long been
fascinating her.
The case of Grateful Doe.
In 1994, a young student
name Michael Eric Hager
picked up a hitch hiker
while traveling to his mother's house.
The hitch hiker was wearing
a Grateful Dead T-shirt
and Hager's friends and family suspected
that a shared love of music
may have prompted Hager
to pick up the stranger.
At some poing, Hagar's
Volkswagen van went off the road
and crashed into a tree.
Both men died instantly.
While Hager was quickly
identified by friends and family,
the hitch hiker's identity
remained a mystery.
He carried no identifying items
and the crash had made his
face all but unrecognizable.
The only clue was a cryptic
note found in the man's pocket.
The case eventually went
cold until Zombie Gray
revived it hoping it
could be solved by Reddit.
They posted all available
information about the case
including digital reconstructions
of what Grateful Doe
may have looked like before the crash.
The case became wildly popular,
attracting the attention
of thousands of users.
One user began commenting
about the similarity
between the photo's and
his former room mate,
Jason Callahan.
The user hadn't seen Callahan since 1995
but remembered that he
had been a big fan of the
Grateful Dead.
The information eventually made it's way
to Callahan's grandmother,
who hadn't seen him since he left
to follow the Grateful
Dead on tour in 1995.
She filed a police report
and authorities were able
to use DNA testing to
confirm that the body
was in fact Callahan's.
After 20 years, Grateful
Doe finally had a name,
all thanks to Reddit.
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Unlike previous scary
mysteries on this list,
the Box of Crazy is an original story
that user name Tramstop Dan
posted to Reddit in 2014.
In the post the user describes
the contents of a wooden box
that they found near a trash can.
The contents ranged from
the benile to the bizarre
and the user hoped that by
documenting the contents,
the creepy mystery could
be solved by Reddit.
Tramstop Dan clearly had
a flare for the dramatic.
He first posted pictures of
some of the more mundane items
in the box such as maps
and technical drawings.
However, things start to get interesting
when you scroll to the
photo's of a drawing
suggesting that the artist saw
something in Tampa, Florida
in 1977 that changed him.
The drawing appears to
depict an alien abduction.
From there the drawings
get even more bizarre.
The artist begins to draw
depictions of entities
that appear to blend extra terrestrial
and religious elements.
There was also a handwritten
note describing an
alien invasion that had apparently been
covered up by the government.
Reddit users were
fascinated by the drawings
and accompanying notes.
Many believed that the artist had in fact
witnessed an alien
visit and these drawings
were his attempt to
document the encounter.
Users pointed to the precise
almost mathematical skill
of the drawings as proof that
the man was of sound mind.
However another user, Flyboy Will
who was well versed in the bible,
provided another explanation.
He stated that the artist
was obsessed with living
creatures depicted in Ezekiel 10
that are described as having four faces.
The first face was the face of a cherub
and the second face was the face of a man
and the third, the face of a lion
and the fourth, the face of an eagle.
Others added on to the
comments speculating
that the artist might have been a
Schitzophrenic who obsessed
over the idea of finding
evidence of aliens in the bible.
Although there's no way to prove
that this theory is accurate,
the community has accepted the explanation
and considers the case solved by Reddit.
In 2014, a Reddit user
call Shady Business 15
took to the sight hoping their own mystery
could be solved by Reddit.
The case quickly became one of the most
legendary scary mysteries of the Internet.
According to the post,
the user, a young student
had a scary moment when an
extension chord in their
room violently blew a fuse.
While waiting for maintenance to come by,
they decided to open up the power strip
to see how bad the damage was.
That's when they found
something that seemed oddly
out of place.
The object appeared to be an old sim card,
stamped with a serial number,
something that wouldn't be typically found
in an extension chord.
The user went to Reddit to find out
if anyone had a possible explanation
for what the mysterious
piece of electronic equipment
could have been doing inside
of the extension chord.
The answers were shocking.
According to more knowledgeable members
of the Reddit community,
the sim card was clearly
attached to a microphone.
Suggesting that the contraption
was a recording device
meant to spy on whatever was
happening near the device
and record the informaiton.
Although Reddit was unable
to solve the mystery
of what the object was,
it opened up a larger question,
what was it doing there?
According to Shady Business 15,
they had no idea who would
have wanted to spy on them.
They didn't think their
parents could be the culprit
and described themselves
as not being interesting
enough to be of interest to
police or the government.
They eventually decided to
place a call to a phone number
they located on the sim card
but only received a message saying,
the service is now closed,
if you have a voicemail
you can turn it on.
They decided to directly
contact the manufacturer
of the sim card but was told
they would need a warrant
for additional information.
Users are still speculating
about the origin
of the mysterious bug.
Before we get to that number one spot,
and take a look at a
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about some cryptic post it notes.
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This bizarre case began
with user RBradbury1920
asking Reddit for legal advice in 2016.
The user described a disturbing situation
in which they found
mysterious post-it notes
around their home with handwriting on them
that they couldn't recognize.
The contents of the
notes were fairly benile,
typically reminders of
tasks they should complete.
One note said, our landlord
isn't letting me talk to you
but it's important we do.
By this point the user had set up a webcam
to help solve the mystery
but discovered that the
footage had been deleted
and the computers trash had been emptied.
The user found no other
signs of a break in
but they were understandably disturbed
and asked Reddit for help.
One user who came across
the post asked RBradbury1920
if they noticed having headaches recently,
they pointed out that it seemed like
RBradbury1920 had been writing the notes
and forgetting about them.
They stated that headaches and memory loss
were possible signs of
exposure to carbon monoxide.
After reading this comment,
RBradbury1920 put up a
carbon monoxide detector
and discovered dangerous
amounts of CO in their home.
They immediately saw medical attention
and had the problem in
their apartment addressed.
Other users lorded the commenter
for saving the poster's life
and the poster used
Reddit's tipping system
to send their saviour $10.
The case of the cryptic post-it notes
is one of the few scary mysteries
solved by Reddit that
actually has a happy ending.
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