On 14 March 1989, University of Texas at Austin student Mark Kilroy was kidnapped in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico while vacationing during spring break. He was taken by his abductors to a ranch where he was tortured and sodomized for hours before being murdered in a human sacrifice ritual. This...

The Dyatlov incident was not the only mysterious hiker death to grace Soviet Siberia. The Khamar Daban mountain range is in southern Siberia’s Buryatia region, perched below lake Baykal. It’s rugged scenery has made a popular tourist hiking spot, but in 1993, six of those tourists would not make...

Paula Jean Welden was an American college student who disappeared while walking on Vermont's Long Trail hiking route. Local sheriffs were criticized for errors made in the investigation, which led to the creation of the Vermont State Police. Weldon's fate remains uncertain, and was one of several...