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“There’s a reason for everything, you said, and though it’s a mystery to me now,
I know it won’t always be so.”
~ Ben Sherwood, The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
“Life, he realized, was much like a song. In the beginning there is mystery, in the end there is confirmation, but it’s in the middle where all the emotion resides to make the whole thing worthwhile.”
~ Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song
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Unsolved mysteries of any kind are fascinating to some of us, including myself. Whether they be true crimes, missing people, or whatever! It's fun to look at the available facts and try to come up with our own conclusions.
Sometimes these mysteries make grand stories, and we can write the ending the way we think things may have worked out. By looking at some unsolved mysteries this week, you may get inspired to write fascinating stories with your own conclusions.
 Unsolved Murder of Jane Marie Prichard
Jane Marie Prichard was conducting botany experiments in Blackbird State Forest of Delaware on September 20, 1986, when she was shot to death. Jane was last seen alive by a hunter shortly after 10 a.m., but campers stumbled across her partially clothed body later. Many hunters were in the forest that day, but investigators quickly ruled out an accidental shooting, according to reports. What they couldn’t figure out and still haven’t is why someone wanted Prichard dead, and who might have killed her.
The spontaneous combustion of Mary Reeser
These types of mysteries intrigue me since my step-grandfather was said to have died the same way. I think the difference between my grandfather and Mary Reeser is that my grandfather had Chicago mob ties, lol. In July of 1951, authorities found the body of 67-year-old Mary Reeser in her St. Petersburg, FL. apartment. Or more accurately, a pile of mostly ash that once was Mary’s body (part of her lower leg and some of her spine remained). Apparently, her body had been almost entirely cremated, which is mind-boggling when you consider that cremation requires three hours of burning in a 3,000-degree fire. Even more bizarre is that only Reeser’s body had burned. The rest of her apartment was intact, even a pile of newspapers beside her body.
The phantom Barber of Pascagoula, MS.
In 1942, Pascagoula, MS. was experiencing strange home invasions where the intruder took locks of hair from the homeowners. Although the police suspected one man, they never formally charged him, and he passed a lie detector test. No one has ever figured out who the Phantom Barber really was or why he did what he did.
So, what do you think? Care to try your hand at coming up with a solution to one of these unsolved mysteries?
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Mystery: August 02, 2023 Issue [#12079]
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