Late on January 20, 2008, a 37-year-old woman named Liu entered an apartment building in Yuanlin, Taiwan, with her 4-year-old daughter. A surveillance camera recorded them stepping into an elevator and riding toward the upper floors, preserving what would become the last confirmed images of the pair. Nothing violent…
Bryce Laspisa did not disappear on some lonely stretch of highway when nobody knew where he was. For much of August 29, 2013, people could still locate him, speak with him, and point him toward home. The 19-year-old Sierra College student seemed close to ending his family’s worry several different times. Instead, the…
On July 18, 2007, Barbara Bolick went hiking near Bear Creek Overlook in Montana’s Bitterroot Mountains. She was 55 years old, comfortable outdoors, and familiar with the area. Nothing about the trip suggested it would become one of those disappearances where the last known moment seems almost too small to hold the…
In April 2015, a YouTube channel appeared and began uploading videos that looked like digital garbage. Most lasted only a few seconds and showed nearly blank brown or black screens, tiny dots, strange colors, bursts of static, or a voice saying a single number or letter. There was no host, explanation, advertising, or…