Bizarre Mysteries That Remain Unsolved to This Day

The Murder of Bugsy Siegel

This notorious gangster helped to create the Las Vegas Strip. His body was found riddled with bullets, leading people to believe that he had been whacked by mob boss Meyer Lansky for spending too much on his Flamingo resort. However, recently, the family of a now-deceased Slavic truck driver claimed that he killed Siegel to stop him from... murdering the husband of the woman he was sleeping with. A complicated legacy, indeed.

Judge Crater

Deemed "the most missingest man in New York," 41-year-old Joseph Crater, a Supreme Court Justice, was last seen leaving a restaurant on August 6, 1930. After that, he vanished without a trace. Nobody knew whether he had fled with a mistress or been killed by an enemy, and for a while, the phrase "pulling a Crater" became slang for suddenly disappearing.

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The More You Know

  • Shakespeare is easier to understand, makes more sense, and is punnier when it's recited in its original pronunciation instead of a modern English accent.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.