February’s Top 5 Unsolved Mysteries

Our fascination with unsolved mysteries continues.

Here are the top 5 stories published by our writers in February.

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Lost Girls: The Unsettling Fate of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon

In 2014, Kris and Lisanne embarked on an adventure. They traveled to Panama to sightsee, volunteer, and study Spanish. One day, they went for a hike on the beautiful Pianista Trail — and this is when their trip turned into a nightmare. Rivy Lyon describes the scarce clues left by the girls and the harrowing picture that emerges of their last days. Read the full story here.

Of Men, Playing God, and Cruel Grandeur

One professor confided in another that in a secret experiment in the 1920s, a female chimpanzee had been successfully impregnated with a human. The hybrid child was carried to term. Did this really happen? Was it the only time it happened? Brown Lotus examines the human drive to play God. Read the full story here.

Murder in Delphi, Indiana: Who Killed Liberty and Abigail?

Another hike in nature that ended in tragedy for two young girls. Liberty and Abigail went for a walk and didn’t return. Their bodies were discovered the following day. A couple of pictures, an audio clip of a male voice instructing them to “walk down the hill” — the clues here are few and ominous. Read Edward Morante’s full story here.

The Walker Family Murders

The True Crime genre was launched by Truman Capote with his novel, “In Cold Blood,” where he masterfully describes the events leading up to and after the massacre of the Clutter Family by two friends: Perry Smith and Richard Hickock. While Perry and Richard were on the run, they spent the winter holidays in Florida. There, the Walker family was slaughtered in a nearly identical manner. Did Perry and Richard kill a second family? Read Michael East’s full story here.

The Chilling Story Of Psychopath Blake Leibel

Beautiful Iana Kasian was excited about her future. She was living in West Hollywood, engaged to screenwriter Blake Leibel, and had just given birth to their daughter, Diana. Life was picture-perfect. Then Blake killed her. Not only was she murdered by the man she loved and the father of her child — she lost her life in the cruelest way imaginable. Danielle Tinning examines what drove Blake to butcher his fiancee. Read the full story here.