Do you believe in ghosts? Perhaps you've run across some real-life experiences with supernatural forces. In February of 2016, BuzzFeed decided to launch the first episode of their new show called "Unsolved." In this series, the show host, Ryan Bergara, investigates different paranormal mysteries and criminal cases that have remained unsolved. This show currently has three seasons, and here are my top two favorite episodes:
1. The Mysterious Disappearance of the Sodder Children.
On the day before Christmas in 1945, George and Jenny Sodder, along with their nine children, were fast asleep in their rooms when a fire suddenly started. The couple and four of their children escaped, but five were left behind.George went back into the house to try to rescue his other children from the second floor but was unable to because the staircase had caught on fire. He went to retrieve his ladder, but it was missing from its usual spot, and both of the coal trucks that he had planned to climb on top of were also not working. The two neighbors of this house both tried to contact the fire department, but they both received no response. Later on, one of them left their house to go notify the fire chief in person. Even though the house was located 2.5 miles away from the Sodder house, it took them seven hours to actually reach the house after the fire was started. At that point, the entire house was in ashes, and authorities went looking in the ashes to find the bones of the five missing children. Nothing was found, and they assumed that the children were dead, even though after the flesh is burned away, bones are typically left behind. After a while, the couple started to believe that their five missing children were kidnapped instead of killed...you should watch the rest of the episode to find out what really happened!
2. The Odd Death of Michelle Von Emster.
On 1994 in San Diego, California, Michelle Von Emster was found dead, floating with her face down on the water. She was found naked, and most of her right leg was missing. As many can assume, this seemed like a shark attack, except this mystery seemed a little fishy. Scientist Ralph Collier said, "When a white shark bites of a part of a limb, the break is clean, almost like you put it on a table saw." Michelle's bone came to a point, which does not happen in typical shark attacks. In her autopsy report, sand was found in her lungs and mouth, and her neck was broken. The shark attack theory was ruled out by most scientists on this case, but another theory says that she was murdered and her death was staged as an accident.
