November 28, 2009Council Bluffs, IowaLarry Ely Murillo-Moncada (25) runs out of his home into a snowstorm without his shoes, socks, keys, or car; he will remain missing for 10 years Murillo-Moncada worked the evening of Thanksgiving, November 26 at the No Frills Supermarket, where he had been employed for 5 years. According to his mother…
Man’s mummified remains found a year after his death
February 15, 2007 Southampton, New York The mummified remains of Vincenzo Riccardi (70) are found 13 months after his death Riccardi (sometimes erroneously named as Ricardo by the press) was last seen in December 2005 by a caregiver. Riccardi, who was blind and diabetic, first hired Adriana Molina for basic housekeeping but she also provided…
Robber killed during shootout, spends next 60 years as a carnival attraction and haunted house prop
October 7, 1911 Osage Hills, Oklahoma Bank robber Elmer McCurdy is killed during a shootout, his body eventually becoming a prop in a haunted house McCurdy and his gang intended to rob a train carrying a $400,000 (roughly $10.5 million in 2018) royalty payment to the Osage Nation, but they attacked the wrong train; the…
Monk dies, leaves a remarkably well-preserved mummy
June 15, 1927 Buryatia, Siberia, Russia Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, a Buryat Buddhist lama, dies at the age of 75 while meditating in the lotus position Itigilov's wishes were to be buried in the position in which he died, the lotus position he assumed during meditation. He was buried according to his wishes in a pine box…
Two men attempting to climb Everest fall to their deaths; one leaves behind a mummy
June 8, 1924 International border between Nepal and China George Herbert Leigh Mallory and companion Andrew "Sandy" Comyn Irvine die while scaling Mount Everest Mallory and Irvine were last seen about 800 vertical feet from the summit on June 8, 1924 before disappearing without a trace. It's suspected the men died either in the evening…
