r/UnresolvedMysteries is a subreddit with 4.5M members. The community frequently discusses unsolved, murder, victim, disappearance, and missing person, and they frequently recommend/review true crime books and true crime podcasts, and the most common flair used is disappearance, update, media/internet, murder, and other crime.
A subreddit dedicated to the unresolved mysteries of the world.
Submissions should outline a mystery and provide a link to a more detailed review of the case such as a Wiki article or news report.
Replies analysing and speculating over the mystery and possible explanations are encouraged.
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Popular Topics in r/UnresolvedMysteries
#1
Unsolved
27 posts
#2
Murder
25 posts
#3
Victim
20 posts
#4
Disappearance
18 posts
#5
Missing Person
17 posts
#6
Death
12 posts
#7
Body
8 posts
#8
Frustrating
5 posts
#9
Cases
5 posts
#10
Unidentified
5 posts
Products Discussed in r/UnresolvedMysteries
True Crime Books
67 reviews
#1
Ann Rule
5.0★ from 4 reviews
#2
Vincent Bugliosi
5.0★ from 3 reviews
#3
Matt Birkbeck
5.0★ from 2 reviews
True Crime Podcasts
57 reviews
#1
Casefile
4.8★ from 5 reviews
#2
Generation Why
4.8★ from 4 reviews
#3
Unresolved
4.0★ from 4 reviews
Flair Used in r/UnresolvedMysteries
#1
Disappearance
: "International family loses contact with a young boy who moved to Canada with his mother and stepfather; During a welfare check, his mother says that her son is with a mysterious "caretaker" that the police can't locate- Where is Kai Pavlovic? (2025)"
9 posts
#2
Update
: "Jason Landry Found"
5 posts
#3
Media/Internet
: "The Tragic True Story Behind a Viral Turkish Meme: The Disappearance of 6-Year-Old Hüseyin Can Dağcı"
4 posts
#4
Murder
: "The Finnish cellar murders 1976-1981: eerily similar by coincidence or the work of a serial killer?"
4 posts
#5
Other Crime
: "More Than 20 Years Later, Cornell's Great Pumpkin Mystery Remains Unsolved"
2 posts
#6
Lost Artifacts
: "Did Johan Svendsen’s wife put his Third Symphony on the fire?"
1 post
#7
Meta
: "Meta Monday! - September 28, 2026 Talk about anything that interests you; what's going on in your world?"
1 post
#8
Phenomena
: "For decades, scientists have studied unexplained lights over a Norwegian valley. Several now say they could explain these high-profile UFO reports."
1 post
#9
Request
: "Rendlesham Forrest"
1 post
#10
John/Jane Doe
: "Who was the Black Tag Lady of 9/11?"
1 post
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Last updated: October 1, 2026