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 update, disappearance, murder, other crime, and john/jane doe.
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
Update
: "Update: Main suspect in 'Putney Pusher' case found dead two months after arrest"
14 posts
#2
Disappearance
: "An 11-year-old, non-verbal boy with autism grew up so isolated that no pictures of him exist. Then, he vanishes without a trace from his Brooklyn, NY home. When authorities confront his mother, she denies he is her son and claims she is Jesus Christ. Where is Jacob Pritchett (2025)?"
9 posts
#3
Murder
: "Unsolved NYC Homicide 9/11/2001"
4 posts
#4
Other Crime
: "Who do you think could be the Teardrop Rapist or where could he be now?"
3 posts
#5
John/Jane Doe
: "Who is John Doe #2017 from Brecksville, Ohio, 1976?"
3 posts
#6
Unexplained Death
: "Updates in the 2011 Jim Donofrio case (Youngstown, OH), as 15-year anniversary approaches"
2 posts
#7
Media/Internet
: "Unsettling pinterest accounts"
2 posts
#8
Meta
: "Meta Monday! - September 14, 2026 Talk about anything that interests you; what's going on in your world?"
1 post
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Last updated: September 20, 2026