Ian Granstra:
Analyzes Murders, Missing People, and More Mysteries.

A Valley of Victims

The Connecticut River Valley watershed encompasses over 11,000 square miles including the longest river in America’s New England region. From 1978-87, the bodies of seven women, all stabbed to death, were discovered within a fifty-mile radius near Route 91 along the...

Cop Killing

Dedicated detectives go to great lengths to solve all homicides they investigate. It is often said, though, they will give special effort when one of their own is murdered. Sometimes, however, even the most determined sleuths conducting the most thorough of...

Massages, Madams, and Murders

Straddling the Tennessee border, Oak Grove, a town of approximately 8,000 people, is in Kentucky’s Christian County. In 1994, a double murder occurred at a local business providing services which most people of faith would deem most unchristian. During the early...

True Crime Murder Mystery Blog

“Tis strange – but true; for truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.”

Lord Byron, Don Juan, 1823

It is said that everyone loves a good mystery.

But what is not said is that everyone also loves a good ending to the mystery. In the movies, the mystery is usually resolved after a couple of hours. In literature, the mystery can be solved at one’s own pace– a week, a month, a year, or more.

In real life, however, mysteries rarely evolve as shown on the screen or as written in books. Mysteries are almost never resolved before newstime or bedtime. Many have been solved, but others still lack an ending. Some will likely remain eternal mysteries.

While fiction is fine for some, real-life mysteries are rife and come in a cornucopia of forms. Whether it be crimes, kidnappings, cons, UFOs, buried treasures, the paranormal, or more, the rabbit hole runs deep.  Join us in exploring those mysteries together.

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Murder Made Worse

Murder Made Worse

After a contentious divorce, thirty-eight-year-old beautician Susan Hamwi moved with her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter Shane from Aspen, Colorado, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. On November 8, 1983, a concerned friend called police saying no one had heard from Susan...

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My name is Ian Granstra.

I am a native Iowan now living in Arkansas. Growing up, I was intrigued by true crime/mystery shows and enjoyed researching the featured stories. After I wrote about some of the cases on my personal Facebook page, several people suggested I start a group featuring my writings. My group, now called The Mystery Delver, now has over 55,000 members. Now I have started this website in the hope of reaching more people.

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