True Crime Murder Mystery Blog
“Tis strange – but true; for truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.”
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.
Delve in.
Featured Stories
The Fallen Firemen
Police officers pull over countless people each year, whether it be for speeding, running a red light, or performing another minor traffic violation. The vast bulk of these instances are handled...
Doris’ Final Days
It is said the love of money is the root of all evil. Perhaps an addendum should read the more the money, the extra the evil. With a net worth of $1.3 billion, Doris Duke was, according to the...
Emery Roared
It was a beautiful summer evening in Warwick, Rhode Island, as two young couples enjoyed a night of conversation and dining out. When dinner ended on the evening of August 31, 1990, however,...
The Chosen One
Two stories dominated newspaper headlines throughout Minnesota in October 1989. On October 12, star running back Herschel Walker was acquired by the Vikings in a blockbuster NFL trade; ten days later, a story of greater importance captivated the Gopher State and soon...
A Case For A Database
As a hunter lined up in position to shoot his gun at the target, something caught his eye. It was approximately 11:00 a.m. on August 31, 2003, when the sharpshooter spotted something strange near...
Dial M for Mystery
When Randy Parker's eleven-year-old daughter, Robbi, called him saying her mom was not home, he was not overly concerned. It was 4:45 p.m. on August 30, 1994, approximately one-and-a half hours...
T.K. KO’d
Ted "T.K." Harty and John Mooney, both twenty-nine-years-old, owned their respective restaurants/saloons in the same Athens, Georgia, complex near the University of Georgia campus. Both men were...
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.