The Lost Franklin Expedition

By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 What Was the Lost Franklin Expedition? The Lost Franklin Expedition was a British naval voyage that left England in May 1845 under Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) to chart the final unmapped link of the Northwest Passage. Two reinforced ships, HMS Erebus and […]
The Disappearance of Glenn Miller

By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 5, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 What Happened to Glenn Miller on 15 December 1944? Bandleader Major Alton Glenn Miller boarded a single-engine UC-64A Norseman at Twinwood Farm airfield in Bedfordshire, England, on the afternoon of 15 December 1944, bound for newly liberated Paris to arrange a Christmas […]
The Mystery of the Anasazi

By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 5, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 5, 2026. What Happened to the Anasazi at the End of the Thirteenth Century? Between roughly 1276 and 1300 CE, the Ancestral Puebloan communities living in the Four Corners region of the American Southwest abandoned the cliff-dwellings, kivas, and […]
The Disappearance of Percy Fawcett

By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 5, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 On the morning of 29 May 1925, Colonel Percy Harrison Fawcett walked out of a place called Dead Horse Camp in the Brazilian Mato Grosso and into the green wall of the Amazon. With him were his eldest son Jack, twenty-one and […]
The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 4, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 4, 2026. In 1937, Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, vanished over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to circumnavigate the globe, leaving behind one of aviation's greatest mysteries. This outline explores the various aspects and theories surrounding her […]
The Vanishing of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers

By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 4, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 4, 2026. In December 1900, three lighthouse keepers vanished from the Flannan Isles Lighthouse on Eilean Mor in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, leaving behind a mystery that has puzzled historians, researchers, and the public for over a century. […]
The Lost Colony of Roanoke

By Emilia Wellesley · Published May 4, 2026 · Updated May 13, 2026 Last reviewed: May 4, 2026. Delve into one of Colonial America's oldest mysteries: the disappearance of the Roanoke Colony. This educational exploration navigates through the events, key figures, and prevailing theories surrounding the lost settlers of 1587 under the governorship of John […]