9 unsolved historical mysteries
9 unsolved historical mysteries Who was Jack the Ripper, what happened to the Mary Celeste , and did Richard III really murder the princes in the Tower? These are some of the biggest historical mysteries of all time. Here, after scouring 1,000 years of public records at the National Archives in search of answers, Dr David Clarke, the author of Britain’s X-traordinary Files , charts nine of the greatest unsolved puzzles of modern times... This article was first published in September 2014 Share Share Tweet Plus 1) The Mary Celeste What became of the crew and passengers of this British-American brigantine remains one of the greatest unsolved mysteries of the sea. The name has since become synonymous worldwide with derelict ‘ghost ships’. The Mary Celeste was found drifting 400 miles east of the Azores by the crew of another cargo-carrying vessel, the Dei Gratia , on 5 December 1872. The leader of the boarding party told a British board of in...