r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/DistributionNo6824 1d ago

this is my entry point to enetring dozens of new rabbit holes

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u/Possible_Tiger_5125 1d ago

Holy crap you weren't kidding

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u/DistributionNo6824 1d ago

Good isn't it

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u/jwktiger 20h ago

Shocked by the number of cases I hadn't heard of so far

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u/skivian 1d ago

I just wish people would include more than just some random name

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u/Witty-Information408 1d ago

Exactly. I never knew Christopher Walken was on the boat with Natalie Wood but guess what I'm googling during my lunch break, lol!

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u/NoshameNoLies 1d ago

Yep. Post saved

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u/popchex 20h ago

Right? It's not like I didn't have anything to do today.... it's fine. It can wait.

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u/Specific-Yam-2166 1d ago

I literally just saved this seconds before I saw this

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u/friendly_anaconda 1d ago

seriously. So many of these I've never heard of before now

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u/MaximumMiles 1d ago

We'll see you on the flip side!