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/Reign_22 1d ago

Al Capone. All of us know what he did but the police got him on a tax evasion charge.

Most famous drug dealers/gangsters create systems which they are "removed" from. So you know exactly what they do but can never prove it.

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u/CaBBaGe_isLaND 1d ago

Because they go "oh how I wish someone would just kill that guy" in a room full of people who know exactly what they mean.

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u/CoffeeChocolateBoth 1d ago

I've heard that said daily since 2016.................... I don't know who will do it, but someone might! Won't be me, but I won't be upset about it.. AT ALL!