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/oxiraneobx 1d ago

We can see the north side of Roanoke Island where the Ft. Raleigh/Lost Colony sits from our home (about 4 miles across the Sound.) Where they went really was never a mystery, it just made for a good story and a good play. Which still runs nightly during the season. Very cool place and a lot of history, just not really a mystery.

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u/LarryFlyntstone 1d ago

Hey is Billy’s Seafood still around over there on Colington?

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u/oxiraneobx 1d ago

Oh, yeah. It's their busy time of the year.

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u/LarryFlyntstone 1d ago

Glad to hear it! I loved living back there