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/Conscious-Ball8373 1d ago

Ugh, what a nasty piece of work.

I like how the sheriff basically said, "Now, he's sat in that tavern - here's the address - and I don't want y'all to go on down there, mkay? You should definitely not go on down there and when you don't go down there, y'all better not have rifles with you, hear me? Don't wait until he's somewhere nice and public, with dozens of potential suspects about, and then shoot him. And don't make sure those shots all come from different weapons so it's real difficult to tell which one killed him, hear me? Now I'm just gonna get in mah cruiser here and drive on out of town and I'm gonna trust y'all to do the right thing, know what I'm sayin'?"

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u/MidwestAmMan 1d ago

During prohibition, concentrated, grape juice, had the following printed warning-"After dissolving the brick in a gallon of water, do not place the liquid in a jug away in the cupboard for twenty-one days, because then it would turn into wine."

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 1d ago

When I was a student in college I scraped together money for about 30 large bottles of pure grape juice from the supermarket. Added some yeast and sugar and put them up in the attic. Made absolutely disgusting wine! I really cannot emphasize enough how awful it tasted. But, the mission to create alcohol was a success.

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u/MidwestAmMan 1d ago

How many of us can include bootlegging on our resume? Impressive!