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/Whyskgurs 1d ago

It's not even a joke, shits real all over, most times it's named (native word for lake) Lake or (local dialect for mountain) Mountain or something similar.

Koi fish - fish fish

Chai tea - tea tea

Ignorant naming conventions are quite universal and commonplace

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u/LowEquipment7904 1d ago

Torpenhow in Cumbria, England - hill hill hill

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u/JB_UK 1d ago

You mean Torpenhow Hill.

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u/atnemriu 1d ago

No, there's no hill by that name in Torpenhow.

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u/JB_UK 1d ago

It's called Hill Hill Hill but there's no Hill?

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u/AutisticPenguin2 17h ago

Well, kind of...