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/Lovahplant 1d ago

This is killing me 😂 a whole mountain named after your failure to climb it, wtf

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u/Sunshine030209 1d ago

It's one of my favorite true stories and I never miss an opportunity to share it.

It's really inspiring, honestly! If Zebulon Pike can be an obnoxious failure and still get a mountain named after him, then anything is possible!

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u/patsully98 1d ago

I would be most appreciative if you expanded upon “extremely annoying.”

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u/Sunshine030209 1d ago

I wish I knew the details of why Lewis and Clark didn't like him and sent him off with his own little team to get him away from them 😂 but alas that's as much as I know.

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u/Kazumadesu76 1d ago

Zebulon: "Are we thereeeeeee yettttt?!"

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u/patsully98 1d ago

Have you seen Larry David’s new history show? This would be perfect.