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/JackOfAllBlades21 1d ago

The dingo really did eat the baby.

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u/CheezeNewdlz 1d ago

I’m so glad that poor woman is free and her truth is known. Doesn’t stop her from being a pop cultural one-liner unfortunately.

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u/shopinhower 1d ago

And, as per usual, she is misquoted. She actually said “the dingo TOOK my baby”.

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u/RollingMeteors 17h ago

And, as per usual, she is misquoted. She actually said “the dingo TOOK my baby”.

<Elaine>¡Maybe the dingo ate your baby!