Mysterious vanishings that left more questions than answers.
Explore baffling cases of people who disappeared without a trace—some in broad daylight, others under chilling circumstances. From missing hikers to travelers who vanished mid-trip, these stories defy logic.
In August 1996, 25-year-old Fiona Pender — seven months pregnant — vanished from her apartment in Tullamore, Ireland. Nearly 30 years later, in 2025, new witness information triggered a major search that was supposed to bring answers. Instead, the dig uncovered nothing — and the disappearance of Fiona and her unborn child remains one of Ireland’s most heartbreaking unsolved mysteries.
Yoga retreat. Tropical island. Dream destination. For Chicago veteran Taylor Casey, it should have been a moment of renewal. But on June 19, 2024, she vanished from a resort on Paradise Island. Her phone surfaced underwater. Her tent lay open. The surf washed over the mystery. And eight months later… she’s still missing.
In 2025, two young siblings vanished from their rural Canadian home during a quiet winter night — no footprints, no forced entry, no car, no sound. Fourteen minutes was all it took for Lilly and Jack Sullivan to go from safely indoors to gone without a trace. The search became one of the largest in Canadian history… and yet not a single clue has ever been found.
A four-year-old boy vanished from his remote homestead in the Australian outback. The only clue: a single boot print. In the red dust and silent scrubland of South Australia, the search for Gus Lamont became one of the largest ever conducted—yet no trace of the boy has been found.
In 2022, six-year-old Kyran Durnin vanished from his home in Ireland. For nearly two years, no one realised he was missing. When police finally investigated, the case took a chilling turn—a murder inquiry with no body, no confession, and a silence that refuses to break.
It was a Monday morning like any other, the city waking up to its usual rhythm. For six-year-old Etan Patz, however, May 25th, 1979, held a special significance – it was his first solo walk to the school bus, just two blocks from home. His mom watched him go, a small wave, a flash of his gap-toothed smile. But that was the last time she, or anyone who loved him, would see Etan walk those streets. He vanished before reaching the corner, leaving behind a silence that would haunt New York City for nearly four decades. What happened in those missing moments? The answer remained locked away, a chilling secret in the heart of the bustling city, until a twist of fate decades later finally began to unravel the ghost of Prince Street.
It was a cold, rainy night in Victoria, British Columbia, when 26-year-old Emma Fillipoff was last seen. Witnesses reported her acting erratically outside the grand Empress Hotel, barefoot and distressed. Police spoke with her, deemed her not a threat, and left her there. Just hours later, Emma vanished. Her car was found abandoned with all her belongings inside, as if she'd simply walked away from her life. What caused her strange behavior, and where did Emma Fillipoff go? Her disappearance remains one of Canada's most haunting and inexplicable cold cases.
It was just a short, half-mile walk for 19-year-old Jason Jolkowski, from his mother's house to his father's in suburban Omaha. He called his stepmother, said he was on his way, and then simply vanished. In broad daylight, on a familiar street, Jason disappeared without a trace, leaving behind no clues, no witnesses, and a family desperate for answers. What happened to Jason Jolkowski in those few, unrecorded minutes on that seemingly ordinary summer morning? His case remains one of America's most baffling unsolved mysteries.
It was a dream family vacation in Portugal, until the night Kate McCann went to check on her three-year-old daughter, Madeleine. She found the children's bedroom door wide open, a window ajar, and Madeleine's bed empty. Her two younger siblings slept soundly, oblivious to the horror. In a flash, the idyllic holiday turned into a living nightmare. Madeleine McCann had vanished without a trace from a seemingly safe apartment, leaving behind only an unsettling silence and a mystery that has gripped the world for over 17 agonizing years.
At 12:42 AM, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 took off from Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing with 239 souls on board. Less than an hour into its journey, after a calm 'Good night, Malaysian Three Seven Zero' from the cockpit, the plane vanished from civilian radar. But military radar showed a chilling truth: MH370 made a deliberate turn, flying silently for hours over the vast Indian Ocean, its transponder off, its ACARS disabled. It was a ghost flight, heading into the unknown. To this day, despite the largest search in history, the plane and its passengers remain lost, leaving behind only a few fragments of debris and a world of unanswered questions.