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In 1945, college student Paula Jean Weldon went missing near the southern Vermont town of Bennington. Over the next five years, four more people disappeared without a trace. Rumors began to circulate that something supernatural was going on, and others began to fear that more people would vanish.

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For 800 years, the identity of the Codex Gigas' author has remained a mystery. Many believe only the Devil could have crafted the impossibly large tome, while others think it was the work of a single hermetic monk. But the text itself tells a surprising story: perhaps the man behind the masterpiece was a passionate, unskilled amateur.

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Three feet high and weighing in at 165 pounds, the Codex Gigas is the largest surviving illuminated manuscript from the medieval era. Some say the ghastly portrait of the devil inside the book is in fact an image of the author. According to local legend, the book was created when a desperate monk struck a deal with Lucifer.

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In 1590, when ships arrived carrying emergency supplies for the Roanoke settlers, they found the camp abandoned. It was as if the settlers had vanished into thin air… For centuries, researchers have wondered about the fate of the Roanoke colonists. Disease, famine, and even cannibalism have been popular theories. 

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In 1585, the first English settlement was established on an island off the coast of present day North Carolina. The colonists developed relationships with the local natives but found themselves clashing culturally. After making a trip back to England for supplies, Governor John White returned to find all of the colonists had vanished.

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They were a series of portraits that were mass-produced and sold in department stores during the 1980s. The somber images of a crying child were connected to a number of house fires throughout the U.K. It happened so often, in fact, that many began to wonder if there was more to the object than met the eye...

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In case you missed it, here’s a classic episode of Unexplained Mysteries we think you’ll enjoy: In 1703, a prisoner died in captivity in the famed Parisian prison, The Bastille. No one knew his name, or even what his face looked like, as he had spent the entire period of his sentence confined in a harsh Iron Mask. 

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In case you missed it, here’s a classic episode of Unexplained Mysteries we think you’ll enjoy: At the end of the 17th century, Parisians witnessed a strange man being escorted into the fortress prison known as the Bastille. He wore a dark metal mask, and for centuries historians, scholars, and writers have tried to determine this mystery prisoner's identity. 

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If you enjoy the stories told in Unexplained Mysteries, check out this episode from our series Gone: It was allegedly discovered by German immigrant Jacob Waltz, who made himself rich and then died before he could show it to anyone. Prospectors have since been searching for the “Lost Dutchman Gold Mine” for more than a century.

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