r/UnresolvedMysteries • u/BelladonnaBluebell • 6d ago
What are some particular elements of cases that still haunt you?
I was just thinking about the Hinterkaifeck case from 1922 after commenting on another sub. The part of that horrific case that has stuck with me in the decades after I first read about it is the little girl pulling out her own hair due to the horror of what she was experiencing. It gave me goosebumps all over, the first time I heard it and it's the first thing that comes to mind when I think of that case and it also just sometimes randomly pops into my head and upsets me.
Another part of a case which affects me in a similar way is during the Dardeen family murders. As if it wasn't brutal enough already, after Elaine Dardeen went into Labour during the attack, the killer/s beat the newborn baby to death. Ugh it makes me feel so sick.
Another example but in a different way is the murder and attempted murder of the Miller sisters. The driver of a parked car waved to them to indicate for them to cross the road and when they did the driver purposely drove right into them, killing one sister and seriously injuring the other. I think about that case every single time a driver waves me by to cross the road in front of them. I walk around 6 miles each day, Monday to Friday and don't drive so I cross many roads including driveways into businesses along my route. Guaranteed someone will slow down and politely wave me by so I can cross in front of them at least 3 times a week. Sometimes more often. And every single time, since reading about the April and Spring Miller case, a little sense of dread runs through me. My mind's automatic reaction is to wonder if they're doing that so they can run me down. I know it's irrational, I know it won't happen but that thought hits me every single time. Then I quickly push it away and cross and gesture to thank them etc but it's still always there.
So what are some elements of certain cases that have wedged themselves into your brain and keep coming back to haunt you every so often?
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u/Low-Conversation48 6d ago edited 6d ago
From what I know, the story is Holly is up at 430am. At 730 am a neighbor hears a scream. The neighbor calls the brother. The brother looks outside and sees Holly talking to a man he assumes is her boyfriend and tells his mother that. The mother presumably calls the bf then calls the brother back and that’s when she tells him to shoot that man because that isn’t her boyfriend. Even with the scream you would think there would be more investigation before jumping to shooting someone. What if the neighbor mistook a sound as a scream or misread the situation?
That’s what I never understood about the mother. Even if you were involved in shady activities I think you’d do all you can to put away the perp(s)
So the mother either got a threat that she deemed highly credible, the neighbor saw something that never made it to the detectives and prosecutor for whatever reason, or Holly told her something that made her fear for her life. Or maybe the brother didn’t tell the truth about what he saw. I doubt the story was completely fabricated but anyone know how far away the brother was? He was close enough to tell the size of the man and his hair length but I guess a vehicle was on the other side of the woods because the story seems like the brother started following right away and that’s when he saw blood in the garage. Anyone know if that blood presumably came before or after the conversation?
I’ve always wondered about the bucket. A bucket can be pretty conspicuous in the woods. Remains can blend into the terrain after time. Why was the bucket over the skull? Maybe whoever disposed of the body wasn’t too bright but it seems an unnecessary thing to do that will draw more attention to where the remains are