

In 1922, the gruesome murder of a family that took lives of 6 people happened in Hinterkaifeck, a small farm 70km north of Munich, Germany. But when strange graffiti started appearing in crooks of the town with the question, “Who put Bella in the wych-elm?” the town turned into a living nightmare, making it one of those unsolved mysteries that never got an answer.ĥ | The Hinterkaifeck Murders Hinterkaifeck Farm House The cause of death was suffocation and the body was placed in the elm when it was still warm. Upon investigation, it was revealed that the corpse’s mouth was stuffed with taffeta, and hidden along with her body, a gold wedding ring and a shoe. One of them reported this discovery to the police. On April 18, 1943, four local boys by the named of Robert Hart, Thomas Willetts, Bob Farmer and Fred Payne, were poaching or bird–nesting in Hagley Wood, part of the Hagley estate belonging to Lord Cobham near to Wychbury Hill, UK when they came across a large wych elm tree where they found a human skeleton in its hollow trunk. The crime is still unsolved, almost a century later 4 | Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm? © Wikimedia It later developed that an employee of the company near the pond claimed that five weeks before the body was found, a couple had come to him asking if he had seen a little boy, and had driven away heartbroken after he answered in the negative.

He was put on display at a local funeral home and a $1000 reward was offered for information, but no one ever came forward. Because of his expensive clothing, he was dubbed Little Lord Fauntleroy. He had been killed by a blow to the head, and may have been in the water for several months. In March of 1921, the body of a six-year-old boy was fished from a pond in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The bodies had so badly deteriorated that authorities say they may have died as early as 1977.ģ | Little Lord Fauntleroy Little Lord Fauntleroy It has been determined that the victims were caucasian, and their poor dental health suggests they may have lived a transient lifestyle. The fourth victim bore no relation to the others. Fifteen years later, another metal drum was discovered 100 feet away, this one containing the bodies of two more young girls – one of whom was related to the people found in 1985. The two were related in some way, but they were never identified. In 1985, a metal drum containing the remains of a woman and a young girl was discovered near New Hampshire’s Bear Brook State Park. 2 | The Bear Brook Murders The Bear Brook State Park Murders Despite finding a great deal of evidence, including the killer’s DNA, police still have not been able to identify him. The killer stayed in the house for several hours after the killing, even using the restroom without bothering to flush. That night, Mikio Miyazawa, 44, Yasuko Miyazawa, 41, and their children Niina, 10, and Rei, 6, were all stabbed to death by an unknown assailant. On December 30, 2000, a gruesome murder occurred in the Setagaya ward of Tokyo, Japan. The Strange Deaths Of Don Henry And Kevin Ives 1 | The Setagaya Family Massacre – No Killer Identified, Despite DNA Evidence The Setagaya Family Massacre
