The mysterious death of Elisa Lam remains one of the most infamous and misunderstood true-crime cases of the decade. In January 2013, 21-year-old Canadian student Elisa Lam vanished while staying at the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. When she failed to make her daily check-in call home, a missing persons investigation began—but what followed would ignite a global firestorm. When the LAPD released elevator CCTV showing Elisa behaving erratically—pressing buttons, hiding, stepping in and out of the elevator as if reacting to something unseen—the internet exploded. The video went viral overnight, spawning conspiracy theories, online sleuth communities, accusations, and global speculation. Everyone believed they knew the truth. Three weeks later, Elisa’s body was discovered in a rooftop water tank after guests complained of discoloured water and low pressure. Her death became the centre of lawsuits, media sensationalism, and endless online myths—all while the real story bec...
In April 1991, 43-year-old Charles Brooke Pickard vanished without a trace after being abducted at gunpoint from White Strand Beach in Castlecove, County Kerry. Weeks later, his burned-out navy Ford Transit van was discovered deep in a forest near Waterville — but Pickard was never found. What unfolded was a chilling investigation spanning decades, revealing a meticulously planned abduction involving men from both Northern and Southern Ireland. While early theories pointed to paramilitary involvement, Gardaà and the PSNI would later dismiss that angle, suggesting instead that either a deeply personal local grievance or rumours and misinformation may have been the true motive behind one of Ireland’s most haunting unsolved murders.