The Mysterious Disappearance of Little Pauline Picard

Considering improvements in technology in recent years

science

some long-standing puzzles and

Crimes that were previously unsolved have now been solved.

However, many people are still bewildered.

investigators and unresolved questions

questions that persist to this day

We've all heard of high-profile cases.

such as Jack the Ripper and the Black Panther

dahlia

However, in this episode, we present you five

lesser-known but equally important cases

intriguing

& are still unsolved to this day

Little's mysterious disappearance

pickard, Pauline

Pauline, a two-year-old girl, was born in April 1922.

picker vanished

was having fun outside her house in the

Goas al-ludi village

in the northwestern area of Brittany

France

Her anxious parents rounded up the locals.

who combed the family farm and signed

region for information on Pauline's whereabouts

Nonetheless, despite around 150 persons participating

They found nothing during their search.

Pauline's family was concerned that she had strayed.

off and was either devoured or perished of cold

because of a wild animal despite the fact that there was no trace of such

an assault or a little girl's body

found

Rumors began to circulate across the hamlet.

Pauline had been kidnapped by a

a chimney sweep who had lately paid a visit

the location

Others suspected she'd been kidnapped.

passing through

or by two strangers who had been introduced

observed lurking near the picket lines

farm

at the time Pauline went missing

Nonetheless, despite intensive enquiries and

police and volunteers conduct searches

There was no trace of him then.

A month later, the cops arrived.

farm pickets

clutching a snapshot of a little girl

who had been discovered strolling alone

about 200 kilometers in the city of Cherbourg

away.

She was discovered a few days before the girl.

was spotted with a scruffy woman

attempted to abandon the infant in a supermarket

before being pursued by the owner

who returned the child

Pauline's parents examined the photograph.

and were relieved to discover that it was their

small lady

and her mother broke down in tears, screaming

That's my child.

not long after boarding a train to

Cherbourg is overjoyed to be reunited with

Pauline, please bring her home.

However, when they first saw her, they were shocked.

were unsure it was their daughter

The girl had no idea who they were.

daughter who is unusually chatty

When they spoke to her, she didn't say anything.

in their Breton dialect

She didn't appear to understand the

The girl's parents spent a few days with her.

I was quickly sure she was

When reporters questioned Pauline if they

were certain

Of course, she does, said the father.

identical hair and blue eyes

The girl was given permission to go with the

Pickets and physicians hoped that once she was released,

was at home

Her usual environments would spark her interest.

memory and get her to talk

The girl spoke three times on the way home.

words in Breton further persuade

Pauline, according to her parents

However, when they returned to the farm

Pauline's siblings were unaware of the

girl as their sibling

Then the entire family began to

have reservations about the girl's

identity

just a few weeks later at the end

of May 1922

A farmer was crossing a pasture almost a mile away.

a mile from Pickett's farm

when he discovered the heinous

a damaged and decaying torso

little girl

A carefully placed object was near to the corpse.

a folded bundle of matching garments

Pauline's clothing was described in detail.

wearing when she vanished

When the cops arrived, they discovered

a severing of the head

even with the fact that it was consumed by

It didn't appear to match the size of the foxes.

and characteristics of a young girl

Even more perplexing was the fact that

the location where the bodies were discovered

had been searched several times following

Pauline has vanished.

An examination found that the torso was missing.

Pauline's, and it was determined that she

had died unintentionally

after becoming disoriented and relocating herself

stuck in a storm

that went through the night with the

terrible injuries attributed to wild

animals

regardless of the fact that her torso and stomach are weirdly shaped

were complete

which bodily parts were frequently used

Scavengers ate it first.

There was no cause of death or an autopsy performed.

reason for the folded garments

In yet another astonishing twist,

revealed the identity of the severed head

to a male adult

people they couldn't recognize as locals

I found it difficult to believe the reports since

They were aware of the location of the body.

discovered had been thoroughly searched

People began to speculate that

The body wasn't Pauline, and someone had

planted a torso resembling hers

The key question, of course, was who was

the Cherbourgian girl

Unfortunately, no one ever found out.

Long after Pauline's torso was discovered,

Pickard returned the girl to Cherbourg.

to be implemented

the woman who was said to have been

attempting to abandon her was discovered

despite the fact that she still had a daughter with him

her

Suspicion quickly landed on a man named

a caramon

umbrella salesperson who had previously worked at

Farm Picard

However, the case against him was dropped.

because of a lack of evidence

A local farmer was the other suspect.

referred to as Eves Martin

who went to the Pickens when they were there

returned home with the Sherborg girl

and asked, "Are you certain it's Pauline God?"

Please forgive me.

I am guilty; therefore, he fled the farm.

hysterical laughter

and was transferred to a hospital the next day

Insane asylum

Of course, there is another scary possibility.

considered after all

There were no identified bodies in the 1920s.

a precise science

as a result, it's feasible that the

Pauline was not the dead girl.

although the Cherbourg girl was and her

Parents unintentionally transmitted their own

Adoption of a child the Sarah Joe mystery on November 11th

The month of February 1979

peter Scott moorman Benjamin calamar

hatchet

Mr. Patrick Wozner and Mr. Ralph Mala Yakini

On the island of Hana, I boarded a boat.

7 days on the Hawaiian island of Maui

fishing

The Serra Joe was a 17-foot sailboat.

ft Boston Whaler powered by an 85 horsepower

engine

It was a simple watercraft with very basic equipment.

local fishing grounds and calm waters

The men were all pals and had over 50 years of experience.

years of maritime experience

and Ralph worked as a fisherman.

set out around 10 a.m.

It was a beautiful day, and the water was very clear.

however, only two hours later

The weather deteriorated, and a big storm formed.

arrived at the islands

The sea conditions would have been

terrifying, with waves up to 40 feet high

and Sarah Joe was unprepared for

a huge number of larger fishing

Boats were able to stagger back to port.

However, there was no indication of the serra joe.

or her entourage

when the men did not respond

A thorough search was conducted.

Experts even brought in homing dogs.

pigeons that have been carefully trained to locate

people

stuck at sea, but after several days of

searching. It was determined that Sarah Joe and others

on board had been destroyed

and sank, but relatives and friends

weren't so eager to give up hope

relating to a rescue

and drew their money and resources

managing to keep looking for an

three weeks extra

notwithstanding the fact that nothing was discovered

They had to understand that the men were not

returning to

A crew memorial ceremony was held.

arranged, which afterwards became an

annual occasion

However, even after a decade, some of the

Members of the first search party were on a

periodic wildlife patrols throughout the

Marshall Islands are uninhabited.

in support of national marine fisheries

service.

The islands are about two miles apart.

2,000 two hundred miles southwest

from where the Sarajevo vanished

9th of September, 1988

John Norton, a biologist, discovered an

discarded fiberglass boat on the

the island's coastlines

He could barely see a portion of it.

boat registration, but it was

enough to persuade him that it originated with

someplace on the Hawaiian Islands

It was confirmed upon additional examination.

Sarah Jo was the vessel.

a comprehensive check of the boat's interior

threw away nothing

Norton and his crew decided to conduct a search.

the surrounding environment

That is when they uncovered what appeared to be

such as a grave with a handmade cross

constructed from driftwood

also protruding from the shallow grave

was an actual human jawbone

A closer examination of the grave found some

sheets of blank paper

approximately three inches square laying on top

the skeleton of a human

The paper was all arranged loosely.

as in an unbound book

There was a space between each sheet of paper.

silver ribbon

or silver-like metal, it was comparable to a

Chinese burial customs

where little scraps of paper or paper are used

Money wrapped in gold or silver foil

are placed in the coffin as a method of protection

good fortune in the afterlife

The team determined that they had disrupted the

grave enough, and thought it was

It is no longer acceptable to dig.

However, they returned the jawbone.

The results of the tests revealed

One of the owners was Scott Morman.

participants join the Sarah Joe

another expedition to the island where the

The grave that was discovered yielded no results.

hints as to what happened to the other four men

It also raised the question of whether there were

There were no other survivors who buried Scott.

It appears likely that Mormon and the

The yacht drifted into the area.

However, was he the only survivor?

The Howard boat is as simple as the Sarah Joe.

could withstand one of the deadliest storms in record

record

and wind up on a deserted atoll thousands of miles away

many kilometers distant is a mystery in and of itself, experts have discovered

calculated the drift time between

The Marshall Islands and Hawaii

would have been in the neighborhood

a period of three months

Another issue is that four years is a long time.

prior to Norton and his team's visit to

island

Another study team arrived and

nothing out of the usual was reported

despite the fact that there is a grave and an abandoned boat

would have been difficult to overlook

So, the eternal question is, where was he?

the boat between departing Hawaii and arriving on the

February 11th, 1979

and 1984, when the first research team was formed

visited the location

So yet, no one has a clue, and

The mystery continues to rumble.

Sam's septic tank on April 13th

The McLeods returned to their home in 1977.

former farmhouse in the little town of

towfield

to look for a septic tank in Alberta, Canada

pump that they had abandoned

when they moved out of the now-defunct

farm

as they examined the septic tank

They quickly recognized the pump

Something was not right.

There was something floating on top of the foul water.

a pair of grey socks

then, to their horror, they discovered it was

still connected to a human

They promptly contacted the police.

who gradually depleted the tank of its contents

rotten stuff utilizing buckets and a body

was uncovered regardless of the fact that it was so at the time

They couldn't tell if it was alive or dead because it had rotted.

if he or she was male or female

They also learned that after being

Quick lime had been put into the tank.

spread across the corpse

to accelerate the breakdown process

despite the fact that in actuality

the mixture of quick lime and water

causing the corpse to dry out

keep itself for a lengthier period of time

than if it had just been degraded

by itself

What was clear was that the corpse did not

accidentally enter the tank

and they were looking at a planned

act on behalf of someone.

There were no other hints near the

homestead, yet it was proposed that

The perpetrator was someone who was familiar with the area.

because it was in such a remote location

once the body was returned to the

An autopsy was performed at the mortuary.

The body was identified as male.

between the ages of 26 and 40

with dark brown hair and a modest build

approximately

5 feet 5 to 5 feet 7 and most likely of

Native American ancestry

He had been in the tank for up to 12 hours.

It was also announced months ago

that he very definitely experienced a

As a child, I suffered from a horrible disease.

given the fact that the sickness had never been publicly public

The body was dressed in blue in public.

a grey t-shirt blue levi work shirt

jeans

brown wallaby shoes with gray wool socks

The corpse was discovered early in the investigation.

Sam acquired the moniker "septic tank"

Sam died in a tragic accident.

was tormented before being thrown into the sea

head first in the tank

It's because his hands are tied behind his back.

He imagined he had been scorched with both

Butts for cigarettes and a blowtorch

and had been brutally beaten

sexually abused

Poor Sam's only saving grace was

He had a gunshot wound to the head.

as well as in the chest before being placed in a

tank and a colorful bed sheet

a length of cord fastened.

Police have little to none to work with.

Moreover, despite the release of a composite sketch

as well as dental records

Nobody stepped forward to identify the man.

The body was eventually buried in

Edmonton without a name

Later, the body was excavated and DNA was extracted.

Samples were collected, as well as extensive information.

head dimensions of a man

prior to his reburial from the

measurements

Dr. Clyde Snow, a world-renowned physician

remade his skull

as well as a face reconstruction

Nonetheless, despite numerous appeals, no one

volunteered to identify Sam

the only thing everyone truly understands

him is that he died violently

and was horrifyingly dumped in a filthy pit

grave, as well as his true identity and motivations

for his death may never be revealed

Is a dolphin responsible for the New York murder?

laundryman

isadorfink is one of the most popular

notorious unsolved crimes in history

Isidor believes that one of the many immigrants

from Poland who immigrated to America

in the early twentieth century in

seeking a better life

His dreams, like many others, were dashed.

never realized but one thing did make him famous.

He died as a result of his book.

Isidore was a Jewish settler from Poland.

He moved to New York City and began a laundry.

He had a business called Fifth Avenue Laundry.

and he lived in the rooms next door at 10:30 p.m.

March 9th, p.m.

Isidor's neighbor saw him return in 1929.

returning home from delivering laundry to his

clients

then locked his front door around 15 minutes afterwards

a few minutes later

The same neighbor reported hearing the noises of a

struggle and fear of something terrible had

happened

She called a police officer who was nearby.

patrol in the vicinity

and they went to see if the door was open

okay

They were, however, unable to penetrate his

as well as all of the doors and windows

were shut from the inside

with the exception of a modest transom window above

the main entrance

which hung with a broken hinge a youngster

small enough to fit through the smallest of openings

A window was used to enter the house and

from the inside, open the door

Officers entered the house and

discovered Isidore believes corpse

shot once in his left hand and twice in his right

his sternum the door key was on the inside.

There was no evidence of robbery.

Although his company funds were unaffected

A comprehensive examination of his home turned up

There was no murder weapon or expended ammunition.

is no indication of a struggle, as well as the room

appeared tidy and undisturbed

visitor was known to be afraid about being discovered.

rocked and was conscientious about maintaining

His doors and windows were always locked.

times

and he never let strangers into his home

either his residence or his business.

He had no known enemies or friends.

wife or girlfriend

and the cops found no evidence that

He was being blackmailed.

What officers were targeted by local thugs

confronted with

was an obvious motiveless crime

perpetrated in an apparent

There was no gun present in an impossible way.

the setting

The gunshot ruled out suicide.

Powder burns were visible on his hand wound.

indicating that he was shot at close range

but aside from the entryway and windows

little transom window remained

locked only fingerprints found at the crime scene

had been his

So, how did he die, well, that is the question.

unanswerable question

Police were unable to locate a suspect.

It is impossible to find a murder motivation.

weapon

This appears to be difficult for everyone but

a tiny child to enter

or out to many people's homes the murder of

Isidore Fink was the ideal criminal.

Something perplexed cops back then and still does

still does to this day.

On June 4, 1960, the Lake Podman killings occurred.

Melea and Anja, both 15, and their 18-year-old father

boyfriends over the age of a year

Sappo and Nils decide to go camping.

trip

on the shores of a lovely lake

Bodman is located near the Finnish city of Espo.

The following morning, at 6 a.m., a group

of young boys who were out bird viewing near the

campsite

observe a shattered tent and a

hurriedly walking away, a man with blonde hair

They didn't think anything of it at the moment.

till later in the morning, approximately 11 a.m.

a jogger named risto stumbled

discovered a horrifying situation and informed the authorities

police.

The bodies of Anja and Seppo were discovered in

the collapsed tent

They'd been bludgeoned mercilessly and

pierced the tent's fabric

The mailer was discovered on top of the tent.

bare below the waist and with

a number of stab wounds

They were all deceased mailers.

Nils, her boyfriend, was also discovered outside of

the shelter.

He had also suffered a number of injuries.

as well as a concussion

a broken jaw and a large knife cut

to his brow, but he remained alive

when the cops arrived at the scene

When the police interrogated Nils, he said

to have no recollection of the attack

Despite the fact that he was hypnotized, he offered a

a description of a blonde

and a composite sketch was made public

Whoever murdered the three buddies took their money.

a number of personal items from them

including their wallets and other valuables

items of clothing despite the fact that Nils' shoes and several of the

Clothing was discovered about a half mile away.

from the site of the crime

all of the other missing items, including

The murder weapon was never discovered.

a funeral for one of the victims

One of the images included a male.

during the day

that was strikingly similar to Nils

photofit. However, the individual has never appeared.

or have been identified

What do you believe has changed over the years?

followed

Many lines of investigation were pursued by the police.

They questioned a large number of suspects

However, three in particular were still raised.

apprehension in the community

Karl Gilstrom, a local business owner,

The kiosk was at the top of the list.

He despised cambers and children.

allegedly admitted to the murders

His wife, on the other hand, provided him with a solid alibi.

and the cops didn't think he was the culprit

culprit

Carl was also observed filling a well.

only days after the incident on his front yard

murders

perhaps concealing the murder weapon

Notwithstanding police searches for stolen stuff

retrieved nothing

However, after he drowned in the lake

In 1969, Bodon was born.

Locals believed he was the

murderer, and when his wife recanted his confession,

on her deathbed, alibi

Many people believe he was the perpetrator.

during an inebriated discussion with a

friend Hans Asman was another suspect.

former nazi and suspected kgb spy

He became a suspect after appearing at

Helsinki Medical Center

the day following the murders with

fingernails stained with dirt

and his clothing were stained with red

He was acting, according to hospital personnel.

extremely tense and aggressive

and had even pretended to be unconscious

but aside from a quick inquiry of the

The cops did not pursue asthma further.

claimed that he, too, had a plausible alibi

however, later on

Asman raised a few more red flags in

With relation to the case

when you see a news report regarding

the murders for which they were freed

description of the man by a little youngster

saw

Asman was fleeing the crime site when he was cut off.

his lengthy blonde locks

Asman was a suspect for many years.

and was even accused of being involved in

other unsolved homicides

The case was revisited in 2004 following

44 years

and DNA technological advancements dominated

Asman leaves

and implicated another suspect

Nils, the lone survivor, was that person.

Gunderson a drunk person, according to the prosecution

In a moment of rage, Gunderson murdered his girlfriend.

of envious anger

and got into a fight with Seppo as a result of it

is how he sustaining his facial injuries

He then murdered Seppo and Anja in an ambush.

Attempt to get rid of witnesses

as well as inflict his other ailments on

himself

Despite a great resistance, Nils was defeated.

convicted but served only one year

of his life sentence following a successful appeal

He was freed after winning his appeal.

with Nils cleared and the majority of other

suspects have died. It seems the children of

Bodman will never have their killer.

taken in justice.

***IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM AUGUST 2021: Septic tank Sam's identity has been confirmed as Gordon Edwin Sanderson of Edmonton, born in Manitoba in October of 1950. As a child in the 1960s, he was placed into foster care during what was called the "60s Scoop" when Aboriginal children were taken from their parents and put into the child welfare system. He was reported missing by his sister in the 1980s and had spent his life in trouble with the law and dealing with addiction. The last time anyone heard from him, he planned to visit his younger brother in Calgary, but never made it. His murder is still unsolved.

In recent years with advancements in science, some long-standing mysteries and unsolved crimes have been solved, but there are still many that perplexed investigators and left unanswered questions that still linger to this day. We all know about high profile cases like Jack the Ripper and Black Dahlia, but in this episode, we bring you five lesser-known cases that are just as intriguing and still remain unsolved to this day.