🕰️ 21 cases

Crime & Mystery Cases of the 1950s

21 real cases from the 1950s: murders, disappearances, unsolved files. With map, timeline and sources.

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1951

Rawalpindi, PK · Murder · ClosedAssassination of Liaquat Ali Khan›Colombo, LK · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Sathasivam Murder Case›

1952

Brisbane, AU · Murder · UnsolvedBetty Shanks case›Lurs, FR · Murder · ClosedThe Dominici Affair›

1953

Torvaianica, IT · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedThe Death of Wilma Montesi›Tangiwai, NZ · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Tangiwai Rail Disaster›London, UK · Serial Murder · SolvedThe 10 Rillington Place Murders›Çanakkale · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe 1953 Yenice–Gönen Earthquake›Çanakkale · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Dumlupınar Submarine Disaster›

1954

Bay Village, US · Murder · UnsolvedSam Sheppard case›

1955

Le Mans, FR · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe 1955 Le Mans Disaster›Istanbul · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe 6–7 September 1955 Events: Pillage Sparked by a False Report›

1957

Plainfield, US · Murder · SolvedThe Plainfield Case (Ed Gein)›Frankfurt, DE · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of Rosemarie Nitribitt›Muğla · Major Tragedy · Closed1957 Fethiye Earthquakes›Istanbul · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Yarımburgaz Train Crash: Head-On on a Single Track›

1958

Kocaeli · Major Tragedy · ClosedÜsküdar Ferry Disaster›Munich, DE · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Munich Air Disaster — Manchester United›

1959

Northern Urals, RU · Suspicious Death · ClosedThe Dyatlov Pass Incident›Holcomb, US · Murder · SolvedThe Holcomb Farmhouse Murders ('In Cold Blood')›Mumbai, IN · Murder · SolvedThe Nanavati Case›

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