🕰️ 246 cases
Crime & Mystery Cases of the 1990s
246 real cases from the 1990s: murders, disappearances, unsolved files. With map, timeline and sources.
1990
Istanbul · Murder · SolvedAssassination of writer Turan Dursun›Ankara · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Bahriye Üçok›Ankara · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Muammer Aksoy›Amasya · Major Tragedy · ClosedYeni Çeltek Mine Disaster›Skagerrak, NO · Major Tragedy · UnsolvedThe Scandinavian Star Ferry Fire›Kisumu, KE · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Robert Ouko›Copenhagen, DK · Murder · SolvedThe "Amager Man" Case›Aramoana, NZ · Major Tragedy · ClosedAramoana Massacre›Istanbul · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Çetin Emeç›Munich, DE · Murder · SolvedMurder of Walter Sedlmayr›Rome, IT · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Via Poma Murder›Puerto Hurraco, ES · Murder · SolvedThe Puerto Hurraco Massacre›Moratuwa, LK · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of Richard de Zoysa›Guatemala City, GT · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Anthropologist Myrna Mack›New York, US · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Happy Land Social Club Arson›Bucharest, RO · Major Tragedy · Under InvestigationThe June 1990 Mineriad›Baku, AZ · Major Tragedy · ClosedBlack January in Baku›Boston, US · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist› 1991
Tistedalen, NO · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Tistedalen murders›Elazığ · Unsolved Case · ClosedMurder of Vedat Aydın›Milwaukee, US · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Jeffrey Dahmer Case›Lima, PE · Murder · SolvedThe Barrios Altos Massacre›Paris, FR · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "East Paris Killer" Case›Liège, BE · Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of André Cools›Stockholm, SE · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Laser Man" Attacks›Medininkai, LT · Murder · SolvedThe Medininkai Massacre›Düsseldorf, DE · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Detlev Karsten Rohwedder›Rome, IT · Murder · SolvedThe Olgiata Murder›St. Petersburg, RU · Murder · SolvedMurder of Igor Talkov›Xizhi, TW · Murder · ClosedThe Hsichih Trio Case›Killeen, US · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Luby's Cafeteria Massacre›Mougins, FR · Murder · Closed"Omar m'a tuer" — The Ghislaine Marchal Case›Livorno, IT · Major Tragedy · Under InvestigationMoby Prince Disaster›Vilnius, LT · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe January Events in Vilnius› 1992
Artvin · Serial Murder · SolvedAdnan Çolak case — the "Artvin Monster"›Poznań, PL · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Jarosław Ziętara case›Diyarbakır · Unsolved Case · ClosedMurder of Musa Anter›Diyarbakır · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Hafız Akdemir›Zonguldak · Major Tragedy · ClosedKozlu Firedamp Disaster›São Paulo, BR · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Carandiru Prison Massacre›St. Catharines, CA · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Paul Bernardo Case›Plymouth, CA · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Westray Mine Disaster›Lisbon, PT · Serial Murder · UnsolvedThe Lisbon Ripper›Capaci, IT · Murder · SolvedThe Capaci Bombing›Angarsk, RU · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Angarsk Maniac" Case›Istanbul · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of the Efeoğlu brothers in custody›Batman · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of Journalist Cengiz Altun›Şanlıurfa · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of Journalist Hüseyin Deniz›Şırnak · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Killing of Journalist İzzet Kezer›Kottayam, IN · Murder · Under InvestigationThe Sister Abhaya Case›Auckland, NZ · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Susan Burdett›Montevideo, UY · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Carrasco Murders — Uruguay's First Serial Killer›Rio de Janeiro, BR · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Actress Daniella Perez›Springfield, US · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of the "Springfield Three"›Lima, PE · Murder · SolvedThe La Cantuta Massacre›Barr, FR · Major Tragedy · ClosedMont Sainte-Odile Air Crash›Furiani, FR · Major Tragedy · ClosedFuriani Stadium Disaster›Amsterdam, NL · Major Tragedy · ClosedBijlmer Air Disaster›Kathmandu, NP · Major Tragedy · ClosedPIA Flight 268 Crash›Boipatong, ZA · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Boipatong Massacre›Bhisho, ZA · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Bisho Massacre›London, UK · Murder · SolvedThe Killing of Rachel Nickell›Tekirdağ · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Çorlu Factory Explosion (1992)›Erzincan · Major Tragedy · Closed1992 Erzincan Earthquake› 1993
Ankara · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Uğur Mumcu›Batman · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Mehmet Sincar›Bitlis · Unsolved Case · ClosedMurder of Ferhat Tepe›Elazığ · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Metin Can and Hasan Kaya›Ankara · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Cem Ersever›Ankara · Suspicious Death · Under InvestigationEşref Bitlis Plane Crash›Bolu · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedDeath of Adnan Kahveci›Ankara · Suspicious Death · ClosedDeath of Turgut Özal›Sivas · Major Tragedy · ClosedSivas Madımak Hotel Massacre›Waco, US · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Waco Siege›Ciudad Juárez, MX · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Ciudad Juárez Femicides›London, UK · Murder · SolvedThe Stephen Lawrence Case›Boksburg, ZA · Murder · SolvedAssassination of Chris Hani›Maastricht, NL · Missing Person · ClosedThe Disappearance of Tanja Groen›Sidoarjo, ID · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of Labour Activist Marsinah›Istanbul · Major Tragedy · ClosedÜmraniye Hekimbaşı landfill explosion›Diyarbakır · Suspicious Death · ClosedThe Lice Events and the Death of Brigadier General Bahtiyar Aydın›Şanlıurfa · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of Journalist Kemal Kılı盪ırnak · Unsolved Case · ClosedThe Cizre Unsolved Killings Trial›Dublin, IE · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Annie McCarrick›Hong Kong, HK · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Lan Kwai Fong New Year Crush›Calauan, PH · Murder · SolvedThe Sarmenta–Gomez Murders — The Calauan Mayor Case›Sam Phran, TH · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Kader Toy Factory Fire›Ulu Klang, MY · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Highland Towers Collapse›Raub, MY · Murder · SolvedMona Fandey and the Murder of Mazlan Idris›Cape Town, ZA · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Heidelberg Tavern Attack›Cape Town, ZA · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe St James Church Attack›Cape Town, ZA · Murder · SolvedThe Killing of Amy Biehl›Libreville, GA · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Zambia National Football Team Air Disaster›Bingöl · Major Tragedy · ClosedBingöl Ambush of 24 May 1993›Erzincan · Major Tragedy · Under InvestigationBaşbağlar Village Attack›Diyarbakır · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Üzeyir Kurt: Kurt v. Turkey›Diyarbakır · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Ahmet Çakıcı in Custody›Şırnak · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Abdulvahap Timurtaş›Bayburt · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Üzengili Avalanche: Snow upon the Village›Dakar, SN · Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of Judge Babacar Sèye› 1994
Matsumoto, JP · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Matsumoto Sarin Attack›Wellington, NZ · Murder · SolvedThe Thomas father-and-son case›Tallinn, EE · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Tallinn cases›Denizli · Serial Murder · ClosedThe "Nail Killer" – Çambaşı murders›Düzce · Unsolved Case · ClosedMurder of Savaş Buldan, Adnan Yıldırım and Hacı Karay›Sakarya · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Behçet Cantürk›Tijuana, MX · Murder · ClosedThe Assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio›Buenos Aires, AR · Major Tragedy · Under InvestigationThe AMIA Bombing›Gloucester, UK · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Cromwell Street Case›Baltic Sea, EE · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe MS Estonia Disaster›Shijiazhuang, CN · Murder · ClosedNie Shubin Case — Exonerated After Execution›Cheiry, CH · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Solar Temple Deaths›Ankara · Unsolved Case · ClosedThe Murder of Lawyer Yusuf Ekinci›Putten, NL · Murder · ClosedThe Putten Murder and Its Miscarriages of Justice›Pordenone, IT · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Italian Unabomber›Falun, SE · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Falun Massacre›Moscow, RU · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Dmitry Kholodov›Yeonggwang, KR · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Jijonpa" Gang Murders›Beijing, CN · Suspicious Death · UnsolvedThe Thallium Poisoning of Tsinghua Student Zhu Ling›Havana, CU · Major Tragedy · UnsolvedThe Sinking of the '13 de Marzo' Tugboat›Santo Domingo, DO · Missing Person · Unsolved'Narcisazo' — The Disappearance of Narciso González›Medellín, CO · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Footballer Andrés Escobar›Sarajevo, BA · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Markale Market Massacre›Seoul, KR · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Seongsu Bridge Collapse›Los Angeles, US · Murder · ClosedThe Murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman›Şanlıurfa · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of Journalist Nazım Babaoğlu›Van · Major Tragedy · ClosedTurkish Airlines Flight 278: The Third Approach at Van› 1995
Tokyo, JP · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Tokyo Metro Sarin Attack›Tel Aviv, IL · Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin›Corpus Christi, US · Murder · SolvedThe Selena Quintanilla case›Istanbul · Missing Person · ClosedDisappearance of Hasan Ocak in Custody›Istanbul · Missing Person · ClosedDisappearance of Rıdvan Karakoç›Istanbul · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of Fehmi Tosun›Oklahoma City, US · Major Tragedy · SolvedOklahoma City Bombing›Moone, IE · Missing Person · Under InvestigationThe Disappearance of Jo Jo Dullard›Oberwart, AT · Murder · SolvedThe Oberwart Bombing›Milan, IT · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Maurizio Gucci›Moscow, RU · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Assassination of Vladislav Listyev›Bogotá, CO · Unsolved Case · Under InvestigationThe Assassination of Álvaro Gómez Hurtado›Hachioji, JP · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Hachioji Supermarket Murders›Seoul, KR · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Sampoong Department Store Collapse›Boksburg, ZA · Serial Murder · SolvedABC Murders (Moses Sithole)›Baku, AZ · Major Tragedy · ClosedBaku Metro Fire›Istanbul · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedKilling of two Iranians abducted in Yeşilköy›Istanbul · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedGazi Quarter events›Mardin · Suspicious Death · ClosedThe Suspicious Death of Colonel Rıdvan Özden›İzmir · Murder · ClosedA Death Hidden for 21 Years in Menemen›Wechelderzande, BE · Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of Vet Karel Van Noppen›Vienna, AT · Serial Murder · SolvedVienna's 'Black Widow'›Orlík, CZ · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Orlík Dam Murders›Sofia, BG · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedAssassination of Vasil Iliev›New Delhi, IN · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Naina Sahni ("Tandoor Case")›Afyonkarahisar · Major Tragedy · Closed1995 Dinar Earthquake›Isparta · Major Tragedy · ClosedSenirkent Flood Disaster›Yozgat · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Sorgun Mine Disaster: Firedamp at the Madsan Pit›Tuzla, BA · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Tuzla Kapija Massacre›Srebrenica, BA · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Srebrenica Genocide› 1996
Perth, AU · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Claremont Serial Murders›Las Vegas, US · Murder · Under InvestigationThe Tupac Shakur case›Istanbul · Murder · SolvedDeath of journalist Metin Göktepe›Istanbul · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedMurder of Ömer Lütfi Topal›Dublin, IE · Murder · SolvedThe Veronica Guerin Case›Schull, IE · Unsolved Case · Under InvestigationThe Sophie Toscan du Plantier Case›Port Arthur, AU · Major Tragedy · SolvedPort Arthur Massacre›Hohhot, CN · Murder · SolvedThe Huugjilt Case — Exonerated 18 Years After Execution›Hong Kong, HK · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Garley Building Fire — Welding in the Lift Shaft›Mwanza, TZ · Major Tragedy · ClosedMV Bukoba Ferry Disaster›Edirne · Missing Person · UnsolvedDisappearance of Talat Türkoğlu›Balıkesir · Suspicious Death · ClosedSusurluk crash›Tokyo, JP · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Shibamata Student Murder and Arson›Nanjing, CN · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Nanjing University Student Murder›Nanchang, CN · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Fa Ziying and Lao Rongzhi Killings›New Delhi, IN · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Priyadarshini Mattoo›Johannesburg, ZA · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Wemmer Pan Killer" Case›Gaborone, BW · Murder · SolvedMurder of Ria Wolmarans (the Mariette Bosch Case)›Eldorado do Carajás, BR · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Eldorado do Carajás Massacre›Sofia, BG · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Assassination of Former PM Andrey Lukanov›Charkhi Dadri, IN · Major Tragedy · ClosedCharkhi Dadri Mid-Air Collision›Lagos, NG · Murder · UnsolvedThe Assassination of Kudirat Abiola›Mitsamiouli, KM · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Hijacking and Ditching of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961›Everest, NP · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe 1996 Everest Disaster›Bantul, ID · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of Journalist Udin› 1997
Paris, FR · Major Tragedy · SolvedDiana, Princess of Wales — The Paris Crash›Miami Beach, US · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of Gianni Versace›Antalya · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Baby-Faced Killer" case›Los Angeles, US · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of the Notorious B.I.G.›Dublin, IE · Murder · SolvedThe Grangegorman Murders›Genoa, IT · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Train Serial Killer›Seoul, KR · Murder · SolvedThe Itaewon Burger King Murder›New Delhi, IN · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Uphaar Cinema Fire›Papeete, PF · Missing Person · Under InvestigationDisappearance of Journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud›Miłoszyce, PL · Murder · SolvedThe Miłoszyce Murder and the Tomasz Komenda Miscarriage of Justice›Cebu, PH · Missing Person · ClosedThe Chiong Sisters Case›General Madariaga, AR · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Photojournalist José Luis Cabezas›Chenalhó, MX · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Acteal Massacre›Strait of Otranto, AL · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Otranto Tragedy (Katër i Radës)›Guam, GU · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Korean Air Flight 801 Disaster — Nimitz Hill›Thredbo, AU · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Thredbo Landslide›Luxor, EG · Major Tragedy · ClosedLuxor Massacre›Algiers, DZ · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Bentalha Massacre›Phnom Penh, KH · Unsolved Case · Under InvestigationThe 1997 Phnom Penh Grenade Attack› 1998
Kayseri · Serial Murder · SolvedKayseri's "Hunter" serial killer›Istanbul · Serial Murder · ClosedThe "Furniture-Maker Killer" murders›Konya · Murder · SolvedAbduction and killing of Konca Kuriş›Hyde, UK · Serial Murder · SolvedThe Harold Shipman Case›Tehran, IR · Murder · ClosedIran Chain Murders›Eschede, DE · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Eschede Train Disaster›Gothenburg, SE · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Gothenburg Discotheque Fire›Warsaw, PL · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of General Marek Papała›Guatemala City, GT · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi›São Paulo, BR · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Maníaco do Parque" Murders›Wakayama, JP · Murder · SolvedThe Wakayama Curry Poisoning›Ulaanbaatar, MN · Murder · Under InvestigationThe Assassination of Sanjaasürengiin Zorig — The Night Before a Premiership›Newbridge, IE · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Deirdre Jacob›Marlborough Sounds, NZ · Missing Person · SolvedThe Furneaux Lodge Disappearance (1998)›Peggy's Cove, CA · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Swissair Flight 111 Disaster›Omagh, UK · Major Tragedy · Under InvestigationOmagh Bombing›Budapest, HU · Murder · SolvedThe Aranykéz Street Bombing›St Petersburg, RU · Murder · UnsolvedThe Assassination of Galina Starovoytova›Jesse, NG · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Jesse Pipeline Fire›Nairobi, KE · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Nairobi US Embassy Bombing›Sapouy, BF · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of Journalist Norbert Zongo›Adana · Major Tragedy · Closed1998 Adana–Ceyhan Earthquake› 1999
London, UK · Murder · UnsolvedJill Dando case›Belgrade, RS · Murder · SolvedThe Slavko Ćuruvija case›Inverkip, UK · Missing Person · SolvedThe Margaret Fleming case›İzmir · Serial Murder · SolvedThe "Uzi Terminator" killings›Snowtown, AU · Serial Murder · SolvedSnowtown Murders›Littleton, US · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Columbine High School Attack›Bogotá, CO · Murder · SolvedThe Assassination of Humorist Jaime Garzón›Hong Kong, HK · Murder · SolvedThe Hello Kitty Murder — A Teenage Girl's Report›New Delhi, IN · Murder · SolvedThe Murder of Jessica Lal›Yerevan, AM · Major Tragedy · SolvedThe Armenian Parliament Shooting›Tashkent, UZ · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Tashkent Bombings›İzmir · Unsolved Case · UnsolvedThe Murder of a Norwegian Tourist in Balçova›Mijas, ES · Murder · SolvedThe Rocío Wanninkhof Case›Sørumsand, NO · Murder · ClosedThe Orderud Case›Galtür, AT · Major Tragedy · ClosedGaltür Avalanche›Minsk, BY · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Disappearance of Viktar Hanchar›Gaisal, IN · Major Tragedy · ClosedGaisal Train Disaster›Odi, NG · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Odi Massacre›Kocaeli · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe 1999 Gölcük Earthquake›Düzce · Major Tragedy · Closed12 November 1999 Düzce Earthquake›Zonguldak · Murder · SolvedMurder of Şemsi Denizer›Talcahuano, CL · Missing Person · UnsolvedThe Jorge Matute Johns Case›Leskovac, RS · Major Tragedy · ClosedThe Grdelica Train Bombing› Decades
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