You've read one or more articles about an unsolved mystery, but they're also a very popular genre on other platforms. For example, there are loads of 'ghost hunters' on youtube, or podcasts about all different kinds of mysteries. There's a selection of mysteries that you can listen to / watch below. Choose one and then answer the questions below. Note, one of the exercises asks you to summarise the podcast/video you've listened to/watched, so take notes while listening/watching.
Granger Taylor
Granger Taylor leaves a note for his family, explaining that he is leaving on a 42-month journey throughout the galaxy, with aliens. Then he drives off into a blinding rain, never to be seen again.
Lost in the Ashes
On the evening of September 23, 2012, EMTs respond to the report of a fire at a farmhouse in rural Tennessee. It is assumed that Bubba and Mollie McClaren and their two young grandchildren were trapped inside. However, they find the remains of Bubba and Mollie and two family pets, but not of the children.
D. B. Cooper
A hijacker extorted $200,000 in ransom (equivalent to $1,338,000 in 2021), asked to be flown to Mexico City, then parachuted to an uncertain fate over southwestern Washington part-way through the second flight.
Inexplicable TikToks
Loey Lane takes you through 13 videos from the scary side of TikTok. (To answer the questions, choose a few of the videos)
Overnight
Elton Castee, Corey Scherer, and their friends investigate loads of haunted locations.
Questions
Write a summary of the podcast/video you've listened to/watched. Use the notes you've made.
What background knowledge is given about the subject of your chosen mystery?
What exactly happened to make it a mystery?
What is the most popular theory about the solution to the mystery?