Explore published stories from Vale da Morte, Califórnia, Estados Unidos and nearby.
An abandoned vehicle linked to four German tourists missing in 1996, traces found thirteen years later, and two 2022 searches show how the desert can conceal people even near a road. This dossier separates facts, search hypotheses, and questions that remain open.
127 km · Groom Lake
The Groom Lake installation began as a U-2 test site and later hosted the A-12, Soviet fighters, and stealth projects. This dossier follows declassified records, accidents, and workers’ dispute over environmental secrecy, separating verifiable history from claims of extraterrestrial craft.
295 km · Los Angeles
The history of the so-called Manson Family extends beyond Sharon Tate and two nights in 1969. This dossier names the nine victims in Manson’s murder convictions, reconstructs the Tate-LaBianca and Hinman-Shea evidence, and separates the prosecution’s racist-motive theory from established judicial findings.
295 km · Los Angeles
In 1978 Rodney Alcala won an episode of The Dating Game despite an earlier violent criminal record. Years of appeals, reexamined evidence and investigations across states ultimately produced convictions for seven murders. The television appearance opens the story; the victims and the limits of the evidence are its center.
296 km · Los Angeles
Before it became shorthand for mystery, the Cecil was a commercial hotel in 1924 Los Angeles. This extensive dossier follows its original design, documented deaths and crimes, Elisa Lam’s case, the Black Dahlia legend and the building’s conversion to affordable housing, separating evidence, testimony and myth.