Today In Mystery

Hoaxes, heists, disappearances, discoveries, the unknown & the unexplained from around the world & across time. A capsule of culture from the realm of #mystery.

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

The purpose of our feed is not to present personal tragedy as amusing trivia or to glorify criminal behavior. Rather, it is to place historical events and figures into a communicable context with the present and to help keep past tragedy and crimes in our collective memory.

[Light&Dark @LightDa42408372]

Anthimos Ntagkas

[Jo Coyne @Jopolkadot]

“I go to the cinema often, usually alone..”

Léa Seydoux

[Joan Pope @TempleOvSaturn]

▲ Au Lecteur ▲
▲ Élévation ▲

from The Flowers of Evil series, inspired by the works of Charles Baudelaire

[dappermouth @dappermouth_art]

// NOCTURNAL //

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#TodayInMystery 1933
A federal judge convicts George #machinegunkelly and his wife Kathryn of kidnapping oil magnate Charles Urschel in #OklahomaCity. An account of the bootlegger's arrest is the origin of the term "G-Men" for #FBI agents.

#truecrime #mystery #OnThisDay #OTD

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#quoteofthday
"Youth endures all things, kings and poetry and #love. Everything but #time."

James Crumley (1939–2008) #bornonthisday in #Texas
#mystery #crimefiction #noir #pulp #author #authors #quotes #quotesoftheday #quotesaboutlife #quotestoliveby #quotesdaily #lifequotes

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#quoteoftheday
#Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.

Aleister Crowley (1875–1947) #bornonthisday in #Warwickshire
#quotes #quotesoftheday #quotesaboutlife #quotestoliveby #quotesdaily #quotestoday #occult

[Joan Pope @joanpopejoan]

Go outside.

[Badger @Bertrom]

Essential bedtime reading.
October Country. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts.

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#TodayInHistory 1985
Performance #artist and #sculptor Ana Mendieta falls to her death from her 34th floor apartment in #Manhattan. Whether the cause was an accident, suicide or murder remains a #controversial #mystery.

#arthistory #truecrime #domesticviolence #onthisday #otd

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#TodayInMystery 1985
Performance #artist and #sculptor Ana Mendieta falls to her death from her 34th floor apartment in #Manhattan. Whether the cause was an accident, suicide or murder remains a #controversial #mystery.

#arthistory #truecrime #domesticviolence #onthisday #otd

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#TodayInHistory 1979
Nine days after disappearing, American-French #actor Jean Seberg is discovered dead in her car in #Paris. Though likely a suicide, her harrassment by the FBI has fomented #conspiracytheories about the #mystery of her death.

#truecrime #history #mentalhealth

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#TodayInMystery 1979
Nine days after her disappearance, the body of American-French #actor Jean Seberg is discovered in her car in #Paris. Though likely a suicide, her harrassment by the FBI has fomented #conspiracytheories about the nature of her death.

#mystery #mentalhealth

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#TodayInHistory 1935
Sen Huey Long is shot dead in #BatonRouge during his Presidential campaign. Though his unlikely assassin has been officially identified, what really happened in the #Louisiana Capitol remains a mystery.

#truecrime #conspiracytheories #onthisday #otd #history

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#TodayInMystery 1935
Sen Huey Long is fatally shot in #BatonRouge during his Presidential campaign. Though his unlikely assassin has been officially identified, what really happened in the #Louisiana Capitol remains a #mystery.

#truecrime #conspiracytheories #onthisday #otd

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#TodayInHistory 1934
SS Morro Castle, servicing #Havana and NYC, catches fire off the #NewJersey coast and runs aground, having deployed only half her lifeboats. The initial cause of the disaster, which killed 137 passengers and crew, remains a #mystery.

#onthisday #otd #history

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#TodayInMystery 1934
SS Morro Castle, servicing #Havana and NYC, catches fire off the #NewJersey coast and runs aground, having deployed only half her lifeboats. The initial cause of the #disaster, which killed 137 passengers and crew, remains a #mystery.

#onthisday #otd #Cuba

[Ay @lunarscp]

'Paris, Texas'. (Wim Wenders / 1984)
Cinematography by Robby Müller.

[Today In Mystery @maxfield_munson]

#mysteryoftheday
The Night House (2021)
Director: David Bruckner
Cinematographer: Elisha Christian

#mystery #drama #supernatural #thriller #thrillers #horror #horrormovies #haunted #ghosts #movie #movies #films #cinema #movieoftheday #mysterymovie #cinematography #miseenscene