Pop Culture Mysteries That May Never Be Solved Forever...

Some mysteries don't stay unsolved because nobody tried hard enough. They stay unsolved because the evidence was burned on purpose. Because the only witness made a permanent decision to stay silent. Because the statute of limitations ran out and the case was formally closed. Because the one person who could answer the question in one sentence has simply, consistently, chosen not to. This video is about eleven of those mysteries. Not cold cases waiting for a better detective. Doors that were welded shut — sometimes deliberately, sometimes by accident, sometimes just because too many years and too many dead witnesses got in the way before anyone thought to ask the right question. ............................................................... 00:00 – Sacred Mystery 01:34 – The Identity of Banksy 03:40 – The Original Cut of Star Wars (1977) 05:03 – The Murder of William Desmond Taylor 06:24 – The Toynbee Tiles 08:42 – The Max Headroom Broadcast Hijacking 10:46 – The Ending of The Sopranos 12:27 – The Disappearance of D.B. Cooper 14:44 – The Real Farmhouse from Courage the Cowardly Dog 16:09 – The Origin of the "Cool S" Doodle 17:55 – The Zodiac Killer (Revisited & Unsolved) 19:46 – The Disappearance of Amelia Earhart SOURCES Banksy — Queen Mary University of London geographic profiling study (2016); Christie's auction records; court documents (Robin Gunningham) Star Wars original negative — George Lucas interviews; Lucasfilm archival documentation; preservation records William Desmond Taylor — Los Angeles Police Department historical records; contemporary newspaper accounts (1922); Bruce Long "William Desmond Taylor: A Dossier" (1991) Toynbee Tiles — Resurrect Dead documentary (2011); Philadelphia Inquirer archival coverage; urban researcher documentation Max Headroom Broadcast Hack — FCC investigation records (1987); WGN and WTTW contemporary reporting; Museum of Classic Chicago Television Tony Soprano — David Chase interviews; The Sopranos official production documentation; Chase interview with DGA Quarterly D.B. Cooper — FBI NORJAK investigation records; case closure statement (2016); 1980 cash discovery documentation Courage the Cowardly Dog — John R. Dilworth interviews; Cartoon Network production records Cool S — Know Your Meme documentation; academic folklore research; Wikipedia origin investigation records Zodiac Killer — FBI confirmation of 340 cipher solution (December 2020); David Oranchak, Sam Blake, Jarl Van Eycke solution documentation Amelia Earhart — TIGHAR expedition records; US Navy search documentation (1937); National Geographic investigation coverage ——————————————————————————— Subscribe for more deep dives into the stories hiding behind the ones everyone already knows.