Some were secrets. We hardly ever saw them. We knew nothing except that they were so-and-so’s father—and the less evidence we had, the more mysterious …

Under the soothing lamplight we laid the new boyfriend out, converting the sofa into a kind of demonstration table. Lauren and Melanie cooed in his …

Before they venture out for the evening, they get ready together, standing in cramped bathrooms thick with the smell of burnt hair, deodorant, hand soap …

“Something’s wrong with me. I think I might be happy,” he said.

“It’s almost like time has stopped,” she said.

They lay still for a …

Try to be a good girl and don’t bother me.

Mom said this often. I was a good girl. Factories in my head produced …

from LIFE The Greatest Unsolved Mysteries of All Time by Editors of LIFE Magazine.
Reading level: Young Adult
Language: English
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In one squad car, a man in handcuffs tried to hide his head between his knees. The man had long, dirty hair that hid …

After the exit interview, and after he’d left the building, Niall saw the woman who’d interviewed him. He was carrying an unwieldy cardboard box …