On February 2, 1959, a group of nine ski hikers entered the Ural Mountains in northern Russia. None of them returned, and the story told by their remains is still considered a bizarre mystery.
In 1990 in a small Connecticut town, some kids playing in a gravel mine discovered the remains of an old cemetery. Archaeologists were called in to excavate, catalog, and move the remains. Most of the bodies which had been buried in the cemetery were what you would expect, until the archaeologists went to work on a coffin named Burial Number 4.
Many fans of the freaky and paranormal got their start in the 1980s and 1990s listening to Art Bell's "Coast to Coast" show on AM radio. Art's show was a blockbuster hit, a ratings juggernaut, and a perfect way for radio stations to fill those otherwise-difficult overnight slots. The sheer ubiquity of Art Bell meant that his fan base was enormous.