DNA tests proved, to general satisfaction, that Anna Anderson was not Anastasia.
What was the Tunguska Blast?
I see we all pretty much wonder about the same stuff. Only one to add----
The BLACK DAHLIA case. Who killed Elizabeth Short in 1947? Reams of things written about it; but no one has a clue.
Reeder, I’m having one of those days. To wit, why are you asking forgiveness for misc. licking? (Forgive me for that one)
Excellent question. I would like for the mystery of Little Miss 1565 to be totally solved. In 1993, IIRC, a fire marshall in Hartford, after years of research “solved” the mystery of the unidentified girl killed in the 1944 circus fire. But recently I have read that the only problem with this is that the deceased girl’s dental records (taken at her autopsy) do not match the records of the girl he identified her as. FTR, I believe he did solve the case, and that the dental records are wrong, misplaced, etc.
I would love for conclusive evidence to be found (musty old papers stashed away in a trunk in someone’s attic is usually the way these things go) to prove either way if William Shakespeare of Stratford-Upon-Avon wrote the plays attributed to his name or if (YOUR CHOICE OF CANDIDATES) actually was the literary genius “for all time.” Also, I would like to know who he left his “first best bed” to.
Sir Rhosis
Actually… they had a good idea on who killed The Black Dahlia, but unfortunately his house blew up before he could stand trial. oops
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Does Roland ever find The Dark Tower?
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Who blew up Mount Carmel in Waco. (Though I know the answer, I just wanna hear the ATF admit it, those jackasses)
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How Gore got to be a Democrat.
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What happened to my Boys for Pele cd.
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Who wins when Ghienna hits? (Caine? the Anti-Deluvians? The 14th generation vamps?)
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Which, if any, religion is right?
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What posseses fuckos to IM me in the middle of the night looking for a good time when my profile says “Do not message me.”?
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Why am I still awake?
What – no one wants to know who shot JFK?
Tunguska: Location of a mysterious, extremely powerful explosion that flattened a part of Siberia in 1908.
http://www.psi.edu/projects/siberia/siberia.html
I own one of those deep, highly scientific books that gets sent to you when you subscribe to Reader’s Digest. The book offers exhaustively researched theories about some of the world’s great mysteries. One section explores the possibility that the Tunguska explosion might have been caused by a black hole entering earth’s atmosphere.
There are several links from Yahoo. The above link is the only site that is CERTAIN it was a meteorite that exploded in the air.
Mebbe the whole Lizzie Borden thing, too.
DRY and Scotticher: Just read The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey and would highly recommend it if this mystery interests you. 
moi,
That is one of my favorite books! And I think reading it was my introduction to the subject.
Scotti
I’d want to find out what Scipio said to Hannibal prior to Zama. Did they try to avert the battle? Was it a bunch of macho posturing and boasting? Did they swap recipes from their wives?
Then I’d want to find out what Leo I said to Attila the Hun to convince him not to sack Rome. A simple explanation is that he called down the wrath of God, but what would Attila, with his disregard for Christianity, care if some random god had a shitfit? Or maybe Leo bribed him to take a hike, but one would think that Attila would deduce “If he gives me this much to go away, imagine how much I’d get if I pillaged”. Or maybe Attila had a bad case of diarrhea in a precursor to Napoleon’s downfall at Waterloo?
If I could only pick one, it would be to find out what really happened to D.B. Cooper. Since the money was never spent, I doubt he made it, but it would be nice to know for sure, and know who he really was.
But since that one was mentioned already, how about who was the man in the iron mask?
Yep, that’s why I felt that this particular mystery was put to bed.
One weakness in the Anderson case was that her explanation of how she survived was pretty far fetched.
moi,
I’ve also read (and own) the “Daughter of Time”. And “The Sunne in Splendor” which I recommend to any Richard III fan.
Actually, I’ve probably read at least forty (yes, I’m serious) books about Richard III and the related period. While I personally am a “fan” of Richard III (I have a poster of him in my room), I think that he very well could have killed the princes, though he was far from the epitome of evil he’s made out to be. If he killed them, he thought it was politically necessary (keeping around pretenders to the throne is politically foolish).
I also believe Henry Tudor or the Duke of Buckingham could have done it.