One day in the southern region of Spain, María Gómez Pereira noticed an eerie, dark stain on her kitchen floor resembling a man’s face. Ripping up the floor and digging underneath the house revealed a shocking and ghastly secret kept hidden for 700 years. Even after the hole was filled and the kitchen rebuilt, the face reappeared. This time, though, several different faces emerged along with it, and they all popped up at different locations, sometimes even changing their spot on the cement within hours. What were the Bélmez Faces? Was it all just a hoax? Was the Spanish government faking test results and lying to the public as a way to bring tourists to the country? Listen in on the Podbean app as I discuss this weird mystery on this week’s brand new episode of Straight-Up Enigmas.

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References

• Belmez Faces: Mystery of the People in the Floor
• The Belmez Faces
• The Mysterious Faces of Bélmez
• ‘Virgin Mary’ toast fetches $28,000

Christine Collins claimed the strange, quiet little boy brought home to her by the LAPD in 1928 was not her missing son, but the police refused to believe her. Was the boy actually Christine’s son, Walter, or was he an imposter? If so, where was the real Walter? Was he still alive? And what was going on in the mysterious town of Wineville less than 50 miles to the east? Listen in as we discuss this nearly century-old enigma of Walter Collins and the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders.

References

• The Disappearance Of Walter Collins: A Mother’s Undying Hope & The Wineville Chicken Coop Case
• The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

On December 26, 1996, six-year-old beauty pageant queen, JonBenét Ramsey, was found murdered in the basement of her Boulder, Colorado home. The cause of death was reported as “asphyxiation due to strangulation.” Almost 22 years later, the enigma remains: Who killed JonBenét Ramsey?

References

• Coroner: police tried to keep body to force interview
• Forensic psychiatrist who consulted on JonBenet Ramsey case killed outside his office

• JonBenet Ramsey Murder Fast Facts

• JonBenét Ramsey: the brutal child murder that still haunts America

• Netflix film “Casting JonBenet”
• What DNA Was Found In 2003? The JonBenet Ramsey Murder Case Will Depend Upon The Key Evidence