What is the unsolved mystery you wish was solved?

> Even the US government came to the conclusion there was more than one gunman. https://www.archives.gov/research/jfk/select-committee-report/summary.html

I agree that the Warren Commission rushed its work and overstated its conclusion. It's one thing to say, "We found no evidence of a conspiracy"; it's quite another to say, as they did, "There was no conspiracy."

It's been a while since I've looked at this, but IIRC, the mid-1970s HSCA conclusion you've cited here was due to some last minute audio "evidence," a dictabelt recording of a motorcycle cop's radio which was stuck in transmit mode -- a "hot mike" -- and appeared to demonstrate multiple gunshot sources. The committee was set to conclude that LHO acted alone, but changed its conclusion based on that recording. Later, that evidence was discredited when the recording was published and a musician listened to it and picked out dialogue which proved it could not have been made at the time of the assassination.

To me, it's simple and straightforward. The majority of witnesses reported three shots, and nearly all reported that they all came from the same direction. Now, with all the buildings there for echoes to bounce from, it's understandable that some witnesses would perceive the shots coming from a direction other than their true source. But if the shots had come from multiple directions, wouldn't those witnesses have perceived them as coming from multiple directions? Yet that didn't happen.

Meanwhile, an eyewitness directly below Oswald's window correctly described the Mannlicher-Carcano's barrel and stock -- an unusual one in that the wooden stock extended almost the full length of the barrel. And, three earwitnesses who were on the TBSD fifth floor, directly below LHO, correctly described the sound of a bolt-action rifle being fired and recycled. These four witnesses gave these descriptions before the rifle was found.

I think LHO acted alone, but I could buy the idea of a small conspiracy. Say, a second nut. LHO couldn't drive, so the plan was that his nut buddy would pick him up and hustle him over the border to Mexico. Then, on the morning of the 22nd, Nut #2 had a rare moment of lucidity and thought, "What the hell am I getting into!?" and stayed in bed. Then LHO did the shooting, went outside and -- no ride. This would be consistent with his behavior afterward -- aimless, panicky, as if thinking, "What the hell do I do now?"

The problem is that although there's no evidence to rule that idea out, there's no evidence to imply that it did happen that way. And without actual evidence, one is free to conclude anything. Elvis did it. Frank Sinatra did it. Joe DiMaggio did it. The possibilities are endless.

There's certainly room for debate on the assassination. But I've also come to some other conclusions. Book publishers don't care whether their products are truthful, they're merely concerned with being safe from libel suits. Without having ones statements subjected to critical review, a skilled author can take any piece of horseshit and make it sound plausible. And many conspiracy authors are simply charlatans, milking their cash cow.

> Just don't watch the movie "JFK"

An excellent example. Remember the scene when Costner and Jay O. Sanders are at the 6th floor window, sighting through the rifle? They conclude that the best "first shot" would be just after the car turned onto Houston Street instead of waiting for it to turn onto Elm Street, and that it's very unlikely the "lousy shot" Oswald would have missed the first shot but hit the next two. But later, when Costner describes the events in the courtroom as the Zapruder film plays, the team of world class marksmen miss their first shot. Hey, if two things contradict each other, just space them far apart and many will never notice.

Ever seen Executive Action, a movie made in 1973? Sort of a more laid back, low key version of JFK, and told from the conspirators' POV. A good movie, even if thoroughly dishonest. And it's free, online: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3uhs0j

BillHicksFan, regarding Moviechat's character limit, it is not necessary to start a second post once you've reached that limit.
Simply click the "add reply" button and then click the "edit" button once your reply appears.
Then you can complete what you originally intended to post.
Granted, it still takes multiple steps to do so, but at least everything is together on one post.

EDIT: And remember, the edit button is "down and to the left."
(Sorry, I couldn't resist making fun of JFK)

Even if he didn't die in 1945, he would have been 132 now. My neighbour is pretty old. Now I'm starting to be suspicious.

Let's not forget D.B. Cooper.

> Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan

This group has done a lot of work researching that disappearance. I'm certainly no expert, but their conclusions strike me as plausible: https://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/AEdescr.html

I remember that. I mean c'mon, another group of five Avengers? So close...

"Aramaic is the oldest language..." in terms of living languages, certainly one of them. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_first_written_accounts

But of course language precedes writing. Even today there are many unwritten languages. Some years ago I purchased this (when it was deeply discounted) https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/story-of-human-language (I no longer have the DVDs)

I started listening with great anticipation to finally finding out why things have the names that they do (originally, not because they derived from an earlier language) and one of the first things out of his mouth was "we don't know."

I still think the parents covered it up to protect the brother. Don’t think he intentionally murdered his sister, but I can see a scenario where some freak accident happened or horseplay got out of hand. Then panic set in and the parents made a series of bad decisions like hiding the body and writing the ransom note. The house was big, the parents undersupervised the kids, too much attention and glory given to Jon Benet not enough to Burke. He may have acted out on that dysfunctional dynamic.