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10 Disturbing 1980’s Crimes That STILL Haven’t Been Solved

WatchMojo.com | November 15, 2025



These chilling cases continue to haunt investigators decades later… Join us as we explore the most disturbing unsolved crimes from the 1980s! Our countdown includes mysterious disappearances, bizarre murders, and terrifying criminal campaigns that left authorities baffled. Which of these cold cases do you think will ever be solved? Let us know in the comments below! From Japan’s “Monster with 21 Faces” terrorist group to the Chicago Tylenol Murders that changed pharmaceutical packaging forever, these cases remain open decades after they shocked the world. We’ll examine the haunting Keddie Cabin Murders, the mysterious Circleville Letters, the disappearances of Christopher Abeyta and Tammy Lynn Leppert, and the controversial Adam Walsh case that spawned America’s Most Wanted.

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  1. @TeaPartyRainedOut

    November 15, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    JonBenƩt Ramsey was a six-year-old child beauty queen whose tragic murder on December 26, 1996, in Boulder, Colorado, captivated the nation. Her case remains one of the most infamous unsolved mysteries in American history.

  2. @benlevan5645

    November 15, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    Toole and his partner-in-crime Henry Lee Lucas were serial confessors. They often confessed to crimes they never committed because they wanted to sound more big time than they truly were.

  3. @Crashed131963

    November 15, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    WOW a 14 year old girl disappearing on her way home in England is a radom crime.
    A 14 years girl disappearing on her way home in Rome is a international conspiracy theory.

  4. @THREESISTERS15

    November 15, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    The only good thing that came out of this case is the safety and precautions that were changed with products and made people to be more aware of what they take off the shelves.

  5. @DanielleWhite

    November 15, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    The disappearance Jolene Lakey, age 11, who disappeared in Scranton, Pennsylvania 1986.

    Frank Osellanie is believed to be the most likely suspect in the case plus the 1978 disappearance if Joanne Williams, 22, and the 1987 murder of Laureen Finn, 19. Osellanie was later convicted of the 1989 rape and murder of Renee Waddle, 9, and died behind bars in 2020, the same year an anonymous letter was sent to the city newspaper from a possible witness to a murder that may have been Lakey.

  6. @enriquevillareal666

    November 15, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    Adam Walsh's poor mother. I can't imagine living with the memories of that day and what she should have done and not done. I would stay drunk for the rest of my life if that happened to one of my children while I was supposed to be watching them.

  7. @PRGMRav

    November 15, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    The Tylenol murders were a phenomena of the time. These days no one could get away with that considering the number of CCTV cameras around and inside stores.

  8. @dae9713

    November 15, 2025 at 5:35 pm

    My mom remembers the colonial partway murders. On the way back from the Yorktown beach, we rode thru the parkway, it was scary knowing the history of it.

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