10 Strangest Unsolved Mysteries From California

Although California is known for awesome things like Hollywood and Silicon Valley, it has its dark side, too. For decades, its alternative, freewheeling atmosphere has attracted weird cults like the Manson Family and Heaven’s Gate. It has also given the US more serial killers than any other state except Texas.

Some of California’s unsolved mysteries, like those involving the Black Dahlia and the Zodiac Killer, are known across the country. But plenty of California mysteries—equally bizarre and horrific—have slipped past the rest of the US over the years.