Mysterys

     The  Banco Central burglary at Fortaleza  was the theft of about  R$ 160 million from the vault of the  Banco Central  branch located in  Fortaleza , in the state of  Ceará ,  Brazil , on August 6, 2005. It is one of the  world's largest heists .  In the aftermath of the burglary, of the 25 people thought to be involved, just eight had been arrested, and R$20 million recovered, up to the end of 2005. In addition, several of the gang are thought to have been victims of kidnapping, and one, Luis Fernando Ribeiro, thought to have been the mastermind of the operation, was killed by kidnappers after a ransom was paid. Arrests and recovery of the money, as well as kidnapping and murder of the perpetrators, have been ongoing, though most are still unaccounted for. The burglary      On Saturday, August 6, 2005, a gang of burglars tunneled into the bank and removed five containers of 50- real  ...

     The  Great Train Robbery  was the  robbery  of £2.6 million from a  Royal Mail   train  heading from  Glasgow  to  London  on the  West Coast Main Line  in the early hours of 8 August 1963, at Bridego Railway Bridge,  Ledburn , near  Mentmore  in Buckinghamshire, England. After tampering with the lineside signals in order to bring the train to a halt, a gang of 15, led by  Bruce Reynolds , attacked the train. Other gang members included Gordon Goody,  Buster Edwards ,  Charlie Wilson , Roy James, John Daly, Jimmy White,  Ronnie Biggs , Tommy Wisbey, Jim Hussey, Bob Welch and Roger Cordrey, as well as three men known only as numbers "1", "2" and "3", two of whom later turned out to be Harry Smith and Danny Pembroke. A 16th man, an unnamed retired train driver, was also present. With careful planning based on inside information from an individual known as "The Ulster...

     The Philadelphia Experiment is one of the most grotesque military urban legends ever — and it has endured as an infamous World War II conspiracy theory. But is there any truth to it? Let's take a look.      According to legend, on Oct. 28, 1943, the USS Eldridge, a Cannon-class destroyer escort, was conducting top-secret experiments designed to win command of the oceans against the Axis powers. The rumor was that the government was creating technology that would render naval ships invisible to enemy radar, and there in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, it was time to test it out.      Witnesses claim an eerie green-blue glow surrounded the hull of the ship as her generators spun up and then, suddenly, the Eldridge   disappeared. The ship was then seen in Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Virginia before disappearing again and reappearing back in Philadelphia.      The legend states that classified military docu...

               The story recounts an experiment set in a late–1940s  Soviet  test facility. In a  military-sanctioned  scientific experiment, five  Political prisoners  were kept in a sealed  gas chamber , with a continually administered airborne stimulant for  keeping the subjects awake for 30 consecutive days . The prisoners were falsely promised that they will be set free from prison if they complete the experiment.                The subjects behaved as usual during the initial days, talking to each other and whispering to the      researchers through the one-way glass, though it is noted their discussions gradually became darker in the subject matter. After nine days, one subject begins screaming uncontrollably for hours while the others having no reaction to his outburst. The man screamed for so long that he tore his vocal cords. The man ...