Remembering the time before Titanic was found.

[jds1911a1]

Simple answer Brazoo the 24 hour news cycle with mutiple networks devted to news they need to fill the space. The fact that it is missing and may have been a hijacking only increases the salciousness of a lost aircraft. Same thing when all these cruise ships had their accidents and issue that's all we heard about for weeks unitl something Juicier happens. Because IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS

[Brazoo]

Without meaning to sound insensitive I don't get the Malaysian flight tragedy. I did not get why it's so interesting to some people for days on end. Until they find something I don't see how any news on that tragedy was worthy of an update.

[Brazoo]

Dude! They just found an ocean of water under Enceladus that maybe a more likely place to find life in our solar system than Europa!

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26872184

To me I think a major problem with those other types of mysteries is that there aren't a lot of ways to move those forward. In the case of something like The Bermuda Triangle once people gathered more evidence the data showed there was nothing unique about the area. The mystery was only caused by misinformation.

The mysteries that compel me now are the ones that grow and become more interesting as we learn more.

[sprytel]

Just heard about this recently... have you heard the conspiracy theory about the Titanic-Olympic insurance scam?

[jwyblejr]

Well, you'll now have Malaysia flight 370 to go along with db cooper, jimmy Hoffa, and others.

Brad Meltzer covered DB Cooper on his show he use to have on History Channel.

[jimsmegos]

That' actually a pretty interesting thought. Isn't it amazing how a lot of folks are really loosing their mind over that issues. I'm not playing down the tragedy of it all but isn'tit interesting all of the wall to wall coverage, expert analysis, talking heads and armchair air traffic controllers chiming in? It's almost like in this instance there are too many theories to keep it mysteriously interesting.

[Access]

Well, you'll now have Malaysia flight 370 to go along with db cooper, jimmy Hoffa, and others.

[jimsmegos]

Tomorrow marks the 102nd anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. This got me thinking back to when there was the mystery of the Titanic. Back before the ship was found in 1985. That in turn got me thinking of how much I miss the simple pleasures of unsolved mysteries and other such things. Like the Bermuda Triangle, does anyone care anymore? I never hear it come up. Bigfoot sightings come and go. Ghost hunter shows have really taken the fun out of those tales; "Wow look, it's an orb, shadow, cold spot, etc". I want to to SEE the photo of John that was taken on picture day in which he actually die two hours before the shoot or when the pictures show up two weeks later, the parents freak oout and exhume the body to find that he is now BURIED IN THE CAP AND GOWN that he was not buried in! OK I never really bought that one but man it was great spooky fun to read in an issue of Dynamite or Banana's ...

Who's with me in longing for the days of mysteries and magic... just a little?