Unexplained Disappearance with Bizarre Clues #1 : Teresa Butler

Teresa Butler

January 25, 2006, the husband 35-year old Teresa Butler returned to his home in Risco, Missouri after working the night shift and discovered that his wife was missing and their young sons were home alone. Her jeep was still at the house and there were no sign of struggle or forced entry, but her kids could not shed any light on what happened to her. Teresa's purse and cellular phone were missing , as were a lot of other valuable items from the house, such as a Playstation, video camera and car stereo. However ,her wedding rings and jacket were left behind.

Things got even more bizarred when authorities discovered that two calls had been made from Teresa's cell phone shortly after she disappeared to numbers at two different towns in Missouri. The person at the first number never answered the phone, while the second did answer and claimed they heard nothing on the line. Nether of these people had ever heard of Teresa Butler and don't have any information about her disappearance. Seven years later, there are still no answers in this baffling case and no trace of Teresa has ever found.

Light Bulb Conspiracy : 111 Years Working Light Bulb

The incandescent light bulbs were invented by British chemist Humphry Davey in 1809, it wasn't until Tomas Edison found a way to mass produce them that their commercial use began. However in 1924, the leading light bulb manufacuters formed the international Phoebus cartel with the intent to standardize the light bulbs to increase demand and hence, their profit. The Phoebus cartel went beyond limiting product innovation. Over the gradual course of a few years, manufacturers actively lower the life span of light bulbs. The industry standard of 2,500 hours in 1924 would eventually drop to 1,000 hours by 1940. Light bulbs were deliberately made more fragile, and competitors would be closely monitored to ensure strict adherence to product degradation.

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Uganda Mass Suicide Cult : Ten Commandments of God

March 17, 2000 : more than 500 people, including children followers of the Uganda new religious Movement Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God (RTCG) were intentionally set fire, it was labelled the second-worst mass suicide on record, after Jonestown. The movement was founded in 1994 by former prostitute Credonia Mwerinde. Mwerinda and Kibwetere are believed to have fled the Kanungu coumpund before it was destryed by fire

Credonia Mwerinde

According to the NYT, the movement held a huge party at Kanungu, and reasted three bulls adn drank 70 crates of soft drinks. On the seventeenth, group members arrived at their church in Kanangu to pray and sing, minutes later nearby villagers heard an explosion, and the building was gutted in an intense fire that killed all 530 in attendance, including dozens of children. The windows and doors of the building had been boarded up.

Several days before Movement leader Dominic Kataribabo was seen buying 50 liters of sulfuric acid, which may have started the fire.Police have speculated that the Movement's leaders were systematically killing off members in the months leading up to the deadly blaze. Some investigators believe that members of the cult were killed for expressing their disbelief or for requesting that the possessions they surrendered upon joining the cult be returned to them.

PUPUTAN : Balinese Ritual Mass Suicide

Puputan is a Balinese term that refers to a mass ritual suicide in preference to facing the humiliation of surrender occured in 1906 and 1908 when the Balinese were being subjugated by the Dutch

September 14, 1906, to avoid being captured and enslaved by Dutch invaders, the Balinese people commited a mass ritual suicide "Puputan". To perform Puputan, the Raja dressed in their traditional white cremation garments and commanded that all valuables be burned. Then everyone, from the youngeset child to the wives and priests, marched ceremoniously toward the aggressors.

When the procession was face to face with the Dutch force, the head priest thrust a dagger deep into Raja's heart, signaling the commencement of Puputan. At that point the entire group simultaneously began to kill one another, while the women mockingly flung money and jewelry onto the stupefied troops.

The Fall of Klungkung

Two years later, in a similar manner, an incident in nearby Gelgel triggered a punitive colonial expedition to Klungkung. The local Balinese elite chose expedition to Klungkung. Dewa Agung Jambe II, The members of his dynasty and their retainers sallied forth from the place and engaged in a puputan. The fight, which took place on 18 April 1908, proceeded until the death of the last of the combatant, which included women and children.