What herb am I growing? Here's the wide view, the buds, and the leaves. [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2008 - 8 answers

Help me identify this pill. [more inside]
posted on May 13, 2008 - 28 answers

Are there any good online resources for "Mystery Object" games? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2008 - 5 answers

Can anyone give me any insight into this mystery painting? All thoughts welcomed. [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 6 answers

Please help me identify a fish that washed up on a Pacific Ocean beach in Oregon. [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 6 answers

About once a month, I find a roasted peanut on the ledge beside the outside of my front door. Is someone testing to find out if I am in town? [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 22 answers

What exactly does a Telxon 718 do? It looks like a way-back calculator but only has plus, minus, and a few weird, presumably abbreviated, button markings. Any guesses as to what it does? Video within. [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 13 answers

What are the classics of genre fiction? What are the best thrillers, mysteries, westerns, horror, romances, etc? [more inside]
posted on Apr 3, 2008 - 27 answers

Help me find this song's title, please. [more inside]
posted on Mar 16, 2008 - 23 answers

[ToiletMysteryFilter]Why would someone clog a public toilet with paper every day? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2008 - 31 answers

SongIDFilter: Can anyone identify this song? It's from a compilation CD, and I have no distinguishing information other than the song itself. It sounds quite familiar, but no-one I've asked has been able to place it. It seems rather cinematic, making me think that it's from a film score, but that's really all I have to go on. Any leads would be much appreciated.
posted on Mar 2, 2008 - 4 answers

What is this mysterious background voice saying in the Ted Leo & The Pharmacists song "Ballad of the Sin Eaters"? It comes somewhere around 3:58... [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2008 - 4 answers

Great British mystery television shows/movies? My girlfriend and I are both rabid fans of good, old-fashioned British whodunnits. Nothing like a rainy Sunday curled up in the sofa to watch an insufferable amateur detective line up a bunch of eccentric upper-class Brits by the fireplace to expose their innermost red herrings: Poirot, Miss Marple, Jonathan Creek, Cadfael, Inspector Alleyn, Sherlock Holmes, Gosford Park -- we have pretty much watched them all, including numerous Agatha Christie movie adaptations. What else is out there? Must be British, or feature mainly Brits; extra points for smoking jackets, quaint little villages in Dorset, vintage automobiles and funny little Frenchmen. (We don't like modern police procedurals that much, though; Inspector Morse is all right, but not quite our cup of tea.)
posted on Jan 4, 2008 - 34 answers

What horror films feature a mystery killer? [more inside]
posted on Jan 1, 2008 - 22 answers

My boyfriend got this mystery object in his Christmas cracker and the family was stumped. What is it supposed to be? [more inside]
posted on Dec 29, 2007 - 24 answers

Mystery surrounding a miracle in Coachella involving a cross which burns bright in a window, even at night? [more inside]
posted on Dec 27, 2007 - 10 answers

I'm looking for novels that are pageturners (genres preferred: science fiction/fantasy, magic realism, mystery/suspense/thriller) but also have psychologically acute character development. Any recs?
posted on Dec 20, 2007 - 33 answers

Every Subway smells the same, and it's rank and pervasive. What is it? [more inside]
posted on Dec 13, 2007 - 56 answers

Someone at my office received this in the mail today: Picture. We have no idea who it is from or what it's about. [more inside]
posted on Dec 13, 2007 - 27 answers

For a maybe-film project that my friends and I are playing around with, what small-but-notable crime or deviance could occur at a crowded party, within an hour? [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - 26 answers

Can someone explain to me why iPhones are routinely selling for way more than retail price on eBay? There's no shortage of 'em. [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 17 answers

Help me identify this mystery track from my friends' mix CD, that he can't recall either. No sample available, yet! It's more than likely a movie score track. Cross between 1941, Elfman, Zimmer, Willow, and involves kazoos in places. [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 12 answers

I was scrolling around my home province of Ontario in google maps, and I happened to stumble across this. [more inside]
posted on Nov 15, 2007 - 19 answers

They have a guy on NPR sometimes who gives these brief (maybe under 15 minutes?) meditations on some topic or another, and he has a fun Slavic accent, and sort of a gruff but friendly voice. Also, I have this impression that he lives in NYC. I wonder what his name is. I always seem to turn NPR on in the middle of his shtik and don't catch his name. Does anyone know who I'm talking about?
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 26 answers

I'm trying to find the title of a movie which frightened me as a child (40's/50's) In the movie, a young girl's mother has died & she has nightmares or fantasies about a killer who wears a feather. At the climax she sees the shadow of that feather coming for her & it turns out to be a lady's hat(the woman who is about to become her evil stepmother)maybe played by Bette Davis? & she is saved by her father. [more inside]
posted on Nov 13, 2007 - 5 answers

Where on earth is this building? I know it's on the shore of a lake, possibly in Switzerland. Sorry for the bad picture quality.
posted on Nov 12, 2007 - 5 answers

Help me figure out the name of a comedian I saw in NYC...last December. [more inside]
posted on Nov 10, 2007 - 5 answers

Why do we all have headaches? Or The Case of the Mysterious Headache Mystery House. [more inside]
posted on Nov 6, 2007 - 27 answers

I belong to a New Wave forum in which someone asked for help IDing this song (YouTube). Four years later, after exhaustive searching, it's still a mystery. [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2007 - 25 answers

Is it possible to spoof a Caller ID easily? If so, can you call a number and spoof that number's Caller ID to itself? As in, Person A gets a call from...Person A. [more inside]
posted on Oct 24, 2007 - 15 answers

What is this woven Asian container? [more inside]
posted on Oct 13, 2007 - 7 answers

What is this houseplant? [more inside]
posted on Sep 16, 2007 - 9 answers

Can nitroxoline be used to treat a throat infection? Will it do anything to help? [more inside]
posted on Sep 8, 2007 - 11 answers

What the heck bird is this, seen walking around in Oakland several blocks from the bay front? [more inside]
posted on Aug 19, 2007 - 8 answers

Yesterday afternoon one of the neighbours knocked on the door to tell me there was a dead cat in our driveway. I went out to look and it was, distressingly, one of the feral kittens that lives in our neighborhood. However, the cause of death wasn't immediately apparent and the more I thought about it, the more the circumstances seemed kind of odd. [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2007 - 22 answers

Why would a sink in a public bathroom which had an automatic water sensor suddenly turn on even though there was no one nearby? [more inside]
posted on Aug 16, 2007 - 9 answers

Toronto: What happens in Queen's Park after midnight? [more inside]
posted on Aug 15, 2007 - 11 answers

Please help me identify a deep-woods mystery novel. [more inside]
posted on Aug 14, 2007 - 6 answers

Please help me track down information on an apparently obscure style of Monopoly game board. [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2007 - 5 answers

Why am I so tired? [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2007 - 26 answers

I heard music that I really liked at a pub the other day, and am hoping someone can help me identify it. I have very little information but am hoping the fact that it seemed I was listening to tracks on an album might help. Genre is alternative-ish. (notmany)More details inside. [more inside]
posted on Aug 10, 2007 - 17 answers

Looking for the origin of a quote referenced by Dennis Covington in Salvation on Sand Mountain as being something he "read somewhere": "Mystery...is not the absence of meaning, but the presence of more meaning than we can comprehend." [more inside]
posted on Aug 5, 2007 - 2 answers

The significance of a blank white 1" button? I'm told not to ask. [more inside]
posted on Jul 27, 2007 - 9 answers

What does a person mean when they say they want to 'trade puzzles'? [more inside]
posted on Jul 26, 2007 - 39 answers

What is this thing? I got it from ArtchixStudio but they're not talking. I use it for jewelry-making purposes, but to me it's so odd it must have a hardware or other practical use. Here is another view. Help me, hive mind!
posted on Jul 17, 2007 - 4 answers

Help me identify this butterfly.
posted on Jul 5, 2007 - 5 answers

I need help researching a 1950s murder in Massachusetts, but I live in Atlanta and know no one there to find the info for me. Where do I begin? [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2007 - 34 answers

What kind of lighter is this and where can I find one? Here are a couple of pictures. My brother got this lighter as a gift years ago and I've always wanted one. Anyone know where I might be able to find one. My brother always refers to it as a "miners lighter" and on the bottom it says; IMCO TRIPLEX SUPER austria 6700
posted on Jun 21, 2007 - 5 answers

Mystery Equation: x²+y²=(1-z)z⁴ A friend of mine has a bet regarding whether anyone can figure out what it represents. It's supposed to be mildly romantic. Ideas?
posted on Jun 16, 2007 - 30 answers

What is this strange wood carving? [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2007 - 5 answers