Case 004: The Dyatlov Pass Incident

January 23, 1959. Ten hikers set out on a mountaineering expedition in the remote Russian wilderness. Eight days later, something unexplainable happened to the group. Was a natural hazard of Dead Mountain to blame, or was something else responsible?

Art
"Brown Wooden House" by Johannes Plenio
Music
"Tumbleweed Texas" by Chris Haugen

Sources

1. “The Dyatlov Pass incident sparked terror and conspiracy theories. But has the mystery finally been solved?” by Rebecca Armitage, ABC News Australia.
2. “Researchers Find Another Clue in the Dyatlov Pass Mystery” by Alan Yuhas, The New York Times.
3. “Has an Old Soviet Mystery at Last Been Solved?” by Douglas Preston, The New Yorker.
4. “Two theories for an unsolved Soviet mystery” by Vox.
5. “Has science solved one of history’s greatest adventure mysteries?” by Robin George Andrews, National Geographic.
6. “Have Scientists Finally Unraveled the 60-Year Mystery Surrounding Nine Russian Hikers’ Deaths?” by Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine.
7. Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar (2013)
8. “Mysterious Deaths of 9 Skiers Still Unresolved” by Svetlana Osadchuk, The St. Petersburg Times.