it may have been known as the war to end
all wars
but these conundrums still exist in the
minds of many welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 unsolved World War 1
mysteries
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
ranking the most well-known yet
enigmatic situations that arose during
the first world war the secrets behind
some of these mysteries are shrouded in
obscurity while others might never be
solved but that hasn’t stopped
historians from trying to uncover their
secrets number 10 who killed the Red
Baron no not that Red Baron we’re
talking about the German flying ace
known as manfred von fish dolphin
vishesh dolphin was a talented and
celebrated fighter pilot with over 80
confirmed victories to his credit but
there is a large amount of controversy
regarding his death
what isn’t debated is that the Red Baron
was shot in the chest during a dogfight
with two Canadian pilots on April 21st
1918 instead the question is who shot
the fatal bullets into the incredibly
resilient von Frisch dolphin the UK’s
Royal Air Force officially recognizes
one of the Canadians captain Arthur
Brown as the shooter but other sources
have named no less than four other men
who might have made history that day
number 9 John Parr and the first shot
John Parr is believed to have been the
first British soldier killed in the line
of duty during World War one but the
identity of exactly who fired the first
shot of the conflict remains a mystery
furthermore there’s also a mystery
behind exactly which person was
responsible for Parrs death as there
were a rash of friendly fire incidents
early on in the war it’s believed that
the army private was killed by a German
patrol while on a reconnaissance mission
in Belgium but theories have also
surfaced that Parr may have been
accidentally killed by British forces or
by opposition at the Battle of malls not
far from where he was stationed number 8
world war ones mystery artist during the
1960s
the University of Victoria in British
Columbia came into possession of a
collection of mysterious yet beautifully
rendered sketches dating back to World
War one the signature on the pieces
belongs to a JM and there is an
additional dedication to a daughter
named Adele but these are the only clues
to the artists identity the art used
both watercolors and pen and ink methods
and depicts the harsh realities of war
such as the effect of chemical weapons
upon horses it’s believed that JM was a
British soldier but that’s all
researchers have as yet uncovered about
this mysterious artist whose work
continues to affect audiences to this
day number seven the florentine diamond
this priceless jewel has a convoluted
history of ownership having passed
through numerous hands
beginning with by many accounts Charles
the bold Duke of Burgundy it’s not who
owned it which fuels the mystery behind
the Florentine diamond however as the
jewel was lost in the aftermath of World
War one historians believe that the
Florentine diamond was initially brought
into Switzerland by the exiled Charles
the first of Austria before disappearing
from history in 1918 theories abound as
to who took the diamond and where it
eventually ended up with some believing
it was smuggled into the United States
and recut thereafter number 6 crutch the
sub and the sea monster it was 1918 when
Gunter crutch and the crew of his German
u-boats surrendered to the British Navy
in a panic relaying a story that a
horrible sea monster had attacked them
and left their vessel in shambles or did
it a Daily Mail article from 2016 claims
that it was actually crutches desire to
install a heater in his quarters that
resulted in his boat taking on water
during an intentional crash dive its
cables preventing a tower hatch from
being completely sealed from water still
there are also those who believe
crutches story including Loch Ness
sightings record keeper Gary Campbell
who thinks that maybe just maybe
Nessie’s cousin was doing her part for
the war effort number five the Kimmel
Park mutiny the first world war was
already over when the Kimmel Park
mutiny took place at a Welsh military
complex on the 4th and 5th of March 1919
five Canadian soldiers died and 23 were
wounded during riots which took place in
the camp likely due to overcrowding poor
living conditions and the delays in
getting the soldiers back home to Canada
there were 78 arrests made during this
time with a third of that number
receiving military convictions for
mutiny the mystery remains however what
happened to the five soldiers who died
how did it happen and who was
responsible the answers may be lost to
history number four the mysterious fate
of the USS Cyclops we may never know
what happened to the USS Cyclops after
the American naval vessel disappeared
somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle during
March 1918 the disappearance of the
Cyclops remains the largest naval loss
of life outside of combat given that a
crew of over 300 was lost with the ship
some historians feel that the Cyclops
was sunk by some sort of terrible storm
while others believed it went down in
battle against German opposition but as
of yet
no actual proof has been uncovered to
reveal the ship’s fate
the Cyclops sister ship’s Proteus and
Nereus were also lost at sea over 20
years later during world war ii number
three the sabrina and her missing crew
yet another tale of naval disaster only
this time with a boat but no crew the
Sabrina was a trade vessel whose
remnants were found washed ashore near
the French coast in 1917 although the
ship’s rigging was found to be a bit out
of order there were no other outward
signs of damage this left some
historians to believe that her crew was
picked up by a German u-boat along the
way but later sank or was lost at sea
still the fact that we may never know
exactly what happened to the Sabrina
makes it one of the first world wars
most eerie mysteries number 2 recovering
the lost treasure of the Czar’s
is the lost gold of the Czarist Russian
Empire lurking at the bottom of Lake
Baikal the world’s largest freshwater
lake
perhaps according to a 2010 Daily Mail
article which detailed the results of a
mapping expedition which claimed to have
spotted numerous quote shiny metal
objects over a thousand feet below the
lakes surface this priceless historical
treasure dates back to World War one and
the collapse of the Russian Empire as
conflicting legends claim either
retreating troops or derailed white army
trains resulted in the gold sinking to
the bottom of Baikal the lost treasure
of the Czar’s remains one intriguing
mystery and one we hope will someday be
solved number one Balak ich Hungary’s
Balak ich was drafted into world war one
shortly after it began yet it was what
he left behind that made him infamous
local authorities found the strangled
bodies of local women tucked into
alcohol filled drums on Keisha’s
property the bodies featured puncture
wounds had been drained of blood and
were left to pickle in the barrels the
mystery deepened when Kish avoided
police by trading places with a dead
soldier while in a serbian hospital and
all other attempts to capture quiche
were unsuccessful sightings of Kish
would be reported as late as 1932 with
one New York City detective claiming to
have seen the serial killer in Times
Square however his fate remains unknown
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
all wars
but these conundrums still exist in the
minds of many welcome to watchmojo.com
and today we’re counting down our picks
for the top 10 unsolved World War 1
mysteries
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
ranking the most well-known yet
enigmatic situations that arose during
the first world war the secrets behind
some of these mysteries are shrouded in
obscurity while others might never be
solved but that hasn’t stopped
historians from trying to uncover their
secrets number 10 who killed the Red
Baron no not that Red Baron we’re
talking about the German flying ace
known as manfred von fish dolphin
vishesh dolphin was a talented and
celebrated fighter pilot with over 80
confirmed victories to his credit but
there is a large amount of controversy
regarding his death
what isn’t debated is that the Red Baron
was shot in the chest during a dogfight
with two Canadian pilots on April 21st
1918 instead the question is who shot
the fatal bullets into the incredibly
resilient von Frisch dolphin the UK’s
Royal Air Force officially recognizes
one of the Canadians captain Arthur
Brown as the shooter but other sources
have named no less than four other men
who might have made history that day
number 9 John Parr and the first shot
John Parr is believed to have been the
first British soldier killed in the line
of duty during World War one but the
identity of exactly who fired the first
shot of the conflict remains a mystery
furthermore there’s also a mystery
behind exactly which person was
responsible for Parrs death as there
were a rash of friendly fire incidents
early on in the war it’s believed that
the army private was killed by a German
patrol while on a reconnaissance mission
in Belgium but theories have also
surfaced that Parr may have been
accidentally killed by British forces or
by opposition at the Battle of malls not
far from where he was stationed number 8
world war ones mystery artist during the
1960s
the University of Victoria in British
Columbia came into possession of a
collection of mysterious yet beautifully
rendered sketches dating back to World
War one the signature on the pieces
belongs to a JM and there is an
additional dedication to a daughter
named Adele but these are the only clues
to the artists identity the art used
both watercolors and pen and ink methods
and depicts the harsh realities of war
such as the effect of chemical weapons
upon horses it’s believed that JM was a
British soldier but that’s all
researchers have as yet uncovered about
this mysterious artist whose work
continues to affect audiences to this
day number seven the florentine diamond
this priceless jewel has a convoluted
history of ownership having passed
through numerous hands
beginning with by many accounts Charles
the bold Duke of Burgundy it’s not who
owned it which fuels the mystery behind
the Florentine diamond however as the
jewel was lost in the aftermath of World
War one historians believe that the
Florentine diamond was initially brought
into Switzerland by the exiled Charles
the first of Austria before disappearing
from history in 1918 theories abound as
to who took the diamond and where it
eventually ended up with some believing
it was smuggled into the United States
and recut thereafter number 6 crutch the
sub and the sea monster it was 1918 when
Gunter crutch and the crew of his German
u-boats surrendered to the British Navy
in a panic relaying a story that a
horrible sea monster had attacked them
and left their vessel in shambles or did
it a Daily Mail article from 2016 claims
that it was actually crutches desire to
install a heater in his quarters that
resulted in his boat taking on water
during an intentional crash dive its
cables preventing a tower hatch from
being completely sealed from water still
there are also those who believe
crutches story including Loch Ness
sightings record keeper Gary Campbell
who thinks that maybe just maybe
Nessie’s cousin was doing her part for
the war effort number five the Kimmel
Park mutiny the first world war was
already over when the Kimmel Park
mutiny took place at a Welsh military
complex on the 4th and 5th of March 1919
five Canadian soldiers died and 23 were
wounded during riots which took place in
the camp likely due to overcrowding poor
living conditions and the delays in
getting the soldiers back home to Canada
there were 78 arrests made during this
time with a third of that number
receiving military convictions for
mutiny the mystery remains however what
happened to the five soldiers who died
how did it happen and who was
responsible the answers may be lost to
history number four the mysterious fate
of the USS Cyclops we may never know
what happened to the USS Cyclops after
the American naval vessel disappeared
somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle during
March 1918 the disappearance of the
Cyclops remains the largest naval loss
of life outside of combat given that a
crew of over 300 was lost with the ship
some historians feel that the Cyclops
was sunk by some sort of terrible storm
while others believed it went down in
battle against German opposition but as
of yet
no actual proof has been uncovered to
reveal the ship’s fate
the Cyclops sister ship’s Proteus and
Nereus were also lost at sea over 20
years later during world war ii number
three the sabrina and her missing crew
yet another tale of naval disaster only
this time with a boat but no crew the
Sabrina was a trade vessel whose
remnants were found washed ashore near
the French coast in 1917 although the
ship’s rigging was found to be a bit out
of order there were no other outward
signs of damage this left some
historians to believe that her crew was
picked up by a German u-boat along the
way but later sank or was lost at sea
still the fact that we may never know
exactly what happened to the Sabrina
makes it one of the first world wars
most eerie mysteries number 2 recovering
the lost treasure of the Czar’s
is the lost gold of the Czarist Russian
Empire lurking at the bottom of Lake
Baikal the world’s largest freshwater
lake
perhaps according to a 2010 Daily Mail
article which detailed the results of a
mapping expedition which claimed to have
spotted numerous quote shiny metal
objects over a thousand feet below the
lakes surface this priceless historical
treasure dates back to World War one and
the collapse of the Russian Empire as
conflicting legends claim either
retreating troops or derailed white army
trains resulted in the gold sinking to
the bottom of Baikal the lost treasure
of the Czar’s remains one intriguing
mystery and one we hope will someday be
solved number one Balak ich Hungary’s
Balak ich was drafted into world war one
shortly after it began yet it was what
he left behind that made him infamous
local authorities found the strangled
bodies of local women tucked into
alcohol filled drums on Keisha’s
property the bodies featured puncture
wounds had been drained of blood and
were left to pickle in the barrels the
mystery deepened when Kish avoided
police by trading places with a dead
soldier while in a serbian hospital and
all other attempts to capture quiche
were unsuccessful sightings of Kish
would be reported as late as 1932 with
one New York City detective claiming to
have seen the serial killer in Times
Square however his fate remains unknown
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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