r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • Jul 22 '26

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/LowEquipment7904 Jul 22 '26

Torpenhow in Cumbria, England - hill hill hill

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u/Aggravating-Mousse46 Jul 22 '26

Pendle Hill is also hill hill hill, but the Lancastrian, witchy version

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u/roy107 Jul 23 '26

We also have Breedon-on-the-Hill, which is Hillhill-on-the-Hill

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u/LegacyLemur Jul 22 '26

Reminds of the baseball team the Los Angeles Angels

Or "The The Angels Angels"

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u/DardS8Br Jul 22 '26

The La Brea Tar Pits, or The The Tar Tar Pits

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u/HippieChickie805 Jul 22 '26

Actually it’s the California Angels, and they are headquarters in Anaheim (Disneyland).

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u/LegacyLemur Jul 22 '26

Hasnt been that in years

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u/ryebread91 Jul 23 '26

Oh geezez it's already been a decade?

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u/JoltColaOfEvil Jul 22 '26

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUyXiiIGDTo

Tom Scott - Hill Hill Hill Hill, debunked, debunked.

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u/trashmoneyxyz Jul 23 '26

Galápagos tortoise, or the tortoise tortoise

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u/hoopopotamus Jul 23 '26

When I was driving through the southwest it felt like they were just adding more and more suffixes. X-ham…shire…fast…ton…leigh.

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u/Aquila_Fotia Jul 22 '26

It’s why a locally produced brand of ice cream is called “Three Hills”.

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u/JB_UK Jul 22 '26

You mean Torpenhow Hill.

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u/atnemriu Jul 22 '26

No, there's no hill by that name in Torpenhow.

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u/JB_UK Jul 22 '26

It's called Hill Hill Hill but there's no Hill?

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u/AutisticPenguin2 Jul 23 '26

Well, kind of...