Hello everyone and welcome back to Scary Interesting and to another edition of the

creepiest cases of people disappearing. There are disappearances that are

mysterious and seem impossible and are fascinating for that reason but then there

are others that are fascinating for a different reason. These are the cases that

are so horrifying once solved that it almost seems as though it would have

been better if the case was never solved at all.

Almost. Two of the stories in today's video are exactly that, and as always, viewer discretion is advised.

Before we get into this first story, bear with me for 30 seconds through a brief bit of history to frame the events.

In North Africa, sits the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, which is the continent's largest country in terms of area.

Its population of 44 million people lives across almost 920,000 square miles, and it's

been inhabited since long before we began to write our history in books. Some of the

world's earliest civilizations made their mark on the country, including the Romans and Greeks,

but the group with the greatest influence on Nigeria over its history is its Arab population.

Today, the country is very much a reflection of the Islamic

dynasties of the past, but the country had to endure tumultuous times to get here. Algeria

was invaded by the French in 1830, who took control of the government in 1901. The result

of the European rule was European migration and many Algerians were either pushed out of their

homes or killed by disease, starvation,

or warfare. This eventually led to the Algerian war, which lasted all the way until

1962 when the country won its independence back. Unfortunately, however, post-independence

Algeria continued to face economic hardship and political corruption, which culminated in the

canceling of the 1992 elections. What followed was a complex,

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