Don't get me wrong, there are a few exceptions to every rule. Relating to these gruesome, offensive, and definately scandalous real-life investigations, you see there is a certain parallel and underlying meaning in them that goes along with written and actual mysteries. In all the above cases there have been notions as to why these horrific crimes have had such intense time-consuming investigations, and endless hours of searching for a perbitrator that has yet to be found. One minute distinction that I see between actual and written mysteries is that actual mysteries are rarely ever solved, and written mysteries tend to end with a conclusion of the investigation. On the other hand, one relation between these two genres of mysteries is for the majority of the time mysteries are connected with the heinous crime.
Mysteries are successful because they appeal to every social cross section and economic strata.
They also bring a sense of relief and closure when all the final pieces of the crime are glued together. The bulk of the popluation seems to think they are. Another example of a myth would be the Loch Ness monster, the theory of evolution, and space aliens. All of these mythical concepts bring a sense of mystery to our lives, but are not actual mysteries. The reason these myths are not mysteries is because they do not contain the right components for a mystery.