7. JonBenét’s Last Christmas
JonBenét was a six-year-old beauty queen that should have been enjoying Christmas like any other six-year-old. But on December 25, 1996, this beauty queen disappeared only to be found dead eight hours later, hidden under a white blanket. With no signs of sexual assault, scraps of evidence, or even a forceful entry into the house, this case has been one of the most mysterious still in existence. The culprit has never been caught and is possible they could still be alive today.
8. Christmas Hijacking
On Christmas Eve 1994, Air France Flight 8969 was boarded by four men heavily armed with machine guns, dynamite, and homemade grenades. The hijackers were members of a violent militant Islamic sect and were protesting for the establishment of a Sharia state in Algeria. The hijacking resulted in a standoff which lasted for two days and saw the death of three innocent people. It could have been worse, however, if it wasn’t for the French Special Forces storming the grounded plane and killing the hijackers. Reports say that the hijackers’ ultimate plan involved flying the plane to Paris and exploding it over the Eiffel tower, killing everyone on board and potentially hundreds more on the ground.
