Some mysterious deaths are beyond the power of doctors, police, or private detectives. Before you are ten deaths that still excite the minds of lovers of secrets and conspiracy theories. So let's go.
Tom Thomson
On July 8, 1917, the famous Canadian artist Tom Thomson went fishing in a canoe. Two hours later the boat washed ashore - empty. Two Thomson's spinning rods were also missing. On board they found only an untouched food bag and one of the two oars.
At first, they did not give a look to his disappearance - Tom was a creative person and could well go ashore somewhere on a remote island and admire nature all day long. Three days later, a group of rangers was sent to find him. On July 16, the body of a 40-year-old painter was found floating on a lake surface 115 meters from land. The examination showed that Tom's body was in water on the 2nd day of his absence, but there was no water in his lungs. There were no visible signs of drowning, like dried foam around the nostrils.
On the temple of the deceased was a narrow 10-centimeter bruise, and his ankle was wrapped 16 times with fishing line, which was firmly embedded in the skin. The coroner made a seemingly obvious conclusion - an accident. The artist got entangled in the tackle, slipped and hit his head. Mark Robinson, a close friend of Thomson and one of the rangers involved in his search, stated that when he cut the line from the deceased's leg, it did not look like it was accidentally twisted around the leg. He was sure that she was wrapped on purpose - tight and neat. Relatives also did not accept the version of accidental death, because Thomson was an experienced angler and simply could not get so stupidly entangled in the line. In addition to the theory of suicide, many other hypotheses have been expressed: he could have been killed by runaway laborers or poachers whom Thomson accidentally saw, or by "enemy spies" hiding in the forest. There was even a completely unstable version of a local tornado that took the artist by surprise. One way or another, from what Tom Thomson died is unknown to this day.
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Frederick McDonald
On April 15, 1926, Australian MP Frederick MacDonald disappeared without a trace, leaving a suicide note. His colleague, parliamentarian Thomas John Lee, was suspected of his abduction and murder. Frederick MacDonald.
Lee, according to other senators, was that scoundrel. In 1925, he, who recently won a seat in parliament, offered MacDonald a bribe of 2,000 dollars to refuse to take part in the next elections. Frederick "committed suicide" right before Lee's hearing. A couple of years after MacDonald disappeared, Lee's other opponent and MP, Hyman Goldstein, threw himself off a cliff. Shortly before his death, Goldstein invested in Lee's company, which was soon accused of cheating. An outraged Goldstein organized a committee to investigate Lee's activities, but … a couple of days before the first hearing, the body of an honest politician was caught by a fishing trawler. Thomas John Lee.
But there was no direct evidence of Lee's involvement in the two deaths that looked like suicide, and the senator went unpunished. In 1946, he moved to London, where he again showed an animal nature: he strangled his girlfriend's lover and hid his body at a construction site. He was declared insane and was placed in the prison hospital for the insane. After a year in prison, he died, taking the secret of Frederick MacDonald's death to his grave.
William Briggs
In 1930, someone named Alfred Rose tried to fake his death to get insurance. He found a victim of a suitable size, tapped it on the head with a hammer, put it in the car and set it on fire. Rose was exposed and sentenced to death by hanging. But who was his victim? Alfred Rose:
For a long time it was believed that the man killed by Rose was William Thomas Briggs, who disappeared at the same time as setting fire to the ill-fated car. In addition, he looked like a murderer in height and build. It wasn't until 2014 that Briggs' relatives did a DNA test to put an end to this mysterious murder. William Briggs:
When the results were returned from the examination, it turned out that the DNA of the relatives did not match the DNA of the person who was burned in the car. Thus, there were two riddles: where did Briggs disappear and who did burn in Rose's car?
Julia Wallace
One of the most mysterious crimes of the past is the murder of Julia Wallace. Historians have called it "a case worthy of the Jack the Ripper mystery." On January 20, 1931, the Liverpool Chess Club received a call from someone who introduced himself as R. M. Qualtru, and asked to phone Julia's husband, the insurer Herbert Wallace. “Tomorrow, at 7:30 pm, I'll be waiting for you at 25 East Menlow Gardens to take out insurance for my daughter. It will be a present for her birthday”- his words. Herbert Wallace, husband of the murdered woman:
Overjoyed by the fallen client, Wallace drove home, and the next day he went to the appointed address. A surprise awaited him: there were three streets in Menlow Gardens in this area: North (North), South (South) and West (West). Not even the locals have heard of East Menlov Gardens. Liverpool Chess Club:
Late in the evening, disappointed, he returned home. When his wife did not open the door for him, he tried to open it with the key, but in vain. The back door was also blocked. Calling the neighbors, he started to break down the back door when it easily opened, although a couple of minutes ago it was locked. In the living room, a terrifying sight was presented to his eyes: the bloody corpse of his wife was lying on the floor of the living room. Julia Wallace:
When the police examined the house, curious facts emerged. £ 4 disappeared from the bookshelf, but the family's main savings, stored in a tin can on a nearby shelf, were intact. The perpetrator visited Julia's boudoir and threw her pillow into the fireplace and turned inside out two handbags and three hats that were stored in a closet, which, like a bedside table and dressing table, turned out to be locked with a key. A fireplace poker, the alleged murder weapon, disappeared from the living room. The examination did not find any signs of a burglary on the keyhole of the front door, as well as on the back door lock. The investigation accused Wallace of murdering his wife and sentenced him to death by hanging. But later the court - for the first time in the history of Britain - considered that it was impossible to send a man into a noose without a single piece of evidence, and released Wallace. In 1932 he told the press,that he knows the name of Julia's killer, but for some reason he was afraid to divulge it.
Letizia Turo
On a Parisian evening in May 1937 at 6:27 pm, 29-year-old Italian woman Laetitia Norriset Touro boarded the Metro at Port de Charenton station. She was the only passenger in the first class carriage.
Then, after a couple of minutes, the doors of the carriage opened at the next station, Turo was still the only passenger, but now she was dead. A dagger protruded from her neck. The girl's death was as mysterious as her life. In the eyes of society, she was a simple widow, barely making ends meet, working in a glue factory. At night, she disguised herself as an informant for the Parisian police and spent time in seedy nightclubs in search of information. She was also credited with an affair with the famous right-wing journalist Gabriel Jintet, who smuggled weapons for the influential terrorist group "Comite secret d'action revolutionnaire" ("Secret Revolutionary Committee").
Its members called themselves Cagoule ("hoods") and wore hoods to hide their faces. "Hoods" were financed by the pro-government elites of Paris. They were responsible for at least seven murders, two terrorist attacks and the creation of an armed militia. In 1937, two "hoods" were taken to the police, where they were interrogated with passion in the Turo case. Both admitted that the girl was killed by their killer. Later, one of the bandits changed his testimony. The second was beaten to a pulp by an unknown person and could no longer testify for health reasons. Some conspiracy theorists say that Letizia Turo was killed because she learned the terrible secrets of Mussolini, because killing with a dagger in the neck was the favorite method of Italian killers.
Harry Oaks
Harry Oaks, the richest man in the Bahamas, was found dead on July 8, 1943. Someone beat him to death with a spiked baseball bat, doused him with gasoline and sprinkled feathers from his pillow. The killer tried to set fire to the corpse, but for some reason the flames did not start.
Oaks made his fortune in gold mines in Canada, after which he fled to the Bahamas to avoid paying taxes. His home in the Bahamas:
The governor of the islands was a good friend of Oaks, so he hired two private detectives to get to the bottom of the truth. Soon, his son-in-law, Alfred de Marini, was accused of murdering the businessman. Oaks hated his daughter's husband, believing that he was just waiting for his death to inherit the fortune and heal happily. In addition, Marini's fingerprint was found at the crime scene. A weighty motive - the young man was put on trial. Oaks (left) and de Marini (right):
Later it turned out that the fingerprint was slipped by detectives who wanted to say goodbye to the complicated case as soon as possible. Marini was acquitted, and a new suspect emerged in the case, Oakes' business partner, Harold Christie. Christie owes Oakes a sizeable sum. There were witnesses who saw him leaving the house of the deceased at about the time when Oaks's body was about to catch fire. Christie himself claimed that he slept at home all night. The police let him go home.
Lilly Linderstorm
Lilly Lindestorm, a 32-year-old divorced Stockholm resident, lived in a tiny apartment and made a living as a prostitute. On May 1, 1932, she discussed in the kitchen plans for the upcoming May holidays with 35-year-old Minnie Jenson, a neighbor and companion in misfortune. The neighbors called Lilly "call-girl" not only because of her profession, but also because she had a telephone installed in the whole house. The conversation between the two friends was interrupted by a phone call. Lilly received a call from another client, and Minnie retreated to her room. Half an hour later, Lilly ran over to Minnie's to borrow condoms. When Minnie decided to visit her friend a few hours later, no one opened the door. Deciding that the date was going on, the woman left. It took three days before Minnie decided to call the police. Law enforcement officers broke down the door and saw a completely naked girl lying face down in a pillow. She was killed with three shots to the head. Lilly's clothes were stacked neatly. Crime scene:
There was a completely crazy aspect to this already creepy story. There was a gravy boat stained with blood in the room. As the forensic examination showed, the killer used this gravy boat to collect blood from Lilly's wound and drink. The police interviewed 80 of Minnie's clients, but they were all above suspicion. The name of the Atlass vampire is still a mystery.
Mary Moni
Late in the evening of September 24, 1905, the mutilated remains of a young woman were found on the tracks of a tunnel in the southeast of England. Police initially ruled the death as a suicide, but further examination showed that she was first strangled with a scarf. The body found by the railway superintendent was still warm - hardly half an hour had passed since the moment of death. The murdered woman - Mary Moni - was identified by her brother Robert.
The police tried to restore Mary's last actions. It turned out that at about 19:00 she was talking to a friend, telling her that she was going for a walk and would be back soon. There were two witnesses who saw Mary at the station that evening. There were also those who noticed her in the first class carriage in the company of a man. Another witness reported seeing a man similar to the previous description leave the first class carriage alone. The train passed through the same tunnel at 22:19. The body was found at 22:55. The police naturally decided that Mary's lover threw her out of the carriage at full speed. But after checking all the male environment of the girl, they just threw up their hands - everyone had an irrefutable alibi. Funeral of Mary Moni:
In 1912, Mary Moni's brother was found dead. He killed two women and three children, after which he committed suicide. These women were sisters, and Robert was secretly married to both. This piquant fact from his biography made the investigators decide that it was he who killed Mary 7 years ago.
Charles Bravo
Charles Bravo is a British lawyer who died from antimony poisoning in 1876. The painful death dragged on for several days, but Bravo did not want to name the poisoner who put poison in a glass of water.
Three relatives of Charles were suspected: his wife Florence, who was tired of her husband's cruel perverted harassment, her former lover James Gally and the maid Miss Cox, who was about to be fired. A version was also put forward that Charles Bravo planned to poison his wife, but by mistake he himself drank the poison intended for her.
Gunther Stoll
The mysterious death of the German Gunther Stoll took place on October 26, 1984. He, still alive, but severely crippled, was found early in the morning in a car, in a ditch near the highway. He died on the way to the hospital without regaining consciousness. Alcohol was found in the guy's blood, so the case was regarded as an accident. But an examination of the injuries showed that he was run over and put back in the car. But this is not the last mystery in this murder. A piece of paper with the inscription "YOGTZE" was found next to the body.
Alcohol was found in the guy's blood, so the case was regarded as an accident. But an examination of the injuries showed that he was run over and put back in the car. But this is not the last mystery in this murder. A piece of paper with the inscription "YOGTZE" was found next to the body. This word is not found in any language of the world. Acronym or cipher? Most likely, but no one managed to figure it out. Stoll's wife recalled that on the eve of the murder he told her: “Now I have him in my hands!”, After which he wrote this note, took it with him and left the house. Over the next years, two noteworthy versions were made that could shed light on the mystery of "YOGTZE". This could be a reference to the TZE additive used in yoghurt (Gunther was a food technologist). Or the word did not use the letter G, but the number 6 - YO6TZE, the radio signal used in Romania.
Author: OldSandwich