1 Crime, 2 People

On 13th of February, 1746, a Frenchman named Jean Marie Dubarry was executed for committing the murder of his own father. Precisely a hundred years later, on 13th of February, 1846, another Frenchman with the exact same name, Jean Marie Dubarry was also hanged to death. Any guesses for the crime? Yes, for the murder of his father. 

Unimaginable Connection?

A coincidence seeps in when we see the Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway’s husband, Adam Shulman having an uncanny resemblance to one of the greatest poets and playwrights, William Shakespeare. Why the obtuse connection? Shakespeare had a wife named Anne Hathaway and both of them were married when Shakespeare was only 18 and Ann was 26 years old. 

White-Chapel Murders

The serial killer Jack the Ripper went on a hunt in or near white chapel district from 3rd April 1888 to 13th February 1891. On the night of 29th September in 1888, a woman named Catherine Eddowes was found lying in a drunk state on Aldgate High Street in London, at around 8:30 pm. She was released later that night at around 12:55 am, and she lied about her name to the police officials as Mary Kelly. Later that night the serial killer murdered Eddowes and went on to murder another woman on the same night. Who was that woman? A lady named Mary Kelly. 

Immortal President?

Many conspiracy theorists have nonchalantly alleged that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, is actually immortal. The president has had not one but two look-a-likes in the same world and that fact is other-worldly. A photograph appeared taken in the year 1920 wherein a Russian soldier looks like it is Putin. And after that, another picture of yet another Russian soldier appeared in 1941 who also resembled Putin to a very great extent. 

Lost And Found

Anthony Hopkins, the British actor, went to London in search of the novel The Girl From Petrovka by George Feifer, because his next movie was based on the book. He could not find an original copy of the book anywhere in London but found a copy of the book lying on a bench at Leicester Square. When he met George Feifer before the release of the film, Feifer told him he himself did not have a copy of the book because one of his friends had lost his copy full of annotations. Hopkins showed him the copy of the book he had. The surprise? It was Feifer’s original book.

Neighbors In Death

One of the Commonwealth War Grave Commission cemeteries housed the grave of the first soldier that was killed in the World War I.  His name was John Henry Parr and was killed on 21st August 1921. The last soldier to be killed in the war was Private George Edwin Ellison, on November 11, 1918. The astonishing part is that both of their tombs stand facing each other, the first and the last, in the same cemetery ground.