Some mysterious deaths are beyond the power of doctors, police, or private investigators to solve. Here are ten fatal cases that still excite the minds of lovers of secrets and conspiracy theories.
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 spinning rods also disappeared. All that was found on board was an untouched bag of food and one of two oars.At first, they didn’t give any attention to his disappearance - Tom was a creative person and could easily go ashore somewhere on a remote island and admire nature all day long.
Three days later, a group of rangers was finally sent to search for him. On July 16, the body of a 40-year-old painter was found floating on the lake surface 115 meters from land. The examination showed that Tom's body found itself in the water on the 2nd day of his absence, but there was no water in his lungs. There were no visible signs of drowning, such as dried foam around the nostrils.
There was a narrow 10-centimeter bruise on the deceased's temple, and his ankle was wrapped 16 times with fishing line, tightly embedded in the skin. The coroner made the seemingly obvious conclusion - an accident. The artist got tangled in the gear, slipped and hit his head.
Mark Robinson, a close friend of Thomson's and one of the rangers involved in the search for him, stated that when he cut the fishing line from the deceased's leg, it did not look like it was randomly twisted around his leg. He was sure that it had been wrapped on purpose - tightly and neatly. Relatives also did not accept the version of accidental death, because Thomson was an experienced fisherman and simply could not get tangled in the fishing line so stupidly.
In addition to the suicide theory, many other hypotheses have been expressed: he could have been killed by fugitive laborers or poachers whom Thomson accidentally saw, or by “enemy spies” hiding in the forest. There was even a version that did not stand up to criticism, about a local tornado that took the artist by surprise. One way or another, what Tom Thomson died from is unknown to this day.
On April 15, 1926, member of the Australian Parliament Frederick MacDonald disappeared without a trace, leaving a suicide note. His colleague, parliamentarian Thomas John Lee, was suspected of his kidnapping and murder. 
Lee, according to other senators, was a scoundrel. In 1925, he, who had recently received a seat in parliament, offered MacDonald a bribe of 2 thousand dollars so that he would refuse to take part in the next elections. Frederick “suicided” right before Lee’s hearing.
A couple of years after MacDonald's disappearance, another of Lee's opponents and also a member of Parliament, Hyman Goldstein, threw himself into the sea from a cliff. Shortly before his death, Goldstein invested in Lee's company, which was soon accused of fraud. Outraged, Goldstein organized a committee to investigate Lee's activities, but... a couple of days before the first hearing, the honest politician's body was caught by a fishing trawler.
But there was no direct evidence of Lee's involvement in two deaths that looked like suicide, and the senator went unpunished. In 1946, he moved to London, where he again showed his bestial nature: he strangled his girlfriend's lover and hid his body at a construction site. He was declared insane and placed in a prison hospital for the insane. After a year of imprisonment, he died, taking the secret of Frederick MacDonald's death to his grave.
William Briggs
In 1930, a man named Alfred Rose tried to fake his death to collect insurance money. He found a victim of suitable build, hit him on the head with a hammer, put him in a car and set him on fire. Rose was exposed and sentenced to death by hanging. But who was his victim? 
For a long time it was believed that the man killed by Rose was William Thomas Briggs, who disappeared simultaneously with the arson of the ill-fated car. In addition, his height and build resembled a killer. It was only in 2014 that Briggs' relatives did a DNA test to put an end to this mysterious murder.
When the results came back 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 mysteries: where did Briggs disappear and who actually burned in Rose’s car?
One of the most mysterious crimes of the past is the murder of Julia Wallace. Historians called it "a case worthy of a Jack the Ripper mystery."On January 20, 1931, the Liverpool Chess Club received a call from someone introducing himself as R.M. Qualtru, and asked Julia's husband, insurer Herbert Wallace, to come on the phone. “Tomorrow, at 19:30, I will be waiting for you at number 25 East Menlove Gardens to arrange insurance for your daughter..
Delighted by the client who had fallen from heaven, Wallace went home, and the next day he went to the appointed address. A surprise awaited him: there were three Menlove Gardens streets in this area: North (“North”), South (“South”) and West (“West”). Even the locals had never heard of East Menlove Gardens.
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 began to break down the back door when it opened easily, although it had been locked a couple of minutes ago.
In the living room, a horrifying sight met his eyes: the bloody corpse of his wife lay on the living room floor.
During the police inspection of the house, curious facts emerged. £4 disappeared from the bookshelf, but the family's main savings, kept in a tin on a nearby shelf, were untouched. The criminal visited Julia's boudoir and threw her pillow into the fireplace and turned inside out two handbags and three hats that were stored in the closet, which, like the bedside table and dressing table, were locked. A fireplace poker, the suspected murder weapon, was missing from the living room.
The examination found no signs of forced entry on the keyhole of the front door, nor on the back door lock. The investigation accused Wallace of murdering his wife and sentenced him to death penalty by hanging. But later, the court - for the first time in British history - decided that it was impossible to send a person to the noose without a single piece of evidence, and released Wallace. In 1932, he told the press that he knew the name of Julia's killer, but for some reason was afraid to divulge it.
Laetitia Touro
On a Parisian evening in May 1937 at 6:27 p.m., 29-year-old Italian Laetitia Norriset Touro boarded the metro at Porte de Charenton station. She was the only passenger in the first class carriage. 
When the carriage doors opened a couple of minutes later at the next station, Turo was still the only passenger, but now she was dead. There was a dagger sticking out of her neck.
The girl's death was mysterious, like her life. In the eyes of society, she was a simple widow, barely making ends meet by working in a glue factory. At night, she transformed into 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 Jeantette, who was involved in smuggling 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. The “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” ended up in 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 one was beaten half to death by an unknown person and could no longer testify due to 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 Oakes
Harry Oakes, 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 in gasoline, and covered him in pillow feathers. The killer tried to set fire to the corpse, but for some reason the flames did not start. 
Oakes made his fortune in gold mines in Canada before fleeing to the Bahamas to avoid paying taxes.
The governor of the islands was good friend Oakes, 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. Oakes hated his daughter's husband, believing that he was just waiting for his death in order to inherit his fortune and live happily ever after. In addition, Marini’s fingerprint was found at the crime scene. A significant motive is that the young man was put on trial.
It later turned out that the print was slipped by detectives who wanted to say goodbye to the complicated case as soon as possible. Marini was acquitted, and a new suspect appeared in the case, Oakes' business partner, Harold Christie.
Christie owes Oakes a significant amount. There were witnesses who saw him leaving the deceased's house around the time Oakes' body was supposed to catch fire. Christie himself claimed that he slept in his room all night. The police sent him home.
Lilly Linderstorm
Lilly Lindestorm, a 32-year-old divorcee from Stockholm, lived in a tiny apartment and made a living as a prostitute. On May 1, 1932, she was discussing plans for the upcoming May holidays in the kitchen with 35-year-old Minnie Jenson, a neighbor and fellow misfortune.Neighbors called Lilly “call-girl” not only because of her profession, but also because she was the only one with a telephone installed in the whole house. The conversation between two friends was interrupted by a telephone call. Lilly received a call from another client, and Minnie retreated to her room. Half an hour later, Lilly stopped by Minnie's to borrow some condoms. When Minnie decided to visit her friend again a few hours later, no one answered the door. Deciding that the date was continuing, the woman left.
Three days passed 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 neatly folded into a pile.
There was a completely crazy aspect to this already creepy story. There was a gravy boat stained with blood in the room. As forensic examination showed, the killer used this gravy boat to collect blood from Lilly’s wound and drink it.
The police interviewed 80 of Minnie's clients, but all of them were above suspicion. The name of the Atlas vampire is still a mystery.
Mary Mauney
Late on the evening of September 24, 1905, the mangled remains of a young woman were found on the tracks of a tunnel in southeast England. At first, the police considered the death a suicide, but further examination showed that she had first been strangled with a scarf. The body found by the railway guard was still warm - barely half an hour had passed since the death. The murdered woman, Mary Mauney, was identified by her brother Robert. 
The police tried to reconstruct Mary's last actions. It turned out that at about 19:00 she was talking with a friend, telling her that she was going for a walk and would return 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 matching the previous description exit a 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 surroundings of the girl, they just shrugged - everyone had an irrefutable alibi.
In 1912, Mary Mauney's brother was found dead. He killed two women and three children before committing suicide. These women were sisters, and Robert was secretly married to both. This piquant fact from his biography made investigators decide that it was he who killed Mary 7 years ago.
Charles Bravo
Charles Bravo was a British lawyer who died of antimony poisoning in 1876. The painful death lasted for several days, but Bravo did not want to name the poisoner who poured the poison into a glass of water.Charles Bravo Murder Mystery
Three people close to Charles were suspected: his wife Florence, who was tired of her husband’s cruel, perverted advances, her former lover James Halley, 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.
Gunter Stoll
The mysterious death of the German Gunter Stoll occurred on October 26, 1984. He, still alive but badly maimed, 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 his injuries showed that he had been 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 does not exist in any language in the world. Acronym or code? Most likely, but no one has ever been able to figure it out.
Stoll’s wife recalled that on the eve of the murder he told her: “Now he’s in my hands!”, after which he wrote this note, took it with him and left the house.
Over the following years, two noteworthy versions were expressed that could shed light on the mystery of YOGTZE. This could be a reference to the TZE additive used in yogurt (Gunther was a food technologist). Or the word did not use the letter G, but the number 6 - YO6TZE, a radio signal used in Romania.
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On February 27, 2010, Vladislav Galkin, Soviet and Russian actor, Honored Artist of Russia, died. The death certificate listed sudden cardiac arrest as the cause, and during the autopsy, doctors came to the unequivocal conclusion that the actor’s body was seriously deteriorated due to nervous exhaustion and alcohol abuse. However, later the actor’s father, Boris Galkin, provided facts on the basis of which one can make an assumption about deliberate murder. The death of Vladislav Galkin is by no means the only one among similar ones; many Soviet and Russian actors passed away under mysterious circumstances.
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Vasily Shukshin (1929-1974). Shukshin agreed to play the role of Lopakhin in the film “They Fought for the Motherland,” filming of which began in August 1974 on the Don.
By the beginning of October, the actor had completely completed his part of the work; all that remained was to star in the last episode. On October 4 he was supposed to return to Moscow.
On October 1, Shukshin felt well. He called home from the post office in Moscow, went to the bathhouse, and watched the USSR-Canada hockey match on TV until late at night with everyone else.
Shukshin’s colleague Burkov recalls the events of the next day: “I walked down the corridor and ran into Gubenko. “Nikolai,” I asked, “look at Vasya, he’s going to be filming soon, but for some reason he’s not getting up.” He came in. shake by the shoulder, the hand seemed lifeless, I touched the pulse, but there was none.”
According to doctors, Shukshin died in his sleep from heart failure.
However, there is a version that a murder took place that night, since Vasily Makarovich never complained about his heart. Before filming, Shukshin underwent examination at the “Kremlin hospital”.
And according to the testimony of members of the film crew, a few days before the actor’s death, a stranger appeared on the set where the film “They Fought for the Motherland” was filmed. And no one knew where he came from and for what purpose he hung around there. And he disappeared immediately after the death of Vasily Makarovich.
Stanislav Zhdanko (1953-1978). On April 13, 1978, 24-year-old Stanislav Zhdanko died from a blow to the chest with a kitchen knife.
Stanislav's common-law wife, actress Valentina Malyavina, claimed that he himself stabbed himself with a knife in a state of “mental disorder.”
The death was ruled a suicide. The case was then closed several times and then reopened. A lot of physical evidence and evidence was lost.
They stood up for Malyavina famous people art. Investigator Stanislav Aleksandrovich Mishin, who was involved in this case, was dismissed from the authorities and prosecuted as a defendant for “numerous falsifications.”
In 1983, the investigation accelerated and an examination was ordered, which determined that the death could not have been a suicide. Valentina Malyavina was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 9 years in prison. She did not admit guilt at the trial; in interviews given after her release, she continues to insist on her innocence.
Zoya Fedorova (1907-1981). The murder of the famous Soviet actress shocked the public. On December 11, 1981, after 14.00, she was shot in the back of the head in her three-room apartment No. 243, building 4/2 on Kutuzovsky Prospekt.
The murder has still not been solved. Among the alleged motives for the murder of the famous Soviet actress were her involvement in secret operations of the KGB, and there were also rumors about the involvement of the KGB in the murder.
Her connection with the so-called “diamond mafia,” which consisted mainly of relatives of high-ranking Soviet officials and was engaged in the purchase and resale of jewelry and antiques, was also explored.
Among the most likely suspects in the murder was a certain Anatoly Betz, an Odessa raider. He was wanted for robbing the widow of the writer Alexei Tolstoy. But he was killed in Georgia by traffic police officers, and the investigation stalled.
Yuri Kamorny (1944-1981). The exact picture of the tragedy that led to his death has never been established. At noon on November 27, 1981, Kamorny’s neighbors in a communal apartment suddenly heard heart-rending female screams coming from his room.
Inside, they saw a terrible picture: a girl, with her head in her hands, was sitting in the corner, and their neighbor was standing on an ottoman and holding a knife in both hands.
The actor’s face was distorted, his lips whispered some wild words: “...they will kill you... you shouldn’t go out... it’s better that I kill you myself...” Deciding that the actor had fallen into delirium tremens, the neighbors here They called a narcologist by telephone.
When the doctor and the police arrived at the scene, Kamorny continued to go on a rampage and, waving daggers, did not let anyone near him. The police decided not to risk it and used weapons.
First they fired two warning shots upward. One of the bullets ricocheted and hit the girl in the arm. They fired the third shot at the actor. They aimed at the legs and hit the femoral artery. Blood gushed out like a fountain from the wound. Literally a few seconds later, Kamorny died.
As the examination later established, the deceased did not have a single gram of alcohol in his blood. They did not find any changes in his brain. Kamorny's death went virtually unnoticed. The authorities prohibited the publication of obituaries, given the strange circumstances of the artist’s death.
Sergei Shevkunenko (1959-1995). The actor, known for his children's roles, was killed in his apartment on Pudovkina Street along with his mother.
The first bullet hit Shevkunenko in the stomach while still at the entrance. The second - into the closed elevator doors. According to the neighbors, they heard a cry: “Stop, ...! I’ll kill you anyway!”
He could have been saved if not for a fatal mistake. Having dropped into the apartment, Sergei forgot to take out the keys. The killer managed to open the door slightly and fired twice. The bullets hit the actor's mother in the head.
He was finished off with three shots to the head. The crime was not solved, but it is associated with the criminal past of the actor, who had previously served several years in prison.
Elena Mayorova (1958-1997). The actress died under tragic circumstances on August 23, 1997; the official version was an accident, although some talk about suicide.
Accidentally or intentionally, she set fire to her dress while on the staircase at the entrance of her house, and, having reached the service entrance of the Mossovet Theater, which was located in the courtyard of her house, she lost consciousness.
The employees were horrified to recognize the woman who almost burned before their eyes as Elena Mayorova, a Moscow Art Theater director and one of the main stars of Russian cinema.
When Mayorova was taken by ambulance to the Sklifosofsky Institute, she was still alive. But 85 percent of her body was covered in severe burns. A few hours later, the actress died in intensive care. She was conscious all this time.
The terrible death of Elena Mayorova still remains a mystery. It is unknown whether she was the result of suicide or an accident.
Many blamed alcohol for the incident: in the last years of her life, the actress drank a lot. Much has also been written about Mayorova’s unhappy love for actor Oleg Vasilkov, with whom she cheated on her husband, artist Sergei Sherstyuk.
Vera Ivleva (1943-1999). An actress of pronounced comic talent, she played mainly in episodes, creating unforgettable characters of neighbors, maids, and aunts.
Vera Alexandrovna died tragically under unclear circumstances on January 8, 1999. Her body was found only in March, when the snow melted.
According to investigators, the actress was hit by a car, the driver of which buried his victim in order to cover his tracks. The culprit was never found.
Alexander Solovyov (1952-2000). The actor died tragically at the age of 48. On the night of Catholic Christmas, he was admitted to the Sklifosofsky Institute with a traumatic brain injury.
According to the official version of what happened, Alexander was discovered on the street by a passer-by, who contacted the 68th police station, where the actor was registered as “unknown” and sent to college. On January 1, Alexander, who was never identified by anyone, died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
The body was identified only on January 21, one of the morgue employees said that the deceased looked like Handsome from the "Green Van", Dmitry Kharatyan, the leading actor, was invited for identification, who attested to the identity of the deceased. The killer was not found, nor were any possible motives.
Vladislav Galkin (1971-2011). Vladislav was found dead in his own apartment. The day before, the actor’s father sounded the alarm, telling a family friend that Vladislav had not been in touch for more than a day.
According to varying reports, the actor’s body was found in bed, or on the floor, he was lying face down. During the initial external examination of the body, no signs of violent death were found.
An examination showed that the actor died approximately two to three days before the discovery of the body, and the cause of death was named acute heart failure with cardiac arrest.
However, later in the program “Man and the Law”, Vladislav Galkin’s father, actor Boris Galkin, provided facts on the basis of which one can make an assumption about deliberate murder.
So, on February 19, Vladislav Galkin withdrew $136,000 from the bank, which he intended to spend on renovations in an apartment purchased after separating from his wife. According to his father, the actor kept the money at home (which the alleged customers and perpetrators of the crime might have known about).
In addition, SMS messages containing threats were sent to Galkin Jr.’s phone, and a few days after the visit to the bank, bruises appeared on the actor’s face.
The specified amount was not found during a search of the apartment. The father was also embarrassed by the presence of a bottle of cognac and a bag in the room next to the body. tomato juice: After Vladislav was diagnosed with pancreatitis, he stopped drinking alcohol and went on a diet.
Boris Galkin’s version is also supported by a family friend, doctor Mikhail Zakharov, who suggests that the characteristic bruises and hemorrhage indicate death as a result of strangulation.
Anatoly Otradnov (1982-2012). The actor left home on January 29, 2012 to meet an unknown person, but never returned home.
The next morning, Otradnov was found unconscious in the village. Chelobityevo, Mytishchi district, Moscow region, after which he died on the way to the hospital.
A forensic medical examination determined that death was caused by an overdose of alcohol and the drug clozapine.
Local law enforcement authorities opened a criminal case under the article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm.”
One of the versions of the investigation is that the victim was poisoned by clonidine dealers for the purpose of robbery.
Alexander Belyavsky (1932-2012). The People's Artist died on September 8, 2012 in the center of Moscow, jumping out of the window of his apartment.
The famous actor died on the spot as a result of hitting the ground, law enforcement agencies reported.
According to preliminary data, the 80-year-old actor jumped out of a window on the landing between the fifth and sixth floors of a residential building.
At the same time, he lived on the second floor and, after suffering a stroke, had difficulty moving.
The actor's eldest daughter Nadezhda claims that even if he could climb the stairs to the fifth floor on his own, it is unlikely that he could climb onto the windowsill.
She is absolutely sure that her father’s death was a tragic accident. He could have fallen out of the window due to heart problems.
Andrey Panin (1962-2013). The actor was found dead on March 7, 2013 in an apartment on Balaklava Avenue.
The cause of death was initially listed as an accident. The actor was found lying on the floor in his apartment, and, as experts believed, he fell from his own height and hit his head.
Some time later, forensic experts stated that the artist had been severely beaten before his death.
There were multiple fractures of the vault and base of the skull, severe brain contusion, abrasions on the knuckles and bruises on the knees. Strange sounds and groans were also heard by neighbors who did not pay due attention to them.
“They beat me with hard, blunt objects. Wooden legs from stools and chairs. And also with bottles,” doctors say. They said that in Panin’s wounds they found glass shards that got there during the blows.
Panin also had at least three serious wounds on his head. A close friend of the artist, Boris Polunin, stated that at the time Panin’s body was found, the entire apartment was covered in blood.
“There was blood in all the rooms,” he said. According to him, Andrei Panin was found in the kitchen, while the balcony was closed and supported by a kitchen table and chairs. A criminal case was opened into the death, but the final causes of death were never established.
Sometimes celebrities die under such strange circumstances that speculation about what really happened does not subside for a long time. Many believe that Marilyn Monroe was poisoned on the orders of the Kennedy brothers, Michael Jackson was deliberately sent to the next world by a doctor, and the accident in which Princess Diana died was arranged by the British royal family. the site recalled the most mysterious deaths of world famous people.
Alexander I
The Russian emperor died in Taganrog on December 1, 1825 from a severe fever, which he caught during inspection rides on horseback through the cities of Crimea.
Death of Alexander I in Taganrog
Some time after the death of Alexander I, a beggar old man named Fyodor Kuzmich appeared in Siberia, who surprised those around him with his knowledge of several languages and knowledge of court affairs. Rumors spread that this was the autocrat who had hidden from everyone. The elder never directly denied these rumors. After Kuzmich’s death in 1864, a marriage certificate for Alexander I and a hand-drawn monogram in the shape of the letter “A” were allegedly found in his belongings. Genetic examination of the remains has not yet been carried out.
The sudden death of Alexander I gave rise to a lot of rumors among the people
Glenn Miller
The popular American jazz musician and leader of his own orchestra disappeared while traveling from England to France in 1944. Miller was going to play for the troops who had just liberated Paris. However, few people knew about the musician’s disappearance at that time. The fact is that on the same day the Germans launched their last major offensive against the Allied forces, called the Ardennes Operation. News of these events captured the front pages of newspapers.
Glenn Miller while serving in the US Air Force
What happened to the plane Miller was flying on 10 days before Christmas remains a mystery. There was thick fog that day, eyewitnesses said that even birds landed on the ground. The most logical version is that the plane crashed into the English Channel, but no traces were found to prove this. There were rumors that the musician was captured by the Nazis, who tortured him for a long time. The version that the plane was shot down by the Germans was not confirmed, since there were no flights that day. Miller's death was a huge loss for the entire American musical culture.
Marilyn Monroe
The legendary actress, a sex symbol for many generations, had problems with drugs and alcohol.
Marilyn Monroe in one of the last photo shoots, July 1962
However, when Monroe was found dead at the age of 36, the cause of death was said to be a drug overdose. Another version is a murder ordered by the Kennedy brothers, whose mistress was Marilyn.
The disappearance of Harold Holt shocked the world as much as the Kennedy assassination.
Harold Holt
It doesn't happen often that a sitting head of state disappears without a trace. But that’s exactly what happened to the Prime Minister of Australia on a December morning in 1967. The official went for a swim near Portsea, Victoria. No one saw the prime minister again.
Harold Holt and Lyndon B. Johnson, October 1966
Two days later he was declared dead, and John McEwen took over the post. Naturally, all rescue forces were sent to search for Holt; the search operation became one of the largest in the entire history of the country. As a result, not even the body of the politician was found. Many rumors have arisen around Holt's disappearance. They said that the minister committed suicide or faked his death in order to run away with his mistress. There were also the most outlandish versions. Can you seriously believe that the country's prime minister was abducted by a Chinese submarine or UFO? Most likely, the reasons for the disappearance were quite natural - 59-year-old Holt was not entirely healthy, and these places are famous for strong and dangerous currents.
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin died on March 27, 1968 during a training flight with test pilot Vladimir Seregin in the Vladimir region. The official version, which was reported to the head of state Leonid Brezhnev by a member of the commission investigating the disaster, Dmitry Ustinov: the plane entered a deadly dive after a sharp maneuver that the pilots made to avoid a collision with a weather balloon.
Soviet cosmonauts: Pavel Popovich, Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova in a television studio, January 1, 1964
Already at the final stage, Leonid Brezhnev ordered the investigation of the disaster to be stopped so as not to “disturb Soviet people" Most of the case materials, numbering 29 volumes, are still classified.
Bruce Lee's son passed away no less strangely than his father
Bruce Lee
On July 20, 1973, newspapers came out with the message on the front page: “Bruce Lee has died!” It was so unexpected that rumors connected it with the filming in which the actor participated - his character was supposed to die. When information about Lee's death was later confirmed, the whole world was taken aback. No one could have imagined that one of the strongest men on the planet could die so unexpectedly.
Bruce Lee with his son Brandon, 1966
The official cause of death was brain swelling caused by a headache pill. According to another version, after taking the pill, the actor smoked hashish, and the combination of the drug with a painkiller had a fatal effect. Another version is that Li was killed by one of the Chinese martial arts masters for revealing the secrets of kung fu to the world.
Elvis Presley
On August 16, 1977, the body of the 42-year-old “King of Rock and Roll” was discovered on the floor of the bathroom in the Graceland estate by Presley’s friend Ginger Alden. Officially, Elvis died of acute heart failure due to an overdose of sedatives and painkillers.
Elvis Presley with his parents, 1958
According to skeptics, the musician, tired and beginning to lose shape, faked his death in order to calmly live out the rest of his days in one of the warm countries. For some reason, the investigation into Presley's death was conducted in secret. The only photo of his body wandering around the Internet is most likely a fake (that is, none of the skeptics saw him dead). Two hours after the official announcement of the singer’s death, one of the fans allegedly took his autograph at the Memphis airport, and an examination allegedly showed the authenticity of this signature.
The cause of Diana's death still haunts the hearts and minds of many people.
Princess Diana
Prince Charles's wife and heir to the throne, Princess Diana, died in a car accident in a Paris tunnel in the summer of 1997. Many fans of the princess do not believe that the death of their idol was an accident. It is officially recognized that Diana died due to paparazzi chasing her car at high speed. The driver lost control when entering the tunnel.
Princess Diana, 1995
According to another version, the accident was set up by the British royal family, which was not happy with Lady Di’s affair with Arab-born businessman Dodi al-Fayed.
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson passed away under mysterious circumstances in the summer of 2009. His body was mutilated with injections, and an autopsy showed that the “king of pop” had been injected lethal dose medicines.
Michael Jackson, 1988
The court found Jackson's doctor guilty and sentenced him to prison for murder.
There are so many mystical stories about the role of Natalya Varley in Viya that it is extremely difficult to separate truth from fiction. It is known that after filming the actress was ill for a long time. Natalya Varley, despite the cult of atheism in the USSR, went to church, where she repented for her role in the film adaptation of Gogol’s story.
There is also a story that when going on a cruise, the actress took a cassette with the film with her, but every time she wanted to watch it with her friends, there was a strong storm.
Of course, the mystery surrounding Viy is inextricably linked with the author of the story. The biography of Nikolai Gogol is full of mystical episodes. For example, a writer’s fascination with the other world is associated with a deterioration in his mental state.
Thus, Gogol burned several chapters of the manuscript of Dead Souls, and the writer’s main fear was to be buried alive. They said that when they decided to rebury the writer’s remains, the coffin lid was scratched, but the writer’s biographers denied this story.
Lost version of The Master and Margarita
The novel “The Master and Margarita” is shrouded in mystery, and there are many stories about how filming of film adaptations was disrupted, actors refused roles, etc. Problems also arose during theatrical productions. Many filmmakers were simply afraid to take on the story. Director Yuri Kara made his own version of the film in the 90s. It was supposed to be released in 1994, but this did not happen. They said that they began to remake the picture in order to reduce the running time. A lengthy trial began between the producers of the film and the director. The only copy was entrusted to the custody of the production company's security chief, who died suddenly.
The copy was lost for many years and was released in 2011.
Exupery and the mysterious rescue
The writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry once had an accident. His plane dived into the heart of the hot Sahara. The writer faced a slow and painful death. Water supplies were running out, the radio went dead. Exupery climbed under the wing of the plane and tried to sleep. After a while he opened his eyes, a little boy stood in front of him.
- Don't be afraid, Antoine! You will be rescued very soon! - he said, smiling.
The writer chalked it up to hallucinations and fell asleep again. However, he was soon awakened by the roar of the engine. Exupery jumped to his feet and saw the rescue plane.
The Disappearance of Agatha Christie
The rising star of the detective genre, Mrs. Agatha Christie, one day found herself the heroine of all newspaper editorials.
The writer's car, along with her personal belongings, was found near the house where the writer's husband Archie spent the weekend with his mistress Nancy Neal. The car was parked on the very edge of a limestone quarry, and not far away there was a pond in which a girl had once drowned. All these circumstances gave rise to several versions: suicide due to her husband’s infidelity, an accident, or the husband’s reprisal after a quarrel with the writer.
Newspapers trumpeted new details of the case. The body was not found, so it was assumed that Agatha Christie may have lost her memory.
The search for her lasted 11 days. Even Conan Doyle joined them, and consulted a clairvoyant on this matter. Sherlock Holmes' "Papa" gave Agatha Christie's glove without telling the psychic who it belonged to. The latter named the owner of the accessory and also said that she was alive and would soon make herself known.
And so it happened - Christie was found in one of the hotels where she was staying under the name Neil. Later, the Englishwoman admitted that she wanted to torture her husband, because suspicion of a possible murder immediately fell on him. However, she did not expect that her name would be splashed across all the newspapers. The situation added to the popularity of Agatha Christie, and her new novels were selling like hot cakes.
Unlucky comics
It would seem that there is nothing mysterious in the film adaptations of stories about people with superpowers, but the stories about Superman and Batman have gained just such fame.
Joker #2
The Joker, the villain who Batman opposes, came out somewhat comical in the performance of Jack Nicholson. That is why the version with Heath Ledger was so shocking for history fans. After the release of the film, it became known that Ledger at the time of filming was under the influence of potent drugs: the antidepressant Zofolt, the sedative Valium and Xanax. Colleagues and ex-wife They also talked about the actor’s drug addiction. Members of the film crew argued that, in addition to his talent, it was the altered state in which he was that influenced the fact that the hero turned out to be so sinister and bewitching on the screen.
When Ledger was found dead next to bottles of pills after the film's release, it created an aura of mystery around the role. Like, he got so used to the demonic character that he couldn’t recover after filming.
Some media even quoted Jack Nicholson's comment: “I warned him.” However, in full version In an interview, the first actor in the role says that he warned Ledger about taking strong drugs, from which he almost died.
"Supermen"
The first actor to play Superman, Kirk Alin, did not receive a single offer from directors after filming was completed. The second actor who played the superhero, George Reeves, was found with a bullet in his own home. To this day, it is not entirely clear whether it was suicide or whether someone helped him leave this world. This tragedy added to the list of mysterious Hollywood deaths.
For the third time, Christopher Reeve was cast in the role. It was his performance that became canonical. Reeve tried on the image of Superman four times, after the end of the franchise his popularity began to decline. People started talking about Superman’s “curse” after Reeve’s accident. Being an avid athlete (he was involved in diving, piloted small planes, and was fond of horse racing), he fell from a horse and injured his spine.
The life story of Reeve’s on-screen friend Margot Kidder (played the role of Lois Lane) also worked for the legend. She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in the 90s.
There is a known case when Margot disappeared without a trace for several days. She was found on the street with homeless people. The actress struggled with the disease. In the mid-2000s, she stated that she had not had a seizure for more than 11 years.
Separately, it is worth noting about the series of misfortunes of the film crew of the documentary film about the filming of “The Return of Superman”. Producer Rob Barnett was beaten by a gang of robbers. His assistant was seriously injured in a fall from a ladder, and editor Adam Robitel suffered lung and spinal injuries in the accident.
However, it is worth noting another trend recent years. In 2006, unknown actor Brandon Routh auditioned for the lead role in the Superman film. For him, this was the start of a rather fruitful career as a television actor.
The Superman movie was the ticket for Henry Cavill, who failed the 2006 audition but was cast as the superhero in the 2013 version of Man of Steel. His work schedule is already planned for two years in advance.
In 2016, we will see the film Batman v Superman, the first scenes of which have already been filmed, where the role of Batman will go to Ben Affleck, who played Superman in the film The Death of Superman, which tells the story of the life of George Reeve.
According to insiders, the new film about Superman will be designed in the dark style of Nolan's Batman trilogy. We hope this time everything will work out without “curses” and secrets. http://paranormal-news.ru/news/misticheskie_istorii_iz_zhizni_akterov_i_pisatelej/2014-09-09-9708
