10 incredible cases

1. The Last Stand

President Ulysses S. Grant's son, West Point graduate Federic Grant, served in the Army. He married his wife in 1874. Two years later, General Grant was ordered to march into the Black Hills area to search and annihilate the Sioux Indian tribe led by the chief known as "Crazy Horse." On June 25, 1876, in the valley near the Little Bighorn River in Montana, General Custer's 266th AE? The soldiers were ambushed. Facing the attack of 3,500 Indian warriors under "Crazy Horse", Custer made a final bloody resistance. In just two or three hours, he and all his men were killed. , but the president’s son, Frederick Grant, was not in it. It turned out that he did not set out with the troops. Just a day or two before the troops were due to leave, Grant was allowed to go home to take care of his wife, who was about to give birth to her first child. Grant later served as ambassador to Austria, chief of police in Chicago, and was promoted to general during the United States' war with Spain. He died in 1912 at the age of 72.

2. Dress

In 1919, the 30-year-old Russian electronic engineer Vladimir Zvolikin immigrated to the United States. He first worked for the Westinghouse Electric Company and later transferred to the American Radio Company. He is recognized as the father of modern television for his invention of the television transmitter tube and television receiver. When World War II first broke out, he happened to be on business in Berlin, Germany. To return to New York from Berlin, he had to go to London first, and then take a boat across the Atlantic to the United States. He bought a ticket for the passenger ship "Athena" departing from London. "But I accidentally left my dress in Lebanon." In a conversation with the writer Bruce Felton, he recalled: "Considering that when entering the first-class restaurant on the ship to dine, it would be indecent to dress too casually. So I decided to go shopping and buy a dress first and then take the next ship." So Zvolikin didn't get on the "Athena". On September 4, 1939, the "Athena" was hit by a mine launched by a Nazi German U-boat while sailing to the coast of Ireland, killing 128 passengers, including 28 Americans. At this time the 29th American was in London shopping for a new dress.

3. Victims

On May 21, 1924, two young men in Chicago planned a major crime. One of them was 19-year-old Nathan Leopold, a graduate of the University of Chicago. His father is a millionaire owner of a box factory. The other is only 18 years old, named Richard A. Loeb, a graduate of the University of Michigan, and his father is the vice president of Sears Roepke Company. A few years ago, Leopold proposed a homosexual relationship with Loeb, and Loeb agreed on the condition that Leopold would help him kill a man. The plot included kidnapping, shooting and soliciting kidnapping money. They considered three candidates, none of whom were satisfied, and finally settled on the fourth one. He was young Amanda Deutsch, one of the heirs to the Sears Roepke fortune. They were going to kidnap him as he was leaving Harvard Preparatory School. Loeb and Leopold parked their car outside the school, but when Amanda didn't come out, they pulled Loeb's cousin, Robert "Bobby" Franks, into the car, drove around, and then hit him with a chisel. Four blows to the head. Franks' body was later found in a gutter, and Leopold's glasses were also found near the gutter. The murderer was quickly caught and Loeb confessed to his crime. As for how come Deutsch, who was supposed to be killed, didn't show up? It turned out that he happened to be sick that day and didn't go to school. As a result of escaping this disaster, Deutsch later had a very successful career and became a Hollywood producer.

4. Happy Valentine's Day

On February 14, 1929, the bandit leader "Bug" Moran and seven of his gangsters agreed to go to the Casage Company's warehouse on North Clark Street in Chicago to inspect a batch of goods shipped from Canada. worth of hard liquor. Moran was delayed due to something before setting off. At this moment, seven of his men - Frank, Peter, Gosenberg, Adam Haier, Al Weinschenk, James Clark, John May and Reinhard Schweran were waiting for their leader in the warehouse. Suddenly, a Cadillac station wagon parked outside, and four people jumped out of the car, two of whom were wearing police uniforms. They rushed into the warehouse.

Two people armed with shotguns and two others armed with machine guns forced the seven men to line up facing the wall. Then shoot and kill them all. These four people are Al Caponi's gangsters, and they are mortal enemies of Moran. As soon as the work was done, they immediately left the scene. Five minutes later, "Bedbug" Moran arrived at the warehouse and was very lucky to escape the Valentine's Day massacre.

5. Celebration in Boston

On the morning of November 28, 1942, an administrator of the Boston University Eagles (football) reserved a seat at the Coconut Grove nightclub to prepare for a celebration for the team that night, with four outstanding players. The Boston University team of shooting guard Eddie Daugherty and guard Mike Holovok is the No. 1 team in the country. It remained victorious in eight games, scoring 249 points while its opponents only scored 19 points. Therefore, the Boston University team only needs to defeat another weak team, Holy Cross, to win the championship. That night, in the 900-square-foot basement of the Coconut Grove nightclub, Holy Cross' current record was four losses and one tie, the decorative fabric hanging from the ceiling suddenly and inexplicably caught fire (the fire department has yet to call the police) (Find the source of the fire), the nightclub suddenly turned into a terrible hell. In just 12 minutes, 490 people died or were dying. There was a room called Taylors Hall, and no one in it survived, and all of them were reduced to ashes. After final verification, the dead included former cowboy movie star Burke Jones. But none of them were on the Boston University football team. Because that afternoon, the Boston University team with a brilliant record performed seriously abnormally and was beaten to pieces by the disadvantaged Holy Cross team. They lost the game with a disparity of 12 to 55, which broke out the sports situation in recent years. The biggest upset of the game. The dejected Boston University team members had no interest in attending any celebration. Just before the celebration, they canceled the private rooms and seats reserved at Coconut Grove Nightclub, went to bed early and fell asleep with their heads covered.

6. Secondary target

During World War II, should the first target of the first atomic bomb be Hiroshima or Kokura, Japan? At first, the U.S. Air Force designated Kokura, an industrial city with a population of 400,000, as its preferred target. However, reports that there was a concentration camp for American prisoners of war near the city made the Air Force officials hesitant, and finally they decided to attack first. The target was changed to Hiroshima City, with Ogura as the second target. On August 6, 1945, Air Force Colonel Paul Tibbetts dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima in a Flying Fortress. As a result, 100,000 of the city's 255,000 people were killed or missing, and 68,000 people were injured. According to the original plan, another atomic bomb would be dropped three days later. This time it was decided that regardless of whether there was an American prisoner of war camp, the primary target would still be Ogura, and the long-term backup target would be. That day, Charles Sweeney flew another flying fortress to his destination, Kokura. But then the commander told him that the weather over the city was very bad, so he had to change course and fly to Nagasaki. A more powerful atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, a city with 280,000 people. ***36,000 people died and 60,000 were injured. Fortunately, the 400,000 residents of Kokura were not affected by the disaster. They survived unharmed and achieved great development in the era of atomic science. Today, Kokura is part of Kitakyushu City.

7. Late

On May 29, 1953, 34-year-old New Zealand beekeeper Edmond Hillary and Nepalese guide Tamsin Nokai became the first people in history to reach the 29,000-foot summit of the roof of the world. The tallest man on the summit of Mount Everest. Because of Hillary's miracle of overcoming the thin air and violent storms in the mountains, he became a hero for a while and received a knighthood from the royal family. Seven years later, his luck enabled him to defeat death. On December 6, 1960, planning to return to Nepal two weeks later, he booked a United Airlines DC-8 flight from Chicago to New York. On the same day, a TWA Super Constellation aircraft took off from Ohio and was also bound for New York. The weather in New York was very bad at that time, with thick fog and constant rain. The two planes collided over New York, killing 134 passengers and crew. But Edmund was not on the plane. He was late to the airport and missed the United Airlines flight. However, his wife was not very lucky and died in an air crash near Mount Everest 15 years later.

8. Doctor's Orders

One day in 1958, Elizabeth Taylor was preparing to accompany Mike Todd to a grand banquet hosted by Todd at the Flyers Club in New York. Just two days before leaving, Taylor suddenly suffered from bronchitis. When Todd was about to leave, Taylor's temperature reached 102 degrees Fahrenheit. The doctor prohibited her from going out. The weather was very bad at that time, and no one wanted to fly with him on his private plane. Go to New York. Kirk Douglas, Joe Lewis and Joseph. Merchwickz politely declined his invitation. Finally, playwright Art Lean offered to go along because he wanted to revise a movie script on the road. Unexpectedly, the plane crashed in New Mexico, killing everyone on board.

9. Rock Band in Crisis

A rock band named "The Crickets" has just finished performing in Clear Lake City, Idaho, and is preparing to head to Morehead City, Minnesota for its next round of performances. Because the actors were very tired, band leader Buddy. Hurley chartered a plane in nearby Mason City, and on board were Hurley, Waylon Guinings (a bearded Texan who played country music), and guitarist Tommy Also. general. That day was February 3, 1959. When the chartered plane N3749N was about to take off, a magistrate named Richardson asked Gennings to give up his seat to him because he had a cold and was feeling unwell. At about the same time, a man named Rich Valens also asked Tommy Alsop if he could give up his seat. As a result, neither Gennings nor Alsop boarded the plane. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff. All on board were killed, while Waylon Gennings and Tommy Alsop survived.

10. Bloodbath in Hollywood

On the evening of August 8, 1969, novelist Jesse Kosinski was about to fly to Los Angeles to meet his friend Wojtek Frykowski, and then the two went together Hollywood attends a dinner party at actress Sharon Tate's home. Some uninvited people also broke into Tate's house that night. This group of drug-addled gangsters (Charles Watson, Suja Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten) are under the influence of their idolized leader, Charles Mann. Sen - at the instigation of a criminal and homeless person, used pistols and knives to kill pregnant Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Steven · Parent and Frykowski. Jesse Kosinski, who was supposed to attend the dinner, was delayed because Air France staff sent his luggage to the wrong place—to New York instead of Los Angeles. He later recounted the close call in a book called "First Dates."

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10 amazing coincidences

1. Greenberry Hill

The murderer of Sir Edmond was hanged in London in 1911 at a place called Greenberry Hill. The names of these three criminals happen to be Green, Bailey and Hill.

2. Killer Taxi

Two Bermudian brothers were crushed to death by the same taxi driven by the same driver on the same street. At that time, both brothers were riding the same motorcycle, and the taxi was actually occupied by the same passenger. The two incidents occurred on the same day one year apart. Eskine Lawrence and his brother Neville were both 17 years old when they died.

3. Twenty-three

In 1932, a liquor dealer named "Dutch" and named Schultz sent someone to kill a 23-year-old named Vincent Call on 23rd Street in New York. man. Schulz himself was killed on October 23, 1935. The murderer's name was Charlie Workman, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. As a result, he was released after 23 years in prison.

4. Wild Geese

One day in November 1974, Noelle McCabe and his family were enjoying the opera "The Wild Goose" sung by Frankie Lane at their home on Kingston Street in Derby, England. Wild Geese" recording, suddenly a Canada goose broke the glass and jumped into their bedroom through the window.

5. Baby falling from the sky

In the spring of 1975, a baby fell from a 14-story building in Detroit and fell on Joseph Fegelok who was walking.

The same thing happened a year later, and neither Figlock nor the two babies died.

6. Ciphers

June 6, 1944 - A few months before the Allied invasion of Normandy, a Scrabble puzzle published in the London Telegraph contained many highly secret codewords related to Allied operations. , such as: Omaha, Utah, Muberry, Neptune, and Overland, characters related to the D-Day landing itself. This set of riddles was designed by a primary school principal, but he himself knew nothing about the passwords.

7. Unlucky Road

In 1974, Frank Clutterworthy was driving back to his home on Washford Road in Somerset after a dinner party when his car overturned. An hour later, his twin brother Jack, who was coming out of the same dinner party, also overturned his car on the same road.

8. The moment of death

At 3 o'clock in the morning on January 28, 1975, Charles Davis died suddenly while on vacation at his sister's home in Leicester, England. When his sister called Charles's home in Leeds, preparing to tell his family the sad news, she learned that Charles's wife also died suddenly at 3 o'clock in the morning on the same day.

6. Special Thanks

At the age of 4, Roger Rouse was rescued from a beach in Salem, Massachusetts by a woman named Alice Bryce. Nine years later, in 1974, at the same place, Roger rowed a bamboo raft into the water and rescued a man from the water. The man turns out to be Alice's husband.

10. Twin Brothers

James Luce of Lima, Ohio, and James Spilinger of Dutton, Ohio, were twin brothers. But they were separated soon after they were born. Although their respective adoptive fathers did not know each other, they named them James at the same time. Both James married a woman named Linda and later divorced their wives. Both named their first sons Alan. Both loved vacationing on Florida beaches. Both were 6 feet tall and weighed 180 pounds. They had the same hobbies and were trained as police officers. They met for the first time in 1979, when they were both 39 years old