Tag Archives: mysterious deaths

November 11, 2004

Posted on November 11, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 11, 2004, the Palestine Liberation Organization confirmed the death of their former leader, Yasser Arafat under unidentified causes. Mr. Arafat had been confined within his Ramallah compound for two years by the… Continue reading →

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October 13, 54 CE

Posted on October 13, 2020 by Joel Byers

On October 13, 54 CE, Roman emperor, Claudius, died from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. During this time of the Roman Empire, an emperor dying of old age in bed would have been the only mystery. It was normal for the… Continue reading →

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June 26, 1718

Posted on June 26, 2020 by Joel Byers

On June 26, 1718, Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich of Russia, Peter the Great’s son, died under mysterious circumstances after being sentenced to death by his father for plotting against him. The only mystery was why he didn’t… Continue reading →

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July 3, 1790

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1790 in Paris, France the Marquis of Condorcet proposed granting civil rights to women. The Marquis, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat (just call me Nick or Nicolas) was the French Benjamin Franklin of the French Revolution and he advocated a liberal economy, free and public education, constitutionalism, equal … Continue reading →

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September 6, 1992

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1992 a 35-year old man died ten weeks after receiving a transplanted baboon liver. Chim-Chim, the Smoking Chimpanzee immediately protested and said that Theodore the Belligerent Baboon had died ten weeks earlier under suspicious circumstances and that his donor card had not even been signed on the back.

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May 22, 1761

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1761 in Philadelphia, the first life insurance policy was issued in the U.S. by the Presbyterian Ministers’ Fund. The second one was also issued that day insuring the life of Minister Isaac Trumbull. Three days later Minister Trumbull died when a cow and her calf fell out of his … Continue reading →

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