Reader's Digest - USA (2019-08)

Babushka Lady

There are many still-unanswered

questions about US President John

F.Kennedy’sassassination.That’s

whythemysteriousidentityof

thewomanwhopeoplecallthe

‘BabushkaLady’issointeresting.

Awomanwearinganovercoat

andscarf,resemblinga Russian

babushka[grandmother],is

seenindocumentaryfootage

holdinga camerawhilefacingthe

motorcadeatthetimeofKennedy’s

assassination.Notonlyhasshe

neverbeenidentified,butany

potentialfootageshemighthave

fromthatdayislostaswell.

SOURCES:HISTORY.COM,MENTALFLOSS

Jack the Ripper

One of the most famous unsolved
mysteries of all time is the identity
ofJacktheRipper,a notoriousserial
killerwhoterrorisedLondon’s
EastEndneighbourhoodin1888.
Despiteinvestigationsofthefive
murders,theidentityandmotive
of‘Jack’arestillunknown.Some
theoristsclaima famousVictorian
painter,WalterSickert,isguilty,
whileotherssayit couldhave
beenQueenVictoria’sgrandson.
Morerecentinvestigationspoint
toa Polishimmigrantasa highly
possiblesuspect,butthereare
disputesaboutDNAresults,
accordingtoBiography.com.

DanorD.B.Cooperis

thealiasfora hijacker

whotookovera

Boeing 727 leaving

Portland,Oregon,in

November,1971.The

40-something-looking

mangavethename

DanCooperand,

duringtheflight,told

theflightattendantof

a bombinhisbriefcase.

Hedemandedfour

parachutesand

D.B.Cooper

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