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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