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Each of these mysterious stories one could call it a detective. But in detective stories, as you know, all the secrets are revealed by the last page. And in these stories, the solution is still far away, although humanity has been puzzling over some of them for decades. Perhaps we are not destined to find answers for them at all? Or will the veil of secrecy ever be lifted? What do you think?

43 missing Mexican students

In 2014, 43 students from the College of Education from Ayotzinapa went to demonstrate in Iguala, where the mayor's wife was scheduled to speak to residents. The corrupt mayor ordered the police to rid him of this problem. On his orders, the police detained the students, and as a result of the harsh detention, two students and three bystanders died. The remaining students, as we found out, were handed over to the local crime syndicate Guerreros Unidos. The next day, the body of one of the students was found on the street with the skin torn off his face. Later, the remains of two more students were found. Relatives and friends of the students organized mass demonstrations, triggering a full-blown political crisis in the country. The corrupt mayor, his friends and the chief of police tried to escape, but were detained a few weeks later. The provincial governor resigned, and several dozen police officers and officials were arrested. And only one thing remains a mystery - the fate of almost four dozen students is still unknown.

Oak Island Money Pit

Off the coast of Nova Scotia, on Canadian territory, there is a small island - Oak Island, or Oak Island. There is the famous “money pit”. According to legend, local residents found it back in 1795. This is a very deep and complex mine, in which, according to legend, countless treasures are hidden. Many have tried to get into it - but the design is treacherous, and after the treasure hunter has dug to a certain depth, the mine begins to be intensively filled with water. They say that brave souls found at a depth of 40 meters a stone tablet with the scrawled inscription: “Two million pounds are buried 15 meters deeper.” More than one generation has tried to get the promised treasure out of the hole. Even future President Franklin Delano Roosevelt student years At Harvard, I came to Oak Island with a group of friends to try my luck. But the treasure is not given to anyone. And is he there?..

Who was Benjamin Kyle?

In 2004, an unknown man woke up outside a Burger King in Georgia. He had no clothes on, there were no documents with him, but the worst thing was that he didn’t remember anything about himself. That is, absolutely nothing! The police conducted a thorough investigation, but were unable to find any traces: neither missing people with such characteristics, nor relatives who could identify him from a photo. He was soon given the name Benjamin Kyle, under which he continues to live to this day. Without documents or certificates of any education, he could not find a job, but one local businessman, having learned about him from a television program, out of pity, gave him a job as a dishwasher. He still works there now. The efforts of doctors to awaken his memory, and the police to find his previous traces, did not yield results.

Shore of Severed Legs

"Severed Legs Coast" is the name given to a beach on the Pacific Northwest coast of British Columbia. It received this terrible name because local residents several times found severed human legs here, shod in sneakers or sneakers. From 2007 to the present, 17 of them have been found, with the majority being right-wing. There are several theories to explain why legs wash up on this beach - natural disasters, the work of a serial killer... some even claim that the mafia destroys the bodies of its victims on this remote beach. But none of these theories looks convincing, and no one knows where the truth is.

"Dancing Death" 1518

One day in the summer of 1518 in Strasbourg, a woman suddenly began dancing in the middle of the street. She danced wildly until she fell from exhaustion. The strangest thing is that gradually others joined her. A week later, 34 people were dancing in the city, and a month later - 400. Many dancers died from overwork and heart attacks. The doctors did not know what to think, and the churchmen also could not exorcise the demons possessing the dancers. In the end, it was decided to leave the dancers alone. The fever gradually subsided, but no one ever knew what caused it. We were talking about something special form epilepsy, poisoning, and even a secret, pre-coordinated religious ceremony. But scientists of that time did not find an exact answer.

Signal from aliens

On August 15, 1977, Jerry Eman, who was monitoring signals from space at the volunteer Center for the Study of Extraterrestrial Civilizations, picked up a signal at a random radio frequency, clearly coming from deep space, from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. This signal was much stronger than the cosmic noise that Eman was used to hearing on the air. It lasted only 72 seconds and consisted of a completely definite, in the observer’s opinion, completely random list of letters and numbers, which, however, was accurately reproduced several times in a row. Eman disciplinedly recorded the sequence and reported it to his colleagues in the search for aliens. However, further listening to this frequency did not yield anything, as did any attempts to catch at least some signal from the constellation Sagittarius. What it was - a prank by completely earthly jokers or an attempt by an extraterrestrial civilization to contact us - no one still knows.

Unknown from Somerton Beach

Here's another perfect murder, the mystery of which has still not been solved. On December 1, 1948, in Australia, on Somerton Beach in southern Adelaide, the body of an unknown man was discovered. There were no documents with him, only a note with two words: “Taman Shud” was found in one of his pockets. It was a line from Omar Khayyam's rubaiyat, meaning "the end." The cause of death of the unknown man could not be determined. The forensic investigator believed that it was a case of poisoning, but could not prove it. Others believed it was a suicide, but this claim was also unsubstantiated. The mysterious case has alarmed not only Australia, but the whole world. They tried to establish the identity of the unknown person in almost all countries of Europe and America, but the efforts of the police were in vain, and the history of Taman Shud remained shrouded in secrecy.

Confederate Treasures

This legend still haunts American treasure hunters - and not only them. According to legend, when the northerners were already close to victory in Civil War, the treasurer of the Confederate government, George Trenholm, in desperation, decided to deprive the victors of their rightful spoils - the treasury of the southerners. Confederate President Jefferson Davis personally took on this mission. He and his guards left Richmond with a huge cargo of gold, silver and jewelry. No one knows where they went, but when the northerners took Davis prisoner, he had no jewelry with him, and 4 tons of Mexican gold dollars also disappeared without a trace. Davis never revealed the secret of the gold. Some believe that he distributed it to the planters of the South so that they could bury it until better times, others believe that it is buried somewhere in the vicinity of Danville, Virginia. Some believe that the secret society “Knights of the Golden Circle”, who were secretly preparing revenge in the Civil War, laid their paws on him. Some even say that the treasure is hidden at the bottom of the lake. Dozens of treasure hunters are still looking for him, but none of them can get to the bottom of either the money or the truth.

Voynich manuscript

The mysterious book, known as the Voynich manuscript, is named after the Polish-born American bookseller Wilfred Voynich, who bought it from an unknown person in 1912. In 1915, having taken a closer look at the find, he told the whole world about it - and since then many have not known peace. According to scientists, the manuscript was written in XV-XVI centuries in central Europe. The book contains a lot of text written in neat handwriting, hundreds of drawings depicting plants, most of which are unknown modern science. The signs of the zodiac and medicinal herbs are also drawn here, accompanied by text, apparently, of recipes for their use. However, the contents of the text are just speculations of scientists who have not been able to understand it. The reason is simple: the book is written in a language still unknown on Earth, which is also practically indecipherable. Who wrote the Voynich manuscript and why, we may not know even in centuries.

Karst wells of Yamal

In July 2014, an inexplicable explosion was heard in Yamal, as a result of which a huge well appeared in the ground, the width and height of which reached 40 meters! Yamal is not the most populated place on the planet, so no one was injured from the explosion and the appearance of a sinkhole. However, such a strange and potentially dangerous phenomenon required an explanation, and a scientific expedition went to Yamal. It included everyone who could be useful in studying the strange phenomenon - from geographers to experienced mountain climbers. However, upon arrival, they were unable to understand the reasons and nature of what had happened. Moreover, while the expedition was working, two more similar failures appeared in Yamal in exactly the same way! Until now, scientists have been able to come up with only one version - about periodic explosions of natural gas coming to the surface from underground. However, experts consider it unconvincing. The Yamal failures remain a mystery.

Antikythera Mechanism

Discovered by treasure hunters on a sunken ancient Greek ship at the beginning of the twentieth century, this device, which at first seemed like just another artifact, turned out to be, no less, the first analog computer in history! A complex system of bronze disks, made with precision and accuracy unimaginable in those distant times, made it possible to calculate the position of stars and luminaries in the sky, time in accordance with different calendars and dates Olympic Games. According to the results of the analyses, the device was made at the turn of the millennium - about a century before the birth of Christ, 1600 years before the discoveries of Galileo and 1700 before the birth of Isaac Newton. This device was ahead of its time by a thousand seconds. extra years and still amazes scientists.

Sea people

The Bronze Age, which lasted approximately from the XXXV to the X century BC, was the heyday of several European and Middle Eastern civilizations - Greek, Cretan, Cananese. People developed metallurgy, created impressive architectural monuments, tools became more complex. It seemed that humanity was moving by leaps and bounds towards prosperity. But everything collapsed within a few years. The civilized peoples of Europe and Asia were attacked by a horde of “people of the sea” - barbarians on countless ships. They burned and destroyed cities and villages, burned food, killed and took people into slavery. After their invasion, ruins remained everywhere. Civilization was thrown back at least a thousand years ago. In once powerful and educated countries, writing disappeared, and many secrets of construction and working with metals were lost. The most mysterious thing is that after the invasion, the “sea people” disappeared as mysteriously as they appeared. Scientists are still wondering who and where this people were from and what their further fate. But there is no clear answer to this question yet.

Murder of the Black Dahlia

Books were written and films were made about this legendary murder, but it was never solved. On January 15, 1947, 22-year-old aspiring actress Elizabeth Short was found brutally murdered in Los Angeles. Her naked body was subjected to cruel abuse: it was practically cut in half and bore traces of many injuries. At the same time, the body was washed clean and completely devoid of blood. This story of one of the oldest unsolved murders was widely circulated by journalists, giving Short the nickname “black dahlia.” Despite active search, the police were never able to find the killer. The Black Dahlia case is considered one of the oldest unsolved murders in Los Angeles.

Motor ship "Ourang Medan"

In early 1948, the Dutch ship Ourang Medan sent an SOS signal while in the Strait of Mallaka off the coast of Sumatra and Malaysia. According to eyewitnesses, the radio message said that the captain and the entire crew were dead, and it ended with the chilling words: “And I am dying.” The captain of the Silver Star, having heard the distress signal, went in search of the Ourang Medan. Having discovered the ship in the Strait of Malacca, the sailors from the Silver Star boarded and saw that it was indeed full of corpses, and the cause of death was not visible on the bodies. Soon the rescuers noticed suspicious smoke coming from the hold and, just in case, chose to return to their ship. And they did the right thing, because soon the Ourang Medan spontaneously exploded and sank. Of course, because of this, the possibility of an investigation became zero. Why the crew died and the ship exploded is still a mystery.

Baghdad battery

Until recently, it was believed that humanity mastered the production and use of electric current only at the end of the 18th century. However, an artifact found by archaeologists in the region ancient Mesopotamia in 1936, casts doubt on this conclusion. The device consists of a clay pot in which the battery itself is hidden: an iron core wrapped in copper, which is believed to have been filled with some kind of acid, after which it began to generate electricity. For many years, archaeologists debated whether the devices were actually related to the generation of electricity. In the end, they collected the same primitive products - and managed to get with their help electric current! So, did they really know how to install electric lighting in ancient Mesopotamia? Since written sources from that era have not survived, this mystery will now probably forever excite scientists.

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Today we will talk about several mysterious people, whose biography is shrouded in numerous secrets and mysteries. Some details are shockingly true, others are questionable and border on fiction. Be that as it may, these people will forever remain in history, because the most inexplicable events and things in history are associated with them.

Billy Milligan

24 people lived inside it. He was one of the first to be acquitted by the court due to split personality. Accused of raping three women. Billy Milligan was born in 1959 and did not know a happy childhood. The father committed suicide, and the stepfather was accused of pedophilia and harassment of Billy himself. Then new personalities began to appear in the boy's mind.

Already at the age of 20, Milligan served time in prison for robbery. In 1977, he raped three women on Ohio University campus. During the trial, the lawyer decided to build a defense on the basis of insanity. It worked. Billy was sent for a psychiatric examination, where he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, requiring compulsory treatment.

Around that time, Billy Milligan had already revealed ten personalities living inside his head. Some individuals dominated others and had individual and expressive traits. It turns out that Billy himself was obsessed with suicidal thoughts as a teenager. The instinct of self-preservation in alliance with deviations gave rise to a defense mechanism that created more and more new personalities. The right personality controlled Milligan depending on a particular situation. Each personality was whole and self-sufficient.

The Englishman Arthur was well versed in science and was responsible for the condition of Billy's body. Yugoslav communist Rejen Vadaskovinich was distinguished by a Slavic accent, knowledge of weapons, could write and speak Serbo-Croatian, controlled physical fitness. Adalana was a young girl with a passion for same-sex love. Among the individuals were also small children, bandits and scientists, creative people and marginalized. All personalities had a unifying essence - a certain Teacher.

The teacher appeared during treatment and it was through his voice that Billy Milligan was able to tell about himself in as much detail as possible, which was reflected in Daniel Keyes’ book “The Many Minds of Billy Milligan.” Billy Milligan died at the age of 59 from cancer in 2014.

A Polish boy of Jewish origin demonstrated a phenomenal memory from a very young age and could memorize entire pages of text from complex stories. Messing was born in 1899 into a poor family. His mother died early from consumption, and his father treated him cruelly. 11-year-old Wolf ran away from home and boarded the first train he came across. Messing handed the ticket inspector a piece of newspaper, which he took for a real ticket and returned it, wishing him a good trip. That event became the first real signal of supernatural abilities.

The train arrived in Berlin, where the teenager stayed for the first time, taking on any kind of auxiliary work. Exhaustion and hunger forced Wolf to lose consciousness and end up in the hospital. When the boy woke up and saw a doctor sitting next to him, he asked not to take him to the shelter. The doctor was shocked, because he was just thinking about this. The doctor felt sorry for the child and decided to study his abilities.

Wolf Messing could force his body to enter an almost lifeless state, he was able to transmit and read thoughts with the highest accuracy. Wolf Messing subsequently began to show his gift in the circus. He easily found objects hidden by spectators until the Nazis came to power. In 1939, Wolf Messing fled to Soviet Union, where he continued to perform hypnotic sessions.

Having gained experience in the ability to read minds and guess the contents of pockets strangers, Messing moved on to prophecies. In one of them, he predicted the death of one of Stalin’s sons in a plane crash. The head of the USSR insisted that his son give up flying in favor of railway transport. The plane on which Stalin's son was originally supposed to fly crashed.

The head of the USSR was also grateful to Wolf Messing for his accurate prediction of the victorious end of World War II. The medium said that Hitler was doomed if he sent troops to the east. Because of these words, the Fuhrer even promised 200 thousand Reichsmarks for the seer’s head. Wolf Messing died in 1974 and knew the date of his death for a long time.

Italian physicist born in 1906. His scientific ideas and developments were predicted to have the greatest future, capable of turning the world upside down. At the age of 22, Ettore was enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome, and a year later he became a doctor of science.

In 1937, a young scientist discovered neutrinos, which put him ahead of his time by half a century. However, Ettore repeatedly reported that he was dissatisfied with the results of his activities, so he tried not to publish his works. He even destroyed own calculations, as if realizing humanity’s unpreparedness for such knowledge. And in 1938 something strange happened. The scientist took all his money from the bank, left a note asking his family to forgive and remember him, and then disappeared.

Some time later, Ettore’s colleagues received a telegram informing him of his return. However, the scientist disappeared completely after that. It has been suggested that Ettore was aware dire consequences from publishing their greatest and most mysterious discoveries, the time of which has not yet come.

In that era, Italy was dominated by the fascists. Ettore may have deliberately concealed himself and his knowledge of how to create weapons of mass destruction.

This theory is also confirmed by the fact that Benito Mussolini personally supervised the search for a scientist who could have become a victim of bloody political games. The Italian prosecutor's office claims that Ettore stayed in Venezuela from 1955 to 1959, but it still remains a mystery why the brilliant scientist decided to go specifically to South America and did not return to his family after the fall of the dictatorial regime in his native country.

Woman from Isdalen

On November 29, 1970, a burned female corpse was discovered in the Norwegian Isdalen Valley. The real name of the victim could not be established. Head and upper part the bodies lay on the fire. The body and face had beautiful features, age from 30 to 40 years. The gold jewelry remained untouched.

Nearby were found charred pages of a passport, an empty liquor bottle, scattered sleeping pills and plastic containers for gasoline. It was not possible to take fingerprints; the pads were burned. The woman's suitcases were found at a local hotel, but all traces of them had been erased. False passports in different names were kept inside.

It further became clear that the victim had traveled extensively throughout Europe. A complex and grandiose route of her movements across different countries and cities was established. Hotel workers reported that the woman behaved strangely and was very nervous, as if she was afraid of something. The police decided to close the case, sticking to the version of suicide. But not everything is so simple...

Firstly, injuries were found on the victim's neck that cannot be inflicted on oneself. Secondly, a witness came forward and reported seeing a frightened woman a few days before her death. She was in the company of two sullen men of Mediterranean appearance. She clearly wanted to tell the passerby something, but did not dare. After the tragedy, the witness contacted the police, but the investigator recommended that he forget about what happened, since the case would never be solved. Only 32 years later this fact became well known.

The greatest inventor who changed the world forever with his discoveries. Every scientific work went beyond the understanding of even the smartest contemporaries. Nikola Tesla, unfortunately, took to his grave as many discoveries as he made public.

In 1898, he installed a strange device in the attic where his laboratory was located. After some time, the walls of houses in the area began to tremble, causing panic among residents. When the police arrived, Tesla managed to destroy the terrible invention, and then declared that he could split the Earth, this only requires a suitable source of vibration and a certain moment in time.

Nikola Tesla was actively involved in developing methods for wireless information transmission. In 1905, a 47-meter-high tower was built. The test launch was accompanied by a grandiose glow for many miles around. In some houses, electric lamps lit up on their own. Nikola Tesla proposed ideas that turned all ideas about the structure of the world upside down.

Many of his contemporaries believed that the scientist generated ideas while in a state of altered consciousness.

Researchers are still scratching their heads trying to find out: who are they?

“No document, no person,” asserted Woland in the novel Bulgakov"The Master and Margarita". But most of the situations described below have documentary evidence, but who their main characters were is still a mystery. One version is more bizarre than the other, some facts contradict others. And the truth is somewhere nearby, but completely elusive.

Green children from another planet

Several ancient manuscripts have survived that describe mysterious story, which occurred in the 12th century in the village of Woolpit in Suffolk. One hot August day, a boy and a girl materialized in front of the reapers. The children were scared and looked very strange: eyewitnesses were amazed green their skins, strange clothes and an unfamiliar whistling language that the children spoke.

The boy turned out to be weak and soon died. And the girl was baptized, and over time she became lighter. According to some sources, she stayed in the village and married a local guy. According to others, her name was Agnes Barr and the Supreme Ambassador became her husband HeinrichII.

Selfish parents or evil guardian?

Over time, the girl told local residents how she and her brother ended up in Woolpit. According to her, they lived in a place where the sun did not shine, there was always fog, and the people were green. Another version: the guys lived in France. One day they were grazing sheep in a meadow when they saw a fireball. The boy and girl were pulled inside, and they woke up already in England on the field. But this does not explain the green color of their skin and strange language. The researchers suggested that the children escaped from the copper mines, where they were forced to work hard. Copper dust could stain their skin, and they made up the extraterrestrial origin story so they wouldn't be sent back.

Others were convinced that their guardian wanted to poison the children with arsenic. This poison turns the skin greenish. But why then did the unknown foundlings not die from poisoning?

There was a version that the brother and sister escaped from a troupe of traveling actors. Their parents somehow mutilated their skin and showed it at fairs for money. And many folklorists and chroniclers are sure that there never were “green children.” This is just a beautiful and slightly creepy legend.

Foundling with a small brain

May 26, 1828 in Nuremberg on market square They found a teenager 15-16 years old. He had with him a letter addressed to the commander of the cavalry squadron von Wessenig. It followed that the mother could not take care of the child, he did not have a father, but the boy wanted to become a cavalryman and serve the king. When they asked the boy what his name was, he firmly signed with his hand: “ Kaspar Hauser».

The foundling aroused unprecedented interest in society: he had the intelligence of a three-year-old child, moved strangely, was afraid of sounds, could not stand many smells, held his fingers spread apart, had an extremely small vocabulary, and ate mostly black bread and water. Kaspar said about himself that from an early age he lived in a cramped closet, in which it was impossible to really turn around and stand in full height. He slept half-sitting, and a “black man” served him. He fed him bread and water. Sometimes the water had a strange taste, and the child immediately fell asleep. He woke up already changed into clean clothes and with his fingernails cut. The boy was kept company wooden toys, later the “black man” taught him to write.

M.L.O.

The police tried to establish who kept the child locked up and for what reason, and who his parents were. Some considered him weak-minded, others took care of him in every possible way. Over time, Kaspar changed several houses of the nobility, became interested in painting, and even learned to play chess. But no one could guess his identity. There were rumors that he was the son Stephanie de Beauharnais, Grand Duchess of Baden, whose son died in the cradle under mysterious circumstances, but he could have been replaced.

On October 17, 1829, on a white day, Kaspar was attacked by an unknown person with a knife. The young man was delirious for several days and shouted: “Black man!” Fortunately, the wound was not fatal and he survived.

However, on December 14, 1833, the young man was attacked again and brutally stabbed to death. A wallet was found next to the body, and in it an illegible note that could only be read in a mirror image: “In order not to bother Hauser, I want to tell you myself where I’m from... I came from... the Bavarian border... on river... I’ll even tell you the name: M. L. O.”

An autopsy revealed that Casper's brain was too small, as if its development had been artificially stopped at a certain stage. In 2002, DNA samples were taken from the young man’s clothing. The result showed that it was quite possible that he was Stephanie's son, but not all researchers take this for granted. There is still debate about the identity of the “child of Europe,” as he was also called. Some even classify him as an alien, while others see him as a typical Mowgli child.

A person from a country that is not on the map

In 1954, at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, security noticed a European man in a business suit who was slightly confused. The man spoke French and knew several other languages. He showed his passport, which had stamps from different countries, including Country rising sun, which he visited several times lately. The detainee explained that he came from the country of Taured and clearly indicated it on the map, pointing to Andorra. He insisted that it was Tord who was here, and had flown to Tokyo on a business trip. He has a hotel room booked in the city, and company is waiting for him.

No one recognized the man either at the organization’s office or at the hotel. The distressed and confused stranger was locked in the room, deciding to continue the investigation of this mysterious case in the morning. However, the man disappeared, as did all his belongings that were in the airport security premises. He couldn’t get out of the window because the floor was high and there was no balcony. It is believed that it was a time traveler who got a little lost on the way.

Jump to nowhere

On November 24, 1971, a passenger boarded the Boeing 727-51 airliner - flight NW305 Portland - Seattle, who bought a ticket under the name Dan Cooper. After takeoff, the man passed a note to the flight attendant. The girl thought that he wanted to meet her and put the piece of paper in his pocket. However, Cooper stopped her and whispered about the theft and the bomb. He demanded $200 thousand and four parachutes.

After landing in Seattle, all passengers were released, the plane was refueled, and it took to the skies again. Cooper jumped out with a parachute in the area of ​​​​Lake Merwin. The fighter escorting the airliner did not track the man's jump due to poor visibility.

No one ever saw Cooper again, who managed to fool everyone around his finger. In 1980, a wad of dollars was found in river water northwest of Portland. A total of $6 thousand was raised. Experts matched the serial numbers to the numbers on $20 bills issued to Cooper and confirmed that they were the hijacker's trophy. Presumably, he died after crashing into the water. In July 2016, the FBI suspended its investigation into the case.

Dan Cooper. An identikit made by the FBI in 1972. wikimedia

Let mom hear

American under fifteen Monica Libao Together with my parents, I changed about 30 places of residence. At the age of sixteen she learned that her mother Burma I had my uterus removed twenty years ago, that is, before my daughter was born. The mother finally admitted that Monica was actually given birth to by her older sister, who could not raise the child on her own and placed him in the care of a close relative.

However, the biological mother quickly disowned the girl, telling a different story. Allegedly, an unknown woman gave the baby to the Libao family in exchange for a bus ticket. Monica then learned that Burma had been hiding her from the police and found evidence that she had, in fact, been kidnapped. Therefore, her parents constantly moved, covering their tracks.

A private investigator hired by Monica found a two-year-old story Elizabeth Gill, which was stolen from a home in Missouri in 1965. But the result of DNA analysis did not confirm this. The woman is still trying to find out who she is and to find her relatives, mom and dad.

Periodically in history such mysterious personalities that the interest in them was phenomenal. Legends were made about them, which over time supplanted the truth. People have long forgotten who they really were.

1. Count Dracula

The movie vampire with fangs and a cloak has nothing in common with his prototype. The nickname Dracula was given to the Romanian Count Vlad III by his father, who was a knight of the Order of the Dragon. Translated, Dracul means “Dragon” or “Devil”. Vlad III himself was called Tepes, which translated from Romanian means “Impaler.”

The Count was known for his cruelty. Rumor has it that he executed en masse, impaled men, women and children, and burned dozens of people alive. In total, he is credited with killing 100 thousand people. It was these legends that inspired the Irish writer Bram Stoker to write a novel about the aristocratic vampire Dracula.

2. Mata Hari

Everyone knows about this spy from the First World War. Almost three dozen films and TV series have been shot about her. However, according to modern assessments, the image of the spy is too romanticized, and in fact, her significance was not as great as we used to think. Most historians believe that the information she actually obtained was not of serious value to one side or another.

The Dutch striptease dancer Margareta Gertrude Zelle is known under the pseudonym Mata Hari (in Malay for “eye of the day”, that is, “sun”). Many influential people became her spectators and then her lovers, for whose connections she was most likely executed.

In 1916, the French suspected him of espionage. Mata Hari was arrested in Paris in 1917 and sentenced to death. The spy was executed at the age of 41.

3. Iron Mask

Under this nickname, a prisoner of the French Bastille during the time of the king went down in history. Louis XIV. There are many versions about his personality. The most popular of them, which became the basis for the movie image, is the one in which the king’s twin brother hides his face under a mask. And in fact, the mask was not iron, but black velvet.

The legend arose from a mysterious nameless prisoner who died in 1703 in the Bastille. Voltaire was the first to describe this prisoner as the Iron Mask, turning him into a symbol of the era of absolutism.


Some historians believe that there was no mysterious prisoner, because at that time it was customary to use a black mask to hide the faces of prisoners who knew state secrets.

4. Nostradamus

Michel de Nostredame was a French pharmacist and medical graduate who was interested in astrology and alchemy. He took mild hallucinogens and meditated, and wrote down the resulting “visions” in quatrains.


His quatrains are devoid of any specifics; they do not contain certain dates, and the information is very vague. Therefore, interpreters famously adjust all events to fit predictions, even if the meaning of the latter can be interpreted with great stretch.

5. Rasputin

This man was an ordinary son of a Siberian coachman, who arrived in St. Petersburg to treat Tsarevich Alexei, and became one of most influential people of its time. Researchers have put forward many assumptions about the life of Rasputin, but no one knows how he managed to achieve such fame.

Many rumors and gossip about him were deliberately spread by anti-monarchists and revolutionaries. They claimed that Rasputin led a very depraved life: he organized orgies, played drunken brawls in restaurants, had connections with prostitutes, and much more.


The family doctor of Nicholas II, Yevgeny Botkin, said that if Rasputin had not existed, the revolutionaries would have created a “demon” out of someone else.

This is how people who once really existed became indestructible authorities for us. Who knows, maybe the same legends will be made about one of us!

Riddles are by definition difficult to solve. If you want to bring a little mystery into your life, but still maintain magnetism and charm, you can learn to hide some aspects of your personality and emphasize others to create an image mysterious person in your performances, in your behavior and in your personality.

Steps

Part 1

Speak in riddles

Speak only when you have something to say. If you want to emphasize your mystical and mysterious presence, you should leave some things unsaid. Learn not to speak your mind all the time - not because you are shy and meek, but because you are quite self-confident. Speak up when you know it's important, but don't feel obligated to speak up at every opportunity.

• We often mistake fast talkers for smart ones, but pauses in conversation are especially powerful. In dialogue, provide space for reflection and silence, allowing what is said to be understood. This will give weight to your words and emphasize the importance of your presence. Often people remember not what you say, but how you say it.

1. Play devil's advocate. Mysterious people are often unpredictable, suddenly expressing opinions that go against the opinions of others. Don't follow the crowd. Instead, look for new ways of seeing and try to think creatively. Ask questions instead of agreeing to avoid conflict.

   • If three people in a meeting have already agreed on one way to solve a problem, play devil's advocate, even if you think they are probably right, or remain silent. There is no point in becoming another voice in the crowd repeating the same thing.
   • Ask a lot of questions to ensure the best decisions are made. Clarify, label, and solicit all ideas to get to the heart of the matter.

2. Keep conversations serious. Small talk is essentially banal. We talk about the weather, troubles at work, child care, traffic, the cost of living. Mysterious people will likely prefer a more meaningful conversation face to face. Learn to use creative language in your speech and stay on track for meaningful discussion.

   • If at a party you encounter a lot of empty talk about yourself, try to find someone who will support a different kind of conversation. Start with an unusual question or testing the waters. If someone casually comments that they like a movie, instead of agreeing, ask why?

3. Use unusual expressions. Be creative and say things that will make people sit up and think, not things that will fade into the background of conversations. If someone asks: “How are you?” and you answer, “Slowly!”, they will immediately forget about it. Or you could say, "I feel like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs." If someone asks how baseball ended, they might say that the game was terrible, or they might say that it was "Like a mouthful of hot lead." People will pay attention.

   Build a powerful vocabulary. Learn a few new words every day and use them in your conversations. Clear and correct diction in your everyday conversations will help you stand out from the crowd of speakers.

   Part 2

   Keep some distance

   1. Tell less about yourself. Social networks have changed the way we communicate with each other, destroying the aura of mystery around us. Sometimes it's hard to change people's perceptions of you because they've heard too much about who you currently are. Don't limit yourself when talking online or one-on-one. Instead, for that matter, be prudent about disclosing information about yourself to strangers and strangers. strangers and be more open with those who are closer to you.

      • There is no need to constantly inform those around you about your whereabouts or describe interests and tastes at the slightest provocation. If someone asks where you are going, simply avoid answering. "I'll come later."
      • Remove location information and updates from your accounts in social networks, like Twitter and Facebook. Stop calling yourself a citizen of a certain nation online. Remove personal information from accounts as much as possible.

   2. Choose your friends wisely. Some people are open and trusting, endearing themselves to others almost instantly. Mysterious people, on the other hand, act very carefully before trusting anyone. Trust and respect come with time and experience. People have to make an effort to be close to you.

      • Spend time with people alone rather than in large groups. It is difficult to be mysterious in large groups. Get to know people for who they are, not who they pretend to be in public places.
      • If you want to be mysterious, you also have to know when to let people get close enough to you. Mysterious people are not hermits. Even with mysterious people, there are people you can trust and lean on. This may just be less of what we consider the cultural ideal.

   3. Remain calm under pressure. Mysterious people can control their emotions and passions so that before outside world they appear collected, calm and unperturbed. This doesn't mean you shouldn't have passion or emotion, but you should be able to manage those emotions. Be calm when you feel good or bad.

      • Mysterious people don't have to be martyrs. If you feel persistent pain, whether physical or emotional, see your doctor. Stay healthy, then you won't have to worry about masking. Take care of your body and health to stay strong in any situation.

   4. Live in the moment. Where did the mysterious man come from? Unknown. Where is the mysterious man going? Anywhere. Don't dwell on the past or dreams of the future. Focus on getting by instead at this moment and be here and now. Be spontaneous, be willing to adapt to the situation, and you will be as mysterious as the world around you.

      • If you're upset about a divorce, a loss in your family, or some kind of failure, talk privately with a close friend, then move on. This is not something you should talk about at work.

   Part 3

   Be a strong person

   1. Train your brain. By challenging yourself intellectually, you will stay engaged in life and be interesting and mysterious to others. Don't waste your time playing video games for hours, spend time reading books. Don't sit in the chat, write poetry. Dedicate yourself to intellectual discovery and amaze the world with your intelligence.

   2. Be kind and life-affirming. Mysterious people may appear mystical, but not passive or mindless. In fact, your presence should be reassuring when people know you're not gossiping or abandoning your friends in a difficult situation.

      • Listen when people talk. Learn to listen by focusing on someone when they speak. Too often we wait our turn to say something. Instead, fully participate in conversations. You'd be surprised how unusual this can be for some people.
      • Remember people's names and try to remember what other people say. Mysterious people can seem aloof, so you may surprise others by remembering your friend's birthday or a certain story, told once.

   3. Get involved in something unusual. Show off your inner weirdness in the form of an unconventional interest or unusual hobby, which will definitely arouse the curiosity of others. Find something that you truly enjoy for its own unique qualities, not because it's popular.

      • Start collecting rare coins or go out into the forest to pick mushrooms every weekend. Take photos. Learn Latin. Find a passion and follow it.

   4. Be savvy. WikiHow is the right place to uncover mysteries. The more esoteric knowledge you have, the more erudite and interesting you are to others. Surprise people with your capabilities.

      • Learn the card trick and don't do it for just anyone, only do it if you're at a party and someone brings it up. You will surprise everyone if you suddenly perform a mind-blowing card trick.
      • If you are young, try to get a part-time job. Work will help you acquire serious skills and real experience, which can help you stand out among your peers.

   5. Gain authority. Mysterious people are intelligent thinkers and are known for their level-headed personalities and carefully calculated ideas. This sometimes conflicts with dominant ways of thinking. Mystery people are Rosa Parks and Batman. They don't ask permission to do what they want, they rely on their own own capabilities and find their own way. Think of characters such as Sherlock Holmes, Clint Eastwood and Julia Child.

      • Look for mysteries around you. Bob Dylan and Miles Davis may be enigmas on Wikipedia, but so are the librarians, gravediggers, baristas and buskers in your town. Look at the quiet leaders around you, not just what comes from television and newspapers. Find other types of role models.
   • If one of the reasons you want to be mysterious is for dating, you need to be a little more than a mystery. Work on your charm, caring for others and being in shape.
   • The exception would be Russell Brand, who manages to act excited and enthusiastic while still being intelligent and mysterious.
   • Don't confuse being mysterious to others with being mysterious to yourself. Self-knowledge is vital to a good life and is something you need to work on throughout your life. Don't neglect this part of self-care - read a lot, write down your thoughts, be open to new experiences, confront your fears and misunderstandings and always strive for knowledge.

   Warnings

   • Don't be something you are not. Never forget who you really are.
   • Always communicate and act without aggression. Violence is a sign of loss of control, which mysterious people never allowed.
   • Don't break the law. You know the consequences. This is not recommended in principle.