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On this day in conspiracies
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- 1920Carroll A. DeeringUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
After the schooner's original master, Captain William H. Merritt, falls seriously ill early in the voyage and is put ashore at Lewes, Delaware, the Carroll A. Deering resumes her trip south under a replacement captain, 66-year-old Willis B. Wormell of Maine, carrying coal from Norfolk toward Rio de Janeiro.
- 1978The Markov umbrella murderGovernment & Intelligence
Markov develops a high fever and is admitted to a London hospital. He tells doctors and family that he believes he has been poisoned by the Bulgarian authorities.
- 1985Monster of FlorenceUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances
French tourists Nadine Mauriot and Jean-Michel Kraveichvili are killed at the Scopeti clearing near San Casciano, the last murders attributed to the series. Days later a prosecutor receives an anonymous letter enclosing part of a victim's body.
Drawn from 1,911 dated events across our case-file timelines. Dates reckoned in UTC.