1- Poker Luck
Robert Fallon was shot in 1858 as retaliation from the
people he was playing poker with. They said Fallon had cheated to win the $600
sum. They selected a new player to fill Fallon's place and staked him with a
deceased man's $600 since Fallon's seat was unoccupied.
And none of the other players were ready to take the unlucky
$600. The new player had turned the $600 into $2,200 in wins by the time the
police showed up to look into what happened.
When the police realized that the new player was Fallon's
son, who hadn't seen his father in seven years, they requested the original
$600 to be given to Fallon's next of kin.
2-
Poe coincidence
The legendary horror author Edgar Allen Poe created a novel
titled The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym in the 19th Century. It told the
story of four shipwreck survivors who spent many days in an open boat before
deciding to assassinate and consume Richard Parker, the Cabin Boy.
A few years later, in 1884, the Omnionette perished, leaving
just four survivors who spent many days in an open boat. Eventually, the Cabin
Boy was slain and consumed by the three senior crew members. Richard Parker was
the Cabin Boy's name.
3-
Falling Baby
Joseph Figlock, a man from Detroit in the 1930s, was to play
a remarkable role in the life of a young mother who was reportedly quite
reckless. Figlock was walking down the street when the mother's infant dropped on
him from a tall window.
Figlock in the infant escaped unharmed, and the baby's fall
was broken. The same infant dropped out of the same window a year later, this
time landing on Mr. Figlock as he went past. Once more, they both made it
through the ordeal.
4-
Mystery Monk
Joseph Iner, an almost famous painter in 19th century
Austria, made multiple attempts at taking his own life. When Iner attempted to
take his life for the first time at the age of 18, an enigmatic Capuchin monk
intervened. And once more, when he was 22, that same monk stopped him from
hanging himself.
He received capital
punishment for his political activity eight years later. However, the same
monk's intervention saved his life once more. Joseph Iner, at 68 years old,
shot himself with a pistol to end his life. Unsurprisingly, the same Capuchin
monk, whose name Iger had never ever heard of, officiated his funeral.
5-
Photographic coincidence
In 1914, a German mother took pictures of her newborn baby
and then left the film at a Strasbourg store to be developed. Certain film
plates were sold individually back then.
When the First World War broke out, the woman lost the
picture and was unable to go back to Strasbourg. After two years, she traveled
more than 100 kilometers to Frankfurt, Germany, to purchase a film plate so she
could snap a photo of her newborn. The film was discovered to be a double
exposure when it was produced, with her daughter's image superimposed over her
son's earlier image. Her initial film had never developed, had been mistakenly
categorized as unused, and had ultimately been resold to her through some
amazing twist of fate.
6-
Hotel Discovery
Irv Kupsonit, a television reporter, was in London in 1953
to cover Elizabeth II's coronation. He discovered some objects in one of the drawers
in his room at the Savore that, based on their identification, belonged to a
man by the name of Harry Hannon.
Coincidentally, Kupsonit was close friends with Harry
Hannon, a basketball player for the illustrious Harlem Globetrotters. However,
there is still more to the tale. Before Kupsonit could inform Hannon of his
fortunate discovery, he received a letter from Hannon just two days later. In
the letter, Hannon informed Coincinette that he had discovered a tie in a
drawer at the Hotel Maurice in Paris that had Kupsonit's name on it.
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