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In the 19th century, the famous horror writer, Egdar Allan Poe,
wrote a book called 'The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym'. It was
about four survivors of a shipwreck who were in an open boat for
many days before they decided to kill and eat the cabin boy whose
name was Richard Parker. Some years later, in 1884, the yawl,
Mignonette, foundered, with only four survivors, who were in an open
boat for many days. Eventully the three senior members of the crew,
killed and ate the cabin boy. The name of the cabin boy was Richard
Parker.
When Norman Mailer began his novel Barbary Shore, there was no
plan to have a Russian spy as a character. As he worked on it, he
introduced a Russian spy in the U.S. as a minor character. As the work
progressed, the spy became the dominant character in the novel. After
the novel was completed, the U.S. Immigration Service arrested a man
who lived just one floor above Mailer in the same apartment building.
He was Colonel Rudolf Abel, alleged to be the top Russian spy working
in the U.S. at that time. (Source: Science Digest)
#Three strangers on a Train, with complementary last
names
John and Arthur Mowforth were twins who lived about 80 miles apart
in Great Britain. On the evening of May 22, 1975, both fell severely ill
from chest pains. The families of both men were completely unaware
of the other's illness. Both men were rushed to separate hospitals at
approximately the same time. And both died of heart attacks shortly
after arrival. (Source: Chronogenetics: The Inheretance of Biological Time, Luigi
Gedda and Gianni Brenci)
#Swapped Hotel Findings