Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar ||| 25 April 1935

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

Robinson fell through the rope on the first attempt to hang him, then painfully strangled to death on the second try. It is commonly thought — thought there does not appear to be any direct evidence for it — that this nationally infamous body-under-the-floorboards murder helped to inspire Edgar Allan Poe‘s classic short story 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.
(16 April 1841)

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BirthFactDeath (x) Thursday 25th of April 1935 89 years ago
A recently caught tiger shark swimming in a public aquarium regurgitates the tattooed arm of 45-year-old boxer and small-time criminal Jim Smith in Coogee Palace Aquarium, Coogee, New South Wales, Australia. Smith's arm had been cut off, which led to a murder investigation. The case has remained unsolved to this day. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_Arm_case