Mini-Mystery #2

[laidbackfella]

The Case

A famous man has plotted the deaths of well over a hundred people, many of whom were royalty. some survived, but many did not. The man is famous the world over for what he's done yet he's never been tried by a court of law.

The Mystery

Who are the man's two most famous victims and what is the man's name?

[tunatartare]

I don't know the name, but I'll venture a guess that the victims were Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI.

[thesweetestone]

Hitler?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

I don't know the name, but I'll venture a guess that the victims were Marie Antoinette and King Louis XVI.

Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
inventor of the Guillotine, the purpose of which was to make royalty's deaths more clean and painless.

Previous to the guillotine execution was carried out via ax or sword and if you had an unskilled executioner (or one who slipped) well.. it could take a few tries. This was clearly an undignified way for kings and queens and dukes etc to die so the guillotine was invented.


/Of course the poor could still hang

[laidbackfella]

Clue #1

The man kills his victims with his bare hands.

[whiteandblack]

was it.... jack the ripper? don't know who the victims were.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by whiteandblack

was it.... jack the ripper? don't know who the victims were.

No, Jack killed prostitutes and his identity was never determined for certain.

Before it said he plotted the deaths and now it says he kills with his bare hands.
I want to say it's someone famous for smashing ants but I don't know of anyone like that (the royalty comment made me think that, Ants have queens...)

[whiteandblack]

Originally Posted by laidbackfella

Clue #1

The man kills his victims with his bare hands.

how is this clue related to romeo and juliet?

[tunatartare]

Because Shakespeare hand wrote it. I'm guessing.

[divainred]

Ok, so where's mini-mystery #3? This is fun.