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Man in the Iron Mask

A guarded prisoner in seventeenth-century France became an enduring puzzle of identity and royal secrecy.

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Man in the Iron MaskThe Man in the Iron Mask (French: L'Homme au Masque de Fer; died 19 November 1703) was an unidentified prisoner of state during the reign of Louis XIV of France (1643–1715). Shugborough inscriptionA short sequence of letters on an English monument became a durable code puzzle. Axeman of New OrleansThe Axeman of New Orleans was an unidentified American serial killer who was active in and around New Orleans, Louisiana between May 1918 and October 1919.
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