The Iron Mask Mystery May Be Solved
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (190127)
Boise, Idaho
May 9, 2016 1:08am CST
In a new book a professor at the University of California says he thinks he has solved the mystery of who the man in the iron mask really was from clear back in 1669. Remember the movie "The Man in the Iron Mask"? Had Leonard DiCaprio in it. Well, it was a mystery for 350 years and now this professor thinks he has figured it out. Read the story below:
A 350-year-old French mystery has been unmasked: In his new book, Paul Sonnino, a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara,...
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@celticeagle (190127)
• Boise, Idaho
9 May 16
It is too far back to really be 100% sure.
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@LadyDuck (502957)
• Italy
10 May 16
@celticeagle If they could be sure of the DNA, may be they would find if someone of his (her?) family is still alive.
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@celticeagle (190127)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May 16
@LadyDuck ....I don't know what all research the author of this book did. He have found some family information.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
12 May 16
hmm..i guess they don't go for the "twin brother" theory anymore..
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@purplealabaster (22085)
• United States
12 May 16
Well that is a bit anti-climatic. I like the twin brother theory much better. I was also thinking along the lines of Hannibal Lecter for why he needed to wear a mask.
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@celticeagle (190127)
• Boise, Idaho
12 May 16
Two good theories. The twins is too easy I'm afraid.
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@celticeagle (190127)
• Boise, Idaho
13 May 16
@purplealabaster .....That was common during that time.
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@purplealabaster (22085)
• United States
13 May 16
@celticeagle That is true. I was watching Kingdom of Heaven recently, and that reminded me that he could also have had Leprosy.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
9 May 16
so perhaps it wasn't as bad as history said, but was a sort of medieval version of witness protection hehehe
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@celticeagle (190127)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May 16
Maybe. We will never know all of the answers.
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@celticeagle (190127)
• Boise, Idaho
10 May 16
To protect the guy who put there too. If they knew who he was they would get him out.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
10 May 16
@celticeagle I'm sure they would have.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
9 May 16
MSN is down at present so can't access the article - guessing it isn't Tony Stark seen it now - seems a credible solution
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