Conspiracies, Coincidences & Curses "Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, just days before he and his plane vanish from maneuvers in Corsica in 1944
The story - and disappearance - of Ron Lee and Lenore Twilight is filled with mystery. Archivisits, historians and conspiracy theorists have spent lifetimes trying to uncover the truth. Just what did happen to Ron Lee and Lenore?
Their lives were filled with incredible coincidences - coincidences so strange, they have fueled whispers of conspiracies and even curses dating back to Edgar Allan Poe. However, according to Lenore herself, they are not coincidences at all, but mysterious connections with hidden meanings. When we discover those meanings, perhaps we will understand these events as Lenore once suggested. If so, one day, the ghosts of Ron Lee and Lenore can finally rest in peace.
Coincidences:
When Ron Lee makes a four-pointed star for Lenore, she claims that she sees instead an airplane. She vanishes in an airplane only months later.
Before they vanish, Ron Lee and Lenore give themselves a wedding present - tickets to see a production of "The Tempest." In it, a magician and a young, beautiful girl are embroiled in a government conspiracy, causing them to vanish over the ocean. The newlyweds never see the play - both of them vanish in an ocean, possibly due to a government conspiracy.
Lenore always called Ron Lee "Topper," which means a "top-notch person." After their disappearance, neighbors, friends and loved ones claim to be haunted by their ghosts. Just months later, "The Adventures of Topper" radio show appears on NBC. The title character can communicate with spirits.
What do these coincidences mean?
Curses:
On Jan. 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe publishes "The Raven," arguably the most famous poem in the English language. In it, a haunted man is doomed to suffer forever over the loss of his true love, Lenore. Poe's wife dies at an early age soon after; Poe himself dies under mysterious circumstances soon after that.
Exactly one hundred years after Poe publishes his poem, Ron Lee receives the telegram that his wife - Lenore - and her plane have vanished over the Atlantic. That night, he escapes from an insane asylum while reciting "The Raven." He disappears in another body of water - the Pacific - not far from where Lenore's heroine, Amelia Earhart, vanished forever.
About 50 years later, Brandon Lee dies under mysterious circumstances while filming "The Crow," a film based on a popular graphic novel. That graphic novel is inspired by "The Raven."
Then, in 2005, actor/magician Micah Cover attempts to perform "The Raven," but the management of the venue tries to stop him. Later, during another performance, a stranger smashes every window of his car. After a third performance, someone inexplicably steals his straightjacket.
Is the poem cursed?
Conspiracies:
What happened to Lenore Twilight over the Bermuda Triangle? Is it possible she's still alive?
The OSS (the forerunner to the CIA) would not comment on why Lenore needed such a heavy air escort - or how the escort planes also vanished themselves. What was so important about this young chemist to the American government, and why was she flying across the Atlantic?
Some theorists believe that Lenore made a discovery that changed the course of World War II. In fact, General Henry Arnold bragged to the press that America had developed secret weapons so terrible that there "may not be any more wars." Since the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki occured days earlier, what was Arnold referring to?
What could have Lenore discovered?
The Twilight Serum
According to her final journal entries, Lenore was working on a chemical similar to sodium pentathol. Known as the "truth serum," it places the subject in a hypnotic state where they are highly suggestible. In this state, they are inclined to tell interrogators the truth.
But not only was Lenore's fabled "Twilight Serum" able to reveal secrets, it was reportedly able to "bend the will" of its subjects, so that they succumbed to "self-destructive behavior." Starting in late 1944 to mid 1945, no less than FOUR of the most important Nazi leaders commit suicide, including Hitler himself and even his wife. General Tojo of Japan also attempts suicide. And that's just a total that historians KNOW about.
Could they have been under the influence of the Twilight Serum? And what would Lenore, a pacifist, have done with the serum, knowing it would cause military leaders - however evil - to take their own lives?
Was Lenore's disappearance due to the Bermuda Triangle itself? Or, afraid for her life, did she disappear on her own accord? Or was there a more sinister, human agency - possibly the American government? Or a member of the Axis wanting to use it for their own ends?
Immediately after her disappearance, Ron Lee went insane and vanished himself. But before disappearing, he claimed that he could STILL hear coded messages from his wife over radio waves. Was that his mania talking, or was it a terrifying truth?
Finally, reporters at the LA Times supposedly received documents from an anonymous source linking a secret serum to the rash of Axis suicides. Could this be Lenore's Twilight Serum? The documents only refer to the inventor of the serum as "The Woman Called X." Was this a reference to "The Man Called X," Lenore's favorite radio show about a secret spy?
But the documents soon disappeared. Who sent them? And where are these documents today?
Is Lenore's "Twilight Serum" real?
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