5 and 9 - the Phoenix Line

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:39 pm

LOL!!

The investigators name was Maurice Grosse...

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:53 pm

montmartre?

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:56 pm

Non!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:03 pm

sacre bleu.

how about whitby. dracula link maybe?

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:17 pm

Wasn't there a documentary on this about a year ago on channel 4?

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 1:21 pm

There has indeed been numerous documentaries about it. I'll give people a few more guesses then I'll spill the beans.

theoak · Post by **theoak** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:25 pm

Ally Pally; inspector morse.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 2:25 pm

pinewood studios?

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:28 pm

It was actually a Council House in Enfield!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfield_Poltergeist

It was quite high profile - and remember the documentaries well. Interested in this sort of thing (to a point) but no-one else appears to be, so, moving on...

In the 'spirit' of things (wahey!) who ever trundles in next with a question, can take it away...

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:33 pm

Sounds a bit like Ghostwatch, which the BBC did for Hallowe'en about 15 years ago. So scary they never repeated it (someone hung themselves after the program although the link wasn't proven).

My question is this:

The assassin of Abraham Lincoln was carried out by the nephew of whose great-great-great-grandfather?

Or to put it another way, whose great-great-great-grandfather's nephew assassinated Lincoln?

Northern Monkey · Post by **Northern Monkey** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:38 pm

No idea but think the assassin was called William Booth so I am gonna go Cherie Blair (nee Booth?)

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:39 pm

Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846
Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946

L:He was elected President in 1860
K: He was elected President in 1960

L:His wife lost a child while living in the White House
K: His wife lost a child while living in the White House

L:He was directly concerned with Civil Rights
K: He was directly concerned with Civil Rights

L:Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theater *1
K: Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who told him not to go to Dallas **2

Lincoln was shot in the back of the head in the presence of his wife
Kennedy was shot in the back of the head in the presence of his wife

Lincoln shot in the Ford Theatre
Kennedy shot in a Lincoln, made by Ford

L:He was shot on a Friday
K: He was shot on a Friday

L:The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was known by three names, comprised of fifteen letters
K: The assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was known by three names, comprised of fifteen letters

Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse
Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater

Booth was killed before being brought to trial
Oswald was killed before being brought to trial

There were theories that Booth was part of a greater conspiracy
There were theories that Oswald was part of a greater conspiracy

Lincoln's successor was Andrew Johnson, born in 1808
Kennedy's successor was Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:40 pm

1850ish, allow 25 years for a generation which puts us in 1975 which gives us no help whatsoever.

connie booth from fawlty towers?

harry 3 · Post by **harry 3** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:44 pm

Algernon Sydney Booth died at the age of 5 in 1803.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:50 pm

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/ ... ennedy.asp

What Harry said kinda casts doubt on the veracity of this whole question. But anyway, who else famous has the surname "Booth" ?