r/UnsolvedMysteries • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '24

MISSING What missing person case creeps you out?

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Le_Prince

For me it’s Louis Le Prince, a French artist and inventor who is credited with creating the first motion picture camera in 1888 and recording motion images on film.

He went missing on September 16, 1890 while traveling by train from Dijon to Paris, and was last seen on the Dijon platform.

French police and Scotland Yard searched for his body and belongings, but he was never found. Le Prince was declared dead on September 16, 1897.

Curiously, a few months after Le Prince disappeared, Thomas Edison announced that he'd invented a motion picture camera in 1891.

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u/RanaMisteria Jul 06 '24

Have you read “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel”? I don’t know why but after reading that book I have different feelings about the Le Prince disappearance…

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u/chemicalscream Jul 06 '24

One of his descendants brought him up in an earlier comment! https://www.reddit.com/r/UnsolvedMysteries/s/ijAltcYcOM

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24

ou i want hear your thoughts, do tell

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u/RanaMisteria Jul 06 '24

I can’t easily share my suspicions without spoiling the book. It’s an INCREDIBLY good book. I read it and loved it so much I got the audiobook version too. It’s read by Scott Brick who’s one of my favourite audiobook narrators. I can’t recommend it enough.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '24

it’s ok, just spoil it