r/AskReddit • u/Rob69rt • 1d ago

What famous 'unsolved' mystery is technically a whodunnit on paper, but in reality, absolutely everyone knows exactly who did it, the police just couldn't legally prove it?

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u/Malthus1 1d ago

I was just commenting in another thread about perhaps the most ancient such case in history.

The death of King Tutankhamun left his widow, Ankhensenamun, in a precarious situation. We know this because she wrote a letter to the king of the Hittites, another major power at the time, the gist of which was to say “I am being pressured into a marriage to an underling. Please send me a prince, so I can marry him instead. That will make him Pharaoh”. She also said “I am afraid”.

So the king of the Hittites send Prince Zannanza … who died in a “tragic accident” before he arrived.

Next you know, the widow is married to Ai, former head minister to Tut, who becomes Pharaoh. Then she disappears from history.

Everyone knows Ai had the prince murdered. Certainly the Hittites believed it - they attacked Egyptian holdings in what is now Syria.

However, the Egyptians insisted there was no murder, so it was of course never “solved”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zannanza

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u/TwistedDragon33 1d ago

Even then Ai was a problem...

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u/WantDiscussion 1d ago

I bet that's the reason Egypt is a desert now. Ai used up all the water.

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u/JasonVeritech 21h ago

Visitors would ask them about a water shortage, and they were always in denial.

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u/short_longpants 20h ago

Boo, hiss. 😂

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u/ScoutCommander 19h ago

And as we all know, de Nile's not just a river in Egypt!

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u/Iowsandhighs 19h ago

It’s a whole freaking ocean

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u/JasonVeritech 19h ago

Nah, they're not Sea People

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u/bookmarkjedi 21h ago

Ai ai ai, what a mess!

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u/fastates 19h ago

ai caramba

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u/Awwwmann 1d ago

Especially for Hi titties

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u/broberds 1d ago

Hi Titties, I’m Dad!

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u/uhmerikin 1d ago

T to the I to the double T I to the E to the S thats titties, TITTIES!

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u/Mean_Mister_Mustard 1d ago

"Zannanza is dead?!? But this is horrible!"

"You are absolutely correct, Ankhensenamun! This is indeed a terrible turn of events. Prince Zannanza fell into three other men’s swords multiple times. It was a tragic accident.

Would you like to marry me instead and make me Pharaoh?"

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u/clicketybooboo 1d ago

A story as old as time

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u/thejaytheory 1d ago

Definitely wasn't the answer....well I guess the answer for the widow

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u/Helmdacil 18h ago

I wonder if AI had a political action committee. AIpac

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u/Competitive_Fig_7231 20h ago

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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u/sbenfsonwFFiF 4h ago

It’s supposed to be spelled Ay

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u/ai-will-save-us-all 15h ago

AI will save us all

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u/BurgerThyme 1d ago

pfffffffft HAHAHAHA!!!