Several mysterious deaths are described here – two with hints of conspiracy and cover-up, those of Allyn King Foster and Rudolph Bogovich, and another case of apparently not-so-spontaneous combustion.

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SOURCES

Allyn King Foster – January 17, 1942

“Authorities Probe Doctor's Death at Bellevue Hospital.” Hartford Courant, January 20, 1942.

“Autopsy Clears Bellevue in Death.” New York Daily News, May 12, 1938.

“Doctor's Death Being Probed.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 19, 1942.

“Experiments With Death Ray Seen Clue to Doctor's Insanity and Death.” Camden Morning Post, February 3, 1942.

“Fears Death Ray Work Drove Surgeon Insane.” Brooklyn Eagle, February 2, 1942.

“Probe Demanded in Bellevue Death.” New York Daily News, May 5, 1938.

“Mystery Veils Violent End of Death Ray Inventor.” Philadelphia Inquirer, March 8, 1942

“Refugee Inventor of 'Death Ray' Dies.” St. Louis Star and Times, September 1, 1942.

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Rudolph Bogovich – January 6, 1945

“Eerie Red Death Plot Here Alleged.” Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, March 4, 1954.

“F.B.I. Probes War Worker's Bomb Death.” Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal, January 7, 1945.

“Human Bomb Death Unsolved.” Pittsburgh Press, January 14, 1945.

“Probe Human Bomb Death of Westinghouse Worker.” Sunbury Daily Item, January 9, 1945.

“Queer War Plant Death Stumps FBI.” Unionville (MI) Crescent, January 13, 1945.

“Westinghouse Fires Five Accused Reds.” Pittsburgh Press, January 4, 1955.

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Harold Hall – April 28, 1956

“Benicia Death Laid to Cleaning Fluid.” Contra Costa Gazette, May 2, 1956.

“Harold Hall of Benicia Fire Victim.” Contra Costa Gazette, April 30, 1956.

“Mystery Burns Fatal to Benicia Man in Apartment.” Oakland Tribune, April 30, 1956.

1956, April 28: Harold Hall’s Fiery Death | Anomalies: the Strange & Unexplained (anomalyinfo.com)