Well… what’re the odds of THAT? For this list, we’ll be looking at various chance encounters, overlapping events or strange connections from throughout history that will send chills down your spine. Our countdown includes The Jim Twins, The Erdington Murders, Thomas Jefferson & John Adams, and more! Did YOUR favourite historical coincidence make the list? Let us know in the comments!
Watch more great historical videos here:
Top 10 Worst Decisions in History: • Top 10 Worst Decisions...
Top 10 Insane Rulers in History: • Top 10 Insane Rulers i...
Top 10 Ruthless Dictators: • Top 10 Ruthless Dictators
Have Your Idea Become A Video!
wmojo.com/suggest
Subscribe for more great content!
wmojo.com/watchmojo-subscribe
WatchMojo’s ten thousand videos on Top 10 lists, Origins, Biographies, Tips, How To’s, Reviews, Commentary and more on Pop Culture, Celebrity, Movies, Music, TV, Film, Video Games, Politics, News, Comics, Superheroes. Your trusted authority on ranking Pop Culture.
#CreepyCoincidence #Creepy #History
Which coincidence do you find the most disturbing?
The fact that's it is so pretty AFTER the lockdown
It says that you commented 4 days ago
Everything
Jim twind
Top ten worst girl power movies
I love coincidences so much. The odds of these happening are so small but the odds of these things happening in the grand scope after calculating all the variables are inevitable. It's such a beautiful contradiction.
cuz its synchronicity
Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theater Kennedy was shot in a Ford Lincoln
Lincoln's killer shot him in a theater and hid in a warehouse. JFK's killer shot him from a warehouse and hid in a theater.
Both of them used guns.
Both assassins had 20 letters in their full names.
John shot Abraham with a gun. Abraham shot John with a camera.
@@justincredible5414 DAAAAAAMN!
"There are no coincidences." - Master Oogway
*there are no accidents Gibbs' rule 39: There is no such thing as a coincidence.
Nope
There are no accidents
Also the word of God
shut up turtle simp
RIP to the guy who is made President on the same day as Kennedy 100 years from now. I assume he won't have a love for convertibles or theaters.
Or book depositories.
I thought you were in Fairy Tail videos Glad to see you again
or anything that has the name Ford in it.
@@davidanderson2357 actually, it has been proven that the assassin shot the bullets from the grassy knoll
Or if somehow the elections get postponed and the next guy becomes a president on 99th or 101th year . Will it still occur?
The twin story is very interesting. That has happen several times in history. What makes it a little creepy is that they lived similar lives without knowing each other. Genes are amazing 😅
Publicity stunt I bet
Entertainment Times it kind of makes me you wonder if you have a twin out there yourself. Lol
Rah Rah yeah the 2 wifes with the same name does it for me
@Gene H i never get that identical twin thing. My mom and aunt were identical twins, but not separated at birth. They hung out constantly but fought like small children.
@@BrennySpain Jajajaja don´t think so! or maybe.. you never know
There are so many more Lincoln/JFK coincidences it’s eerie! Definitely worth searching/reading up on!
Here’s one: Lincoln was killed in Ford Theater, Kennedy was killed in a car made by Ford.
Guy sweeping street who keeps looking up every few seconds Passerby: hey why do you keep looking up? Sweepy: babies....they wait till yer not lookin then they strike Passerby: umm I don’t see any babies...... Sweepy: oh they’re up there...
Its like a closing sentence on a Twilight Zone episode....
Saints row 3 remastered out in may and not only that, saints row 5 is currently being developed!!!
😂
nadine the wait on both is killing me
rizka arifiandi lmao the perfect answer to a perfect comment!
This video only further proves that there are glitches in the matrix
Not really, it's just proved that the matrix programmer is lazy
exactly what i was thinking
Time to start the revolution or will we be ready by the next virus? Cause I wonder if people are still going to protest in hong Kong after this lol
No it proves that world is full of coincidences...
Not glitches Madam. Cues.
how dare you scroll down while the narrator is speaking
And how dare you comment while she is.
@@davidanderson2357 how dare you reply while she is speaking
And how dare you all switch to something else just because half these coincidences are reeeaaally stretching it. She does have an irritating voice though...
Well you did it as well
Lol!
It’s a strange coincidence that WatchMojo has another video called creepiest coincidences. Of course that’s only a top 10. Lol
Lol facts
Anal bucksex.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Isn't it ironic dont you think. A littttle to ironic and yea i really do think 😉
Coincidence I think not
“THE [AMERICAN CIVIL] WAR BEGAN IN MY FRONT YARD AND ENDED IN MY PARLOR.” - Wilmer McLean The Civil War started in full force at Wilmer McLean's house located at Bull Run, Virginia. Fearing for his families safety he moved to Appomattox, Virginia about 120 miles south of his home in Bull Run. The Union troops pursued Lee who made his final stand at Appomattox Court House and was forced to surrender. The Civil War ended at Wilmer McLean's house when it was decided by both parties to meet there to end the war.
Thanks for reminding me; I saw that one somewhere a couple of years ago. Stay safe.
Holy crap. Why havw I never heard this?
I was surprised this didn’t make the list. Also the famous D Day crossword puzzle.
@pigmanobvious Wait what puzzle?
@@SharkyPopTart I know it's two years late, but the man who compiled crosswords for The Daily Telegraph during World War II was a school headmaster near a camp of troops preparing for D-Day. The guy would have his students write words into the puzzle for him, and then he would write clues for the words they wrote. Some of the words they used were military codewords (although he wasn't aware of that) they had overheard or picked up from interacting with the soldiers near the school. The result was some pretty coincidental words showing up at interesting times, and leading the British to suspect some espionage was going on. For example: -One day before the Dieppe Raid (August 18, 1942), "Dieppe" was the answer for the clue "French port" -In the months before D-Day, the words "Gold" "Juno" and "Sword" appeared in the crosswords as well (obviously those were codenames for the D-Day beaches), but these were common enough words in crossword puzzles that it was treated as a coincidence -The word "Utah" appeared on May 2, 1944 in the puzzle as the answer for "One of the U.S." -The word "Omaha" appeared on May 22, 1944 as the answer for "Red Indian on the Missouri" -The word "Overlord" (codename of the whole operation) appeared on May 27, 1944 -The word "Mulberry" (Mulberry harbors) appeared on May 30, 1944 -The word "Neptune" (codename of the naval phase of the operation) appeared on June 1, 1944 TL;DR: A guy used a bunch of codewords and names for stuff relating to the D-Day landings in the crossword puzzles he created to the point that the Allies thought he was a spy passing information to the Germans through crossword puzzles.
And nobody thought to make the connection? The Ripper must have been targeting the final victim and had mistaken her for the woman who stole the name, being that he was in the precinct. Which officer had been involved with the victim?
Constables Louis Robinson and George Simmons brought her in - Sergeant James Byfield locked her up - Constable Henry Hutt released her - she looked nothing like Mary Kelly so your theory is garbage
ooooohh that makes sense!
I agree. Sounds like it had to be someone involved with the police.
So Mark Twain was an alien and his spaceship was a self driving comet
That 27 club is insane!!!
The earthquake in Mexico on September 19th 1985 and 2017 exactly on the same day. I remembered getting out of school and we had like some kind of drill in the morning because it was the 32th anniversary and 4 hours later it happened.
A good scout is always prepared :P
Cool!
"Bringing destruction to this awe-inspiring civilization" Just tears your heart out, doesn't it?
The creepiest coincidence in history is the history of the coincidence.
How strange... I was thinking the exact same thing!
That's deep man!
Bruh, im too high for this
I'm convinced
It's like deja vu all over again
John Adams final words were “Thomas Jefferson survives.” He didn’t know that Jefferson had died a few hours before.
On July 4th, 50 years after the DOI.
The falling baby one was just so funny. that guy is doing God's work.
I once heard this thing about two people that got killed by a cab and it was the same cab that hit them, with the same driver, and the same woman as a passenger. It happened on different days.
Idk how many times i closed my eyes and said "wait what?" Then backtrack a few seconds.
Wait what
Oh nevermind
After reading most of the comments, I am amazed none have mentioned a book 'Incredible Coincidence' by Alan Vaughan. Most of the ones in this video are in his Book! Highly recommended.
Thanks For Making Even Quarantine Fun.....😁.....Thanks WatchMojo😊
I remember reading about a coincidence that occurred in one of the northern US states (I think either Iowa or Ohio) about a head-on collision between two cars that killed either one or both drivers. What makes that event a coincidence was that this was very early in the automobile age, and those two cars were the only vehicles in the entire state at the time.
I saw this on Reddit! It happened in Ohio
That wouldn't be a coincidence then
Technically it might not be a coincidence then. In order for you have a head on collision with another vehicle their has to be another vehicle. If those were the only 2 vehicles in the whole state then it would have to be those 2 vechiles if one got into a collision with the other. Hey did you hear about how john doe got into a head on collision with another car. Oh no is Jane doe ok? How did you know Jane was driving the other car? Because they are the only 2 cars in the state lol.
Both will probably women drivers😳
Sometimes I think we're just living in a simulation.
Why does this simulation involve immense suffering that isn't worth living for?
@@it_is_thatboy sorry it’s not a gay hedonistic utopia
@@cheezoncrack1 Well if life isn't worth it for one person, why should it be worth it for anyone?
also, if you dig deeper on the "kennedy/lincoln" info, there is more to it. Both presidents were elected to Congress in '46 and later to the presidency in '60. Both married women in their 20s while themselves in their 30s. Both lost a son while living in the White House. Both were shot in the presence of their wives. Both assassins, John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, were born in '39 and were known by their three names, composed of fifteen letters. Booth ran from Ford's Theatre and was caught in a warehouse; Oswald ran from the Dealey Plaza warehouse and was caught in a theater. Both presidents were runners-up for the party's nomination for vice-president in '56. Both successors were Southern Democrats surnamed Johnson; both were born in '08 and their first names contained six letters. The assassins were both Southerners. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. and made their views strongly known. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, which became law a year later. A century later, Kennedy presented his reports to Congress on Civil Rights, during the famous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom that same year. Both presidents were shot in the head on a Friday and died at nearby locations (Lincoln at the Petersen House across the street and Kennedy at Parkland Memorial Hospital down the road). Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre. Kennedy was shot in a Ford car: a Lincoln limousine. Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to Ford's Theatre. Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln (whose husband Harold's nickname was Abe), and she warned him not to go to Dallas. Both Oswald and Booth were assassinated before they could be put on trial. coincidence? i think not!
TFW you meet your doppelganger, and your lives are so similar, you'd swear he was your long lost twin.
If i remember correctly, the Finnish brothers were killed by the same driver.
Your the first person i have heard call it hally’s comet instead of haileys comet
TheGameMage that’s actually just how it’s pronounced.
Yeah. I’ve never hear anyone pronounce it Hally either. My sisters dog is named Halley, and we pronounce it like hailey. You’d think the “e” would make the “a” long. Otherwise why is it there?
Neils deGrasse Tyson always pronounces it Hally instead of Halley... because it actually is *supposed* to be pronounced Hally.
@@jasontoddman7265 I've always known it as hail-eys comet, and spelt it as such, never known it as hall-eys comet. It's not really known how it was pronounced,as it was spelt different ways in his lifetime but hail-eys is the general consensus. Degrasse Tyson is American so that would be why it differs from the english pronunciation. One of plenty. As Halley was English the English pronunciation is probably the correct one.
@@jasontoddman7265 Actually, the man himself pronounced it "Haul-ee".
The story about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson is interesting, because of the last words John said "Thomas Jefferson Survives" but he was unaware of Jefferson died hours earlier.
Bad cell reception?
The 27 club is like the 9th symphony club for classical composers
The most recent creepy coincidence today: Dean Koontz's 1981 novel about a virus from Wuhan.
That and also the fact that the bible predicted a pandemic. If you’re Christian, is okay to have beliefs in your religion but not ALL that is true in the bible, some prophecies weren’t been fulfill and we need to be rational.
Wait really? I think I heard that Nostradamus also predicted a virus as well.
@@mlggamer5296 I gotta Google that one? 😮
The novel didn’t actually depict that its been proven as a hoax, stop spreading fake news.
@@BADVlBES The thing is half Hoax half true. Originaly the virus came from Russia in the book but they changed it in 1989s versions and. onwards to be named Wuhan 400.
First person in the 27 club is Robert Johnson the man who sold his soul to the devil at a crossroads for his amazing guitar skills
TY for the video. Love stuff like this.
Glad you enjoyed it
its hard to believe that there are so many more stories like this as well sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction
The whole Elvis part of “Sandra Dee” in the movie “Grease” was shot in the same day Elvis died.
I’ve never heard that one! Thanks for the fun fact 😊
When I was a cashier I once rang out three ladies in a row named Heaven, Grace, and Holly (it was good Friday). But I wouldn't call that a coincidence, more of a sign. Also nice video.
Sign of what?
Love your videos do you have thus video in watchmojo español ❤☺️✌🏿
so im assuming were all tired of the simpsons predicting everything all the damn time
Also, while Lincoln and JFK are among the greatest presidents ever, their successors name Johnson were two of the worst ever.
Mama Cass Elliot and Keith Moon died in the same apartment, four years apart, both at the age of 32. The apartment was owned by Harry Nilsson.
"the owner was killed in an accidental shooting the same day Umberto was assassinated" Maybe that has something to do with them being identical and having the same name
Or maybe they were twins separated like the other story but when they met each other irl, they discovered the scandal. They could have been taken out for figuring it all out. This is what came to mind anyway.
"Coincidence? I think not!"
Bernie...
@@kendrickrochelanzot2053 "Don't Bernie me!"
This little rat is guilty!
The Lincoln and Kennedy is a famous one. I have read it first from one of our books about the supernatural.
The MOST creepy thing about the Titan and the Titanic? Both the real ship and the fictional one were captained by a man by the name of Edward John Smith.
did both have a polar bear wave to them like the baker said had happened?
I’ve always found the stories of the Jim twins and James Dean’s Little Bastard quite fascinating.
All I want is more of these coincidence videos
Not only did Thomas Jefferson and John Adams reconcile and died on the same day July 4th 1826 but they died within 3 hours of each
James Monroe (5th president) died on July 4, 1831.
He tried to blow up a tree - instead of chopping it down; and stood close enough to be hit by debris that hard regardless if it was the bullet. That’s not a coincidence- that’s just what happens if you are a ‘class A’ muppet.
Pfffft-
Or don’t understand the term blast radius
Well, what *was* a coincidence was that what killed him was that bullet and not a random piece of tree splinter. Though that really was an idiotic move to *blow up a tree* rather than chop it down. What? He not want to deal with the stump or something?
Creepy stuff WatchMojo. I like it.
Liked and I push the like button. and i would like to Thank you for not Putting so many ad's on your vid's. as long you keep the "AD'S DOWN" down i will stay sub to you. if i have to click on ad's every 2 min"s or less i will unsup, Thank you again keep up the good work.....
I know WatchMojo is very much attached to "the voice" and usually, she works fine. But sometimes the subject matter just doesn't mesh with her chipper tone.
Kennedy was shot from a storage building (book depository) and his alleged assassin was captured in a theater. Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin was tracked to and shot in a storage building (a barn). Both shooters also have the same number of letters in their full names.
Usually there's one that really gets me but started out number 20 with a bang I'm over here thinking "imagine that"
Speaking of Adolf Hitler . . . I feel bad for Charlie Chaplin, given that he sported the small mustache before Hitler did, so rightfully it should be referred to as the Chaplin Mustache but being the negative creatures we are, people refer to it as the Hitler Mustache. Is there no justice in the world?
Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889. Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889. Four days apart. The mustache that these two sported was very popular at the time. Many men wore this type of mustache. In terms of having the mustache first, Hitler had a much larger mustache while he was in the Army during WWI.
@@randallulrich Ok. Thank you for the history lesson but my statement still stands.
Well, Chaplin had his own problems. Not a mass murderer, but pretty abusive from what I understand.
@@Leetah36 and he liked his 'ladies' VERY young.
Another cool thing about the James Dean incident, or I guess more creepy than cool, is that Alec Guiness actually told him, like some sort of premonition, that if he drive that car he would die, that was about a week before the accident
I've seen a clip of an interview where Sir Alec was talking about it. Way creepy.
Alec Guinness told James Dean, “if you get in that car, you’ll be death within a week” exactly 1 week before he died.
Watch mojo: 20 times Simpsons predicted the future. Watch Mojo: Top 20 Coincidences Me: Ha! you do understand the concept of coincidences!
#14: The second brother was probably so distraught he wasn’t paying attention.
Yeah, no, he didn't even know about his brother yet. I can't even imagine how the parents must have felt on that day....
Ms unsinkable: Why am I HERE Me: Please I just want to go out
Would have been pretty funny if she accidentally drowned in a bathtub.
“Monte Kusoma II” ? You mean Moctezuma II? (Mock-tes-uma)
Miguel González thank you it bothered me a lot
Actually, ‘Motecuhzoma’ is the ancient Nahuatl spelling
@@josealquicira269 That is the way it's written in Cortez' letters to king Fernando, but surviving nobels wrote other works and they spell it Moctezuma. Also, the word "aztec" is incorrect, "mexica" is how they named themselves.
MrEvilshaggy almost had it. Aztecs where people from Aztlan. They wandered until they found their new homeland and changed their names to the Mexica.
2:22 *"The Great Divide" plays.*
Excellent! Stay safe, everybody.
Hello! In the mexicas' section of their prediction of Cortez's arrival, it is MOCTEZUMA not MONTECUZAMA. Just so you know this. HUGE fan of your videos!!
History has a way of making similar coincidences.
"The Cases of Catherine Eddowes & Mary Kelly" *"On The Evening Of September 29th In 1888 London A Woman By The Name Of Catherine Eddowes Was Taken Into Custody For Being Drunk In The Streets. The Police; However, Didn't Learn Her Real Identity Until After The Fact As She Gave Them A Fake One During Her Stay In The Drunk Tank That Of Mary Kelly. If Either Of Those Names Rings A Bell It's Because They Both Went On To Meet The Same Grisly Fate At The Hands Of Jack The Ripper."* Huh, go figure...someone steals someone's identity, and they both end up being killed the same way, that's quite interesting! 🤔
Do you think if they stayed in prison they would have escaped their demise?
Coffee Cosmos There is a possibility...Jack the Ripper didn't want to get caught it was very obvious to, he wouldn't have left the area in the first place, but of course no one wants to stay behind bars for to long, and the girls were just arrested for being wasted in public, so we all knew that they weren't gonna stay for long, but guaranteed if they did stay in they would have survived! 😌
Wow. I know a little about the Jack the Ripper period but, l didn't know that. Thanks.
Paul Hagen Um, you're very welcome!? 🙃
@@colleenglanville8293 That's what I think too about the girls. What a shame.
James Dean's 'Little Bastard' Porsche 550 has always fascinated me - the parts that were scavenged going on to be used in other cars and then killing others... very spooky!
And here's one for you Paul Walker's crash is oddly similar to James Dean they were both young actors that were into cars and wanted to break off from acting to get into racing and they were both killed in an accident involving a Porsche
Also the body of James Dean's car was being transported on the back of an 18 wheeler & it just DISAPPEARED off the trailer, mid transport. Pretty sure it hasn't ever been located and nobody knows what happened to it. I might be off a little on this story but if so not by much
Club 27 all began in the 70s. Robert "Crossroads" Johnson: Am I a joke to you...
Are the Simpson's on here?
I'm pretty sure they did a video dedicated to that entirely
@@aristotleasparaguspodcast1129 i know they did, but they should throw one of them in there for this list
I am fascinated by stories like this.
Tää menee jokaiselle mun Suomi-veljelle! :D RSÄ! XD ♥️
Thank you for pronouncing Halley's Comet correctly!!
The falling baby thing always interests me. Because that baby eventually had children(most likely) which means someone today is only alive because their grandma/dad landed on a street sweeper as a baby. I mean when you put all of human race under a microscope it’s amazing we are all here anyways, but this one is pretty cool
Think Robert Johnson was the first to join the 27 club ..
i think he was poisoned.
He didn't join it, he founded it.
@@DasObscure apparently Alexandre Levy did but I agree with you
"Whole other level" I am Jack's utter lack of disappointment.
Yeah, and this morning I had a piece of toast that predicts the end of the quarantine, lol
Nice
Wtf watching this in empty apartment at midnight gives different vibes
Cool video!
Lincoln in Fords theater, Kennedy in a Lincoln. Both assassins had 3 names. I love the Lincoln/Kennedy coincidences.
Arthur John Priest was a ship’s stoker, & either the luckiest, or unluckiest man who ever lived. Like Violet Jessop, he was on the Olympic when it collided with the HMS Hawke, & survived the sinkings of the Titanic, & the Britannic. He also survived the sinking of the Asturias, Alcantara, & Donegal.
Wow! Stay safe.
When Tamerlane was buried again, that was the start of operation Uranus, the turning point of the war where USSR started to win
Hey Watchmojo, I dare you to do a top 100 things (pick a category). During the lockdown, hearing Rebecca’s voice for 100 items would be sublime!!
From where you these background clip? Plz reply🙂🙂
Me and my girlfriend moved to a student accommodation about 2 years ago. One of our neighbours were a couple who had the same first names as the 2 of us and their surnames were both our maiden names. We later found out that same year while paintballing that they both had the exact same birthdays as us both too.
Mothers maiden names*
I've never heard Successful n Death used in the same sentence.
Another coincidence you failed to mention was the name of the tiger in the book Life of Pi was Richard Parker.
Not gon lie that painting by Franz von Stuck was 🔥
that first guy got ctrl alt yeeted into hell, that shows you never destroy nature.
Pfffft yeah
@@SharkyPopTart fact
There is a town in Norway whose church burned down three times (at least twice due to lightning strike, no arson). It was the same day of the year and the same interval of years between the events. We learned about it when we visited the place. Since just a few years later it was 'due' again, we actually called friends in Norway, whether it had happened again (it had not). It's near the Dolmen by museum on Hitra.
Was the church made of wood?
@@felicitybywater8012 At least the upper parts iirc.
Finally a good narrator that doesn’t creep me out
I'm not sure if this was the coincidence I found most disturbing, but it's what immediately came to mind as I watched the video. When I was in college, one morning I awoke from a very vivid dream in which I was reading a news article about Christa McAuliffe. I put on my bathrobe and went through one of the dorms' common rooms where a tv was replaying the explosion of the Challenger shuttle that happened that morning. I had no idea it was even set to launch that day.
4:23 The movie is actually called James Dean: An Invented Life. It’s a great film too starring James Franco as James Dean.
Another coincidence about Kennedy and Lincoln is that Lincoln had a secretary with the last name Kennedy and Kennedy had a secretary with the last name Lincoln
Daniel Vinas That one was looked into and is actually a MYTH
I just saw a video about “Ms. Unsinkable” this morning 🤯
Mark Twain was the first one to say "the report of my death has been greatly exaggerated ".
Mark Twain’s ghost: yes yes yes haha told you soo
12:50 The plans for the Titanic and its reportedly "unsinkable" nature were published years before it was ever even begun. The fact that the writer of the fictional work regarding the Titan didn't psychically pluck these facts out of thin air. They were available at the time he wrote the book.
Coincidences are truly mind blowing!! I have two for you & I say this cause I haven't seen anything again since after 9/11. I saw a flyer someone made about the coincidences of the numbers 911. How many can you find??? What were they pertaining to? Were they connected? Incidences or dispersed over time? I also ask because of the coincidences in the biblical numeric code that mentions the 9/11 attack.....what's up with it??? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 Like your channel! Great posts!! 👍
These parallel universes are colliding together thanks to cern and the opening of the bottomless pitt