Kodinhi – Kerala’s village of twins

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Kodinhi – Kerala’s village of twins By any metric, conceiving twins and triplets is a rare natural occurrence around the world. In fact, on average only 16 out of 1,000 successful pregnancies in the world result in twins and this average is even lower in India at just 9. However, this ratio is heavily skewed in the sleepy hamlet of Kodinhi in Kerala , which has a record 400 pairs of twins in a population of just over 2,000 families! Geneticists and scientists have long tried to explain this rare phenomenon but are only now making some headway. While experts have pointed to genetics as an obvious factor, what’s even more mysterious is that irrespective of religion, lineage or their original heritage, all families living in the village have conceived more than the average pairs of twins over the last few generations, and the number is consistently growing.
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Mr. Cruel

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Mr. Cruel
One of the most infamous unidentified criminals in Australia’s history victimized four Melbourne children and earned the nickname “Mr. Cruel.” The assailant’s first known attack occurred in the middle of the night on August 22, 1987, when he broke into a family’s home. After tying up the couple and their young son, Mr. Cruel proceeded to sexually assault their 11-year-old daughter. On December 27, 1988, he broke into the home of another family, tying up the parents and kidnapping their 10-year-old daughter. She was sexually assaulted before being released 18 hours later. On July 3, 1990, Mr. Cruel broke into another home and kidnapped a 13-year-old girl. She was held captive and sexually assaulted in a house for 50 hours before he released her. Finally, Mr. Cruel’s next crime would end in murder.
On April 13, 1991, 13-year-old Karmein Chan was abducted from her home. This time, the perpetrator left a spray-painted message on her parents’ vehicle implying that the abduction was drug-related, but this was only done to mislead police. Karmein remained a missing person for one year before her decomposed body was found. She was shot three times in the head.
The modus operandi of these crimes is so similar that police are certain they were committed by the same man. Mr. Cruel would bathe his female victims before releasing them to eliminate potential forensic evidence, often going to meticulous lengths to clean up after himself. According to one surviving victim, Mr. Cruel set up a camera to document his sexual assaults on her, and authorities believe he is likely involved in the distribution of child pornography. In spite of an extensive investigation in which over 27,000 suspects have been checked into, Mr. Cruel has never been identified.


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