Case file · High strangeness
The lost Dauphin, Louis XVII
Officially, 10-year-old Louis XVII died in the Temple prison on 8 June 1795, but rumours that he had been spirited away produced dozens of pretenders, such as Karl Wilhelm Naundorff.
1795 CE · 48.87, 2.36 · status: explained
The account
A doctor had kept the dead boy's heart. In 2000, DNA from the heart matched Marie-Antoinette's family, confirming that the child who died in the Temple was Louis.