What really happened to George Reeves,the 1950 Superman?
On June 16, 1959, three days before a planned wedding to Lenore Lemmon, Reeves went to bed after a long night with guests. Shortly thereafter, a shot rang out, and he was found dead in his bedroom with a gunshot wound to the head. From the moment police arrived, the case was treated as suicide as all the guests concluded there could be no other explanation. An official inquiry concluded that the death was indeed suicide. Many problems still persist with the suicide theory, such as bullet holes found in the bedroom walls and throughout the living room (where the guests were), bullet casing found underneath Reeves’ body, the gun left between his legs, police not being called for 30-45 minutes after the death and the fact that almost no one who knew Reeves can quite bring themselves to believe that he killed himself. Some make an argument for Reeves having been the target of a “hit” due to having spurned a long-time lover with mob connections, also claiming that a previous car accident wa
