Francois Villon Disappears
1456
The French poet and petty criminal, sentenced to hang for his part in a brawl, had his sentence commuted to ten years of exile from Paris and walked out of the city gates. He left behind the Ballade des Pendus and a handful of lyrics. Nobody ever saw him again.
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