Toobworld is awash with identical twins. Some share the same mother; others are identical cousins; and some of those identical cousins are actually half-siblings who are the results of an affair.
We have a unique case though during our soap opera showcase this month. We have identical twin brothers... who have an "identical cousin". Their Daddy sure had a powerful strand of DNA which overpowered the recessive genes of the two mothers.
I'm referring to the Wagner brothers of Monticello Gunther and Bruno. Both of them were shady characters, but Bruno was bad to the bone; Gunther finally stayed on the straight and narrow... for the most part.
Here we have the final moments of "Gunther" Wagner.
I used quotation marks around the name "Gunther" because Bruno actually disguised himself as his brother Gunther. When he was murdered, everyone believed that it had been Gunther who died. It would be some time before the real Gunther showed up and set the record straight.
Meanwhile....
Daddy Wagner had gone on the road during the Great Depression, ostensibly to find work. But he also wanted to shirk his duties as a family man back in Monticello.
At the same time as his wife was finally discovering that she was pregnant with twins, Old Man Wagner met a girl by the last name of Brooks in Atlanta. He didn't stay with her long, just long enough to leave her burdened with his seed.
The shame of her family back in 1938, Miss Brooks gave birth to a boy whom she named Robert, the name given her by the man who sired the child. (Whether or not that was Mr. Wagner's real name is unknown.)
That boy grew up in Atlanta, going by the nickname of Bob. When he graduated from college, he joined the Atlanta police department. Eventually he rose to the rank of lieutenant.
It's not exactly known where Monticello is, save that it is somewhere in the general Midwest area. At any rate, I don't think Lt. Bob Brooks ever had a reason to go there, nor did either of the Brothers Wagner probably ever visited Atlanta. So the three men who resembled each other so closely, never realized they had other siblings.
(In the Trueniverse, the reason for their strong resemblance was because they were played by the late actor David Froman - the Wagner brothers on '[The] Edge of Night' and Lt. Brooks was from 'Matlock'.)
Until next time....
We have a unique case though during our soap opera showcase this month. We have identical twin brothers... who have an "identical cousin". Their Daddy sure had a powerful strand of DNA which overpowered the recessive genes of the two mothers.
Here we have the final moments of "Gunther" Wagner.
I used quotation marks around the name "Gunther" because Bruno actually disguised himself as his brother Gunther. When he was murdered, everyone believed that it had been Gunther who died. It would be some time before the real Gunther showed up and set the record straight.
Meanwhile....
Inner Toob suggested depiction
of Old Man Wagner
of Old Man Wagner
Daddy Wagner had gone on the road during the Great Depression, ostensibly to find work. But he also wanted to shirk his duties as a family man back in Monticello.
At the same time as his wife was finally discovering that she was pregnant with twins, Old Man Wagner met a girl by the last name of Brooks in Atlanta. He didn't stay with her long, just long enough to leave her burdened with his seed.
The shame of her family back in 1938, Miss Brooks gave birth to a boy whom she named Robert, the name given her by the man who sired the child. (Whether or not that was Mr. Wagner's real name is unknown.)
It's not exactly known where Monticello is, save that it is somewhere in the general Midwest area. At any rate, I don't think Lt. Bob Brooks ever had a reason to go there, nor did either of the Brothers Wagner probably ever visited Atlanta. So the three men who resembled each other so closely, never realized they had other siblings.
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