Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod (née Zelle, Dutch: [mɑrɣaːˈreːtaː ɣeːrˈtrœydaː ˈzɛlə]; 7 August 1876 – 15 October 1917), better known by the stage name Mata Hari (/ ˈmɑːtə ˈhɑːri / MAH-tə HAR-ee, Dutch: [ˈmaːtaː ˈɦaːri]; Indonesian for 'sun', lit. 'eye of the day'), was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was convicted of being a spy for Germa...

Apr 29, 2024 · Somewhere out there in someone’s macabre curiosity cabinet, Mata Hari’s head might very well be sitting on a shelf. Despite a record from 1918 confirming that the museum was also in possession of her body, the rest of Mata couldn’t be accounted for either by archivists.

Jul 14, 2000 · The mummified head of famed World War I spy Mata Hari has vanished from a Paris museum that displays the remains of notorious criminals.

In February 1917 Mata Hari returned to Paris and immediately arrested; charged with being a German spy. Her trial in July revealed some damning evidence that the dancer was unable to adequately explain. She was convicted and sentenced to death.

Oct 15, 2020 · In the spring of 1916, Mata Hari, the most notoriously jaded courtesan in the world, inexplicably lost her head and fell hard for a young Russian officer, Captain Vladimir (Vadim) Masloff.

Aug 5, 2019 · Mata Hari’s head was embalmed and given to the Museum of Anatomy in Paris. It disappeared in the 1950s, and remains missing today. The rest of her body was used for medical study.

4 days ago · Mata Hari (born August 7, 1876, Leeuwarden, Netherlands—died October 15, 1917, Vincennes, near Paris, France) was a Dutch dancer and courtesan whose name has become a synonym for the seductive female spy. She was shot by the French on charges of spying for Germany during World War I.

Mata Hari’s family felt great shame at the way her life had turned out and did not wish to claim her body. Instead, Margaretha Zelle’s remains were used for medical study. Her head was embalmed and kept in the Museum of Anatomy in Paris.

Oct 9, 2016 · After she was shot in the Bois de Vincennes, Mata Hari’s head was removed and for many years kept – along with those of other celebrity criminals – in Paris’s museum of anatomy. No-one claimed her remains.

Jul 24, 2015 · In 1903 Margaretha started performing in Paris under the stage name Mata Hari in dance halls and nude reviews (WWI spy 2001). She became famous for provocative dancing and barely-there costumes, but her career declined over …