Who—or What—Killed the Marcus Twins?

Two brothers, fertility specialists and barbiturate addicts, were found dead in a filthy Park Avenue apartment. Every theory about how they got there is a scandal. [Image] [Image]( The Marcus Twins Were Gynecologists to New York’s Elite. No One Knows What Killed Them. It was the striped shorts that caused the mix-up at the morgue. When the cops and the maintenance man broke into apartment 10H, slogged their way through the debris covering the living-room floor and found the bodies in the bedroom, they found themselves with an identity problem as well. The maintenance man was certain the bodies in question were gynecologist Cyril Marcus—the tenant of 10H—and his twin brother, gynecologist Stewart Marcus, but he wasn’t certain which body belonged to which twin. Visibility was not favorable to making any kind of identification. The warm moist July air that rushed into the apartment with the cops hit the bone-dry chill within, precipitating a mist which rolled across the living-room floor into the bedroom, picking up fumes from rotting chicken salad sandwiches and human excrement on the way, fogging up the death scene with its sickly vapors. Not the sort of atmosphere to encourage leisurely speculation about the identity of twins, not that they looked at all identical in death. One twin lay face-down across the head of one of the twin beds, the other face-up on the floor at the foot of the other twin bed. The face of the face-up twin retained the frozen clarity of recent death. The other twin had no face. Dead longer, his features had been blotted out by decomposition. The face-up twin on the floor wore nothing but a pair of long black socks bunched down around his ankles and a flimsy shroud of paper toweling he had apparently pulled across his body in the moments before death. The face-down twin had only a black sock dangling from his left foot and a pair of blue striped shorts on his body. The maintenance man thought those striped shorts might be a clue; he thought he had seen them once before. [Read the Full Story]( [Image] [Image]( 'Someone Else Was At the Wheel': What It's Like to Have Sexsomnia "I have sexsomnia, a sleep abnormality that causes me to initiate sex when I’m asleep," writes an annonymous author for Esquire. "Think of sleepwalking, but instead of walking I, well, you know. Those of us who’ve got what the DSM-5 calls non-REM sleep-arousal disorder, which research has found to be as much as three times as prevalent in men as in women, are prone to fondling a partner, performing oral sex, and even engaging in full-on penetrative sex and reaching orgasm, all while completely asleep. For me, as I understand is common, it flares up when I’m stressed, sleep-deprived, going to bed drunk, and particularly some combination of all three. I’ve only recently learned that there’s a name for this disorder. For years, I’ve just thought of it as something—or someone—that activates inside me at night." Here, the author explains the feeling of having someone else at the wheel. [Read the Full Story](  [Image]( New Balance's U.S.-Made 993s Should Be the Foundation of Your Sneaker Rotation "At the ripe age of 31, I never thought I'd be looking for a walking shoe," writes Esquire’s Ben Boskovich. "And yet, as the pandemic snatched away the only resemblance of a fitness routine I had (living and commuting in New York City), the post-work walk was suddenly an activity for which I needed to outfit myself. Nepotism Alert: I found myself clicking on Esquire's list of the best walking shoes out there right now. Lo and behold, I found a pair that'd functionally satisfy my new workout, and work with just about anything in my wardrobe." Boskovich reveals that it was New Balance's made-in-the-USA 993. Here's why—whether long walks are your cup of tea or not—it's the right sneaker to ground your entire rotation. [Read the Full Story]( [Image]( The 50 Best Gifts for Cool Moms Everywhere on Mother's Day It’s never a bad time to let your mom know how much you appreciate everything she’s done for you—from her days hauling you around in a stroller to now, when she texts you videos of the family dog to brighten your day. But Mother’s Day is an especially good time, and that’s where a good gift comes in. (Don’t skip the card, either.) Maybe the perfect gift for your mom is a sentimental tribute to the family she's built. Maybe it's a cool gadget to keep up with her busy life, or a new piece of at-home workout equipment, or the accessory she'll wear all spring. Maybe all that matters is that it comes from her favorite kid (you, obviously). Whatever the case, it'll be here on our list of 50 great gift ideas for all moms that you can get to her in plenty of time. [Read the Full Story](  [Image]( During My Three Tours in Afghanistan, I Become An Old Man “The news that President Biden will begin a military withdrawal that will conclude on September 11th came as no surprise,” writes Matthew Komatsu. “When he released his interim national security guidance last month, you tore through it, highlighting passages and making margin notes. Look, you told your squadron commanders and chief master sergeants during a professional development session: For the first time since 9/11, there’s no mention of combating violent extremism across the globe. ‘Afghanistan’ twice versus ‘Russia’ five times and China’ fifteen. A signal that perhaps the Forever War was ending, that after years of consensus across the national security establishment that the military needed to re-focus on preparing to fight rival nations, the moment had arrived.” Komatsu explains why two decades after his time in the service, things are more complicated. [Read the Full Story]( [Image]( Justin Theroux Is Turning 50. He’s Learned a Few Things. “I don’t want to become a hermit. At all,” Justin Theroux tells Esquire’s Eric Sullivan in our April / May cover story. "What I’m most thirsty for now is friendship. Once that’s up and running, I’ll start thinking about the other stuff." By "the other stuff," he means romance. Officially, he is single, and has been since he and Jennifer Aniston divorced in 2018. Before they got together in 2011, he was in a relationship for fourteen years with the stylist Heidi Bivens. This is the first time, in other words, that Justin Theroux has been single since the Clinton administration. Theroux, who turns fifty in August, is not dating right now. "There’s only one pivotal relationship in my life," he says, grinning as he finishes the thought. “My mom.” [Read the Full Story](  Follow Us       [Unsubscribe](  [Privacy Notice](  esquire.com ©2021 Hearst Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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