Month: September 2014

Spooky Trees

Article Review – Express & Star Newspaper – Punt P.I. Investigates Midlands Riddle

Last month, I reviewed a radio show in which Punt P.I. (a gumshoe of the British airwaves) investigated the story of Bella in the Wych Elm. The radio show was quite good, but a newspaper article that preceded it had a few errors, some more glaring than others. The article, entitled Punt P.I. Investigates Midlands […]

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Language Skills of a German Spy – Josef Jakobs’ Metoula Sprachführer

One would naturally expect that any German spy who arrived in England during World War 2 would have been relatively fluent in English. If a spy wanted to blend into English society, language would have formed an important part of their disguise. Unfortunately, most of the German spies who arrived in England were less than

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Long Odds – The Proposed Journey of Josef Jakobs from Ramsey Hollow to London

When German spy Josef Jakobs landed near the village of Ramsey on 31 January, 1941, he had planned to make his way to London. Naturally, given his broken ankle, his plans came to naught. But what if he had not injured himself, during his descent from the German aircraft. Would it have been feasible for

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British Procedure for Military Executions by Firing Squad (1950)

In researching the circumstances surrounding Josef’s life and death, I have sought information from a variety of sources. One aspect of Josef’s death that stymied me for the longest time was the procedure for a military execution by firing squad. It was easy enough to find an American military procedure, less easy to find a

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