Original Air Date – 30 January 2016Episode – Casefile – True Crime Podcast – Case 4 on YouTube – Who Put Bella in the ‘Witch’ ElmDuration – 31:48 minutesHost – Anonymous Yet another podcast on Bella in the Wych Elm! This one is put out by a team of Australians and is actually quite good. […]
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New mysteries always seem to be popping up in the quest for information on Josef Jakobs and the other World War 2 spies who arrived in England on behalf of Germany. The recent interest, both on this blog, and in the news about Engelbertus Fukken (alias Jan Willem Ter Braak) has led me down some
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A few weeks ago, I had a question from one of the readers of this blog. The reader wanted to know why I never talk about Josef Jakobs being Jewish. That is actually a very good question! And one that I hope to answer in this blog. Court Martial Statements The idea that Josef was
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The Podcast – 13 O’clock Podcast – Murder by Witchcraft? Bella in the Wych Elm and the Warwickshire Pitchfork Murder (2017)Original Air Date – 25 July 201713 o’clock podcast – Episode 49 on YouTubeDuration – 56:06 minutes (Segment on Bella from 11:30 to 28:10Hosts – Tom Ross & Jenny Ashford I came across this podcast/YouTube
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I hit the jackpot a few weeks ago in the case of Clara Bauerle. At least… I think it’s a jackpot. I was doing a search on Ancestry for Clara’s name, something that I do on a fairly regular basis. New documents are always being digitized and I cycle through some of the key names,
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The Show – Travel Channel – Mysteries at the Museum – Woman in the Wych Elm – Season 12, Episode 8 (2016)Original Air Date – 11 November 2016TV Series – Mysteries at the MuseumTime Stamp – 25:32 to 31:29 and 3 minutes at the endOptomen Productions Last summer (2016), I was contacted by the archivist
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Over the last few blogs, we’ve taken a look at the mysterious notebook that showed up at Josef Jakobs’ court martial on August 4, 1941. According to Josef, the notebook contained times, dates and locations where he could meet other agents and get further funds, if he needed them. I’ve dissected various aspects of the
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It’s taken a few blogs to get to the actual contents of the notebook referenced at Josef’s court martial, but I think it’s been a necessary preamble. Josef apparently hadn’t seen the notebook since he left The Hague and it wasn’t included in any of his lists of possessions drawn up by the Ramsey Police
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A couple of blogs ago, I introduced another notebook mystery from the files of German spy, Josef Jakobs. During his court martial on August 4 and 5, 1941, Josef was presented with a notebook, contained in a wallet, which apparently contained dates, times and locations of possible assignations with other German agents. I initially thought
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In the last blog, I introduced another notebook mystery from the files of German spy, Josef Jakobs. During his court martial on August 4 and 5, 1941, Josef was presented with a notebook, contained in a wallet, which apparently contained dates, times and locations of possible assignations with other German agents. I initially thought this
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