Every few months, I sieve through the internet searching for new articles, blog posts or websites that mention Josef Jakobs. There are usually a few. Sometimes they are accurate, sometimes not so much. Often they are simply a regurgitation of previous information, and the errors multiply. The Hagley Woods Mystery – The Unredacted blog This […]
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In December 2015, I made a significant breakthrough with Lt. Col. William Edward Hinchley Cooke, receiving his birth registration from the archives in Dresden. While searching on Ancestry for his mother’s relations, I realized that a whole swath of new indexed German records had become available on Ancestry. Not only for Dresden, but also for
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N.B. 2021 10 14 – I traced Clara Bäuerle’s death registration here… A few weeks back, I tracked down a resource that possibly had fresh information on Clara Bäuerle. If you recall, Clara is considered by some researchers to be a potential candidate for the mysterious Bella in the Wych Elm. Several online resources, however,
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Who knew a picture postcard of a German cabaret singer would create such a stir? When Josef parachuted into England on the night of 31 January, 1941, with Clara Bauerle’s photograph in his pocket, a seemingly endless series of dominoes began to fall. Was Clara another German spy destined for England? The officers of MI5
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Every once in a while, I dig around the internet, turning over stones and looking for new and interesting tidbits about Josef and his associates. This morning I came across a January 2015 BBC article entitled “English murder mysteries that have baffled detectives”. Naturally, the article included the case of Bella in the Wych Elm.
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It’s always neat to connect with other bloggers and researchers. A few months ago, I connected with D.J. Cockburn who writes a blog entitled Cockburn’s Eclectics. DJ wanted to do a piece on Bella in the Wych Elm and touched base with me as he knew I had done some research on Clara Bauerle. He
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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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N.B. 2021 I have a number of other blogs about Clara Bauerle with more up-to-date information. This page gives a summary of them. Who was Clara Bauerle? What really happened to her? To begin with, we have to recognize that Clara Bauerle’s name could be spelled in a variety of ways: Claire/Cläre/Clära/ClaraKläre/Klära/KlaraBauerle/Bäuerle If one searches
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N.B. 2020 10 15 – I should note that the picture of the wych elm featured below is NOT the actual wych elm. And, the “police sketch” was first published in Donald McCormick’s book, Murder by Witchcraft. That sketch does NOT occur in the police files. Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? On 18
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When Josef Jakobs landed at Dovehouse Farm near Ramsey on the night of 31 January, 1941, he had a picture postcard in his possession. The photograph was of a woman with an inscription on the back which read: My dear _ _I love youFor everYourClaraLandau, July 1940 At first, there was some confusion as to
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