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Podcast Review – The Trail Went Cold – Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?

Original Air Date – 19 October 2022Episode – The Trail Went Cold – Episode 299 – Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm?Duration – 58:11 minutesHost – Robin Warder Whenever I hear a podcast host with a North American accent, about to tell the British story of Bella in the Wych Elm, I cross my

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The Tin-Eye Character in Foyle’s War episode, The Cage

For several years now, I have been trying to have a look at an episode from Foyle’s War. The episode, entitled “The Cage”, apparently aired in Season 7 of the extremely popular UK TV series. One would think that the episode would have been relatively easy to track down, but living in North America makes

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Article Review – After the Battle – Volume 150

The Magazine Article From the Editor, After the Battle, volume 150, Battle of Britain Prints International Ltd., 2010, page 53. Summary A full page spread (mostly photos) summarizing my visit to Ramsey, Huntingdonshire with Winston Ramsey. Includes photograph of me standing in the potato filed where Josef Jakobs landed, and in front of the Ramsey

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The Spy in the Tower – Review in After the Battle magazine Volume 188

My journey to uncover the story of Josef Jakobs, my grandfather, really took off when I found the eleventh edition of After the Battle magazine in late 1980s. The two page spread on Josef in the magazine gave me way more information than any I had found to date. After contacting the editor, Winston Ramsey,

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Podcast Review – Unsolved Murders – Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm

I discovered a veritable treasure trove of podcasts the other week and quickly found a whole bunch related to Bella in the Wych Elm. I thought I would start with a trilogy from Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories, produced by Parcast. The three part series starts with an overview of the murder and the various

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Promoting The Spy in the Tower on TalkRadioEurope

The History Press kindly set up an interview for me with the crew at TalkRadioEurope – Spain’s only English speaking talk radio network. Fellow author David Tremain has done several excellent interviews with them, so I’m really looking forward to it! For those interested… the interview is tomorrow, Wednesday January 8. You can Listen Live

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Geheimnisse des Towers: Spione und Kronjuwelen – ZDF (2019) – in German

A cousin of mine in Germany made me aware of a German documentary that broadcast on 11 June 2019 in Germany. The show was a four part series on Geheimnisse des Towers (Secrets of the Tower [of London]): Geheimnisse des Towers: Spione und Kronjuwelen (Spies & Crown Jewels) Geheimnisse des Towers: Verschwörer und Verräter (Conspirators

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