Agent fooled woman into being a Nazi ‘spy’
WHEN two young women in Britain agreed to help recruit people as Nazi spies they never realised that their Gestapo spy handler was actually an MI5 agent
Today In History
Steele Rudd wrote about his own life in bush yarns
IN his dedication from his first book, author Steele Rudd paid tribute to the people on the land. Far from being myth making, they were his own people and his own stories.
Sandwich relished his role as public servant
WHEN the 4th Earl of Sandwich, found it hard to tear himself away from a game of cards, he asked for some cold meat sandwiched between bread. Although he was not the first person to eat this way, it simply became known as a sandwich.
Air pioneer’s greatest mystery his own death
When an Aero Topografica plane taking off from a Lisbon seaplane base crashed on its way to Madeira it was the sad end to the eventful life of Jim Broadbent, one of Australia’s great lesser-known pioneer aviators.
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Unabomber tormented FBI officers for 18 years
IN the end it was three words that identified Ted Kaczynski, “the most intellectual serial killer” America ever produced.
Life and crimes of drug smuggler Donald Tait
FORGERY, bigamy, impersonation: Opportunist Donald Roy Tait had tried the lot before an attempted move to the big-league introduced him to households across Australia.
Cousins’ coming of age secured Arab thrones
AS the 40th generation with direct descent from Prophet Muhammad, 65 years ago cousins took the throne in two Arab states.
Polar bears, raw meat in explorer’s epic feat
Japanese adventurer Naomi Uemura completed the first solo trek to the North Pole 40 years ago.
Padded-up Fingleton took on Bodyline — and Bradman
STRIDING out to bat Jack Fingleton looked bulkier than usual, because he had padded himself under his shirt to take on Bodyline tactics
Allies sent a dead man to fool the Germans
A HOMELESS man who took his life became part of a bizarre plot to fool the Germans using a dead body, false identity and faked war plans
He volunteered to enter then escaped Auschwitz
MOST people had no choice about being sent to Auschwitz but Witold Pilecki volunteered, stayed for two years then he escaped.
Artist’s bushland rape case enthralled Sydney
THE public gallery at Central Criminal Court was packed in 1954 to hear evidence against comic book artist Leonard Lawson.
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