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Hell’s Angels may hold key to pirate hero Störtebeker’s missing skull
Timesonline ^ | February 23, 2010 | Roger Boyes, Berlin

Posted on 02/22/2010 7:17:03 PM PST by mware

When the fearsome Baltic pirate Klaus Störtebeker was executed 600 years ago his headless body is said to have walked 12m (40ft) along the length of Hamburg quayside. He had struck a deal with the elders of the port: any of his 70 men that he managed to pass in his post-decapitation walk should be spared. The quivering corpse passed 11 fellow pirates before the executioner put out a foot and tripped him up. Little wonder, then, that the skull of Störtebeker has fascinated Germans for so long — and that its theft from a Hamburg museum last month has kept police busy.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: pirate
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To: mware

Very funny Guys. Don't you ever quit?

21 posted on 02/22/2010 8:46:07 PM PST by Zack Attack
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To: mware

btt


22 posted on 02/22/2010 8:51:20 PM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: mware; Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!
When the fearsome Baltic pirate Klaus Störtebeker was executed 600 years ago his headless body is said to have walked 12m (40ft) along the length of Hamburg quayside. He had struck a deal with the elders of the port: any of his 70 men that he managed to pass in his post-decapitation walk should be spared. The quivering corpse passed 11 fellow pirates before the executioner put out a foot and tripped him up.

Did they offer him a do-over?

23 posted on 02/22/2010 9:17:05 PM PST by a fool in paradise
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To: Rebelbase

Did he die of laughter?


24 posted on 02/22/2010 9:18:00 PM PST by a fool in paradise
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To: mware
I liked the comment at the end: "Hells Angels does not contain an apostrophe. The founding members were not English majors."
25 posted on 02/23/2010 12:13:22 AM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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To: Grizzled Bear; mware; Eaker; humblegunner; Slings and Arrows; Allegra; Squantos

The walking corpses had new socks.
That’s the secret.


26 posted on 02/23/2010 7:59:13 AM PST by Darksheare (Tar is cheap, and feathers are plentiful.)
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To: Darksheare; Grizzled Bear; mware; humblegunner; Eaker; Squantos
The walking corpses had new socks.
That’s the secret.

And they were high quality socks, too! That's the kicker.

27 posted on 02/23/2010 9:14:59 AM PST by Allegra (It doesn't matter what this tagline says...the liberals are going to call it "racist.")
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To: mware

Six miles. He carried his own head and he preached a sermon while he was walking. He was buried where he stopped and there’s a cathedral there now.

There’s also a big monument to him in Paris. It’s a statue and he’s carrying his head in the monument.


28 posted on 02/23/2010 9:56:19 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: ModelBreaker

Thank you for sharing that. I had never heard about him. I’ll have something to talk about tonight after scripture study.


29 posted on 02/23/2010 1:02:49 PM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: Allegra
The walking corpses had new socks.

Did a corpse man bring the socks to him?

30 posted on 02/23/2010 1:04:22 PM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: mware

I think (memory only so could be wrong), he was a pre-Constantine Bishop of Paris—maybe mid-200’s AD and he may have been the first bishop of Paris. The Roman church, I believe, designated him the patron saint of France. Catholics on the thread may freely correct me if I am wrong about that.

He lost his head as a martyr.


31 posted on 02/23/2010 2:00:23 PM PST by ModelBreaker
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