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WAS THE KING OF SWING SILENCED BY BULLET OF A US HITMAN?
This Is Bristol/Western Daily Press (UK) ^ | 17:32 - 26 February 2003 | NA

Posted on 03/01/2003 5:17:30 AM PST by Hellmouth

WAS THE KING OF SWING SILENCED BY BULLET OF A US HITMAN?

17:32 - 26 February 2003

King of Swing Glenn Miller was a bisexual whose music had hidden subliminal messages used to brainwash German troops, a sensational new investigation claims. And although the bandleader is officially listed as dead, lost in an air crash over the Channel, fresh evidence suggests he was murdered by US secret service hitmen in the red-light district of Paris.

The musician, whose body has never been found, may have been assassinated because he had threatened to blow the whistle on a group of gay officers involved in US undercover operations in various parts of Europe from their base in Bedfordshire.

Martin W Bowman, who has written more than 60 books about military and commercial aviation, reveals the theory in The Bedford Triangle, which examines the role of the US Army Air Force, the American Office of Strategic Services and Britain's Special Operations Executive in World War II.

More than half a century on, little has been revealed about highly sensitive and secret work conducted in country houses and from airfields in Bedfordshire.

But Mr Bowman has gained a tantalising glimpse of the cloak and dagger operations, drawing on dozens of first-hand eye witness accounts.

Miller, America's most famous musician, arrived at Milton Ernest Hall, near Bedford, in July 1944, supposedly to boost morale.

General Dwight D Eisenhower, the Supreme Allied Commander, had demanded his presence.

On December 15, Miller and two others went missing, presumed killed, when their Norseman UC-64 crashed into the sea after taking off from RAF Twinwoods for Paris.

"Many people believe that perhaps the true reason for his disappearance has been covered up," says Mr Bowman who thinks that Miller's music contained secret messages.

"Known as subliminal or 'message under the music' technique, it is a method of putting a hidden message through to a person's subconscious without the conscious mind being aware," he said.

Miller's music was transmitted to the German Army on Wehrmacht Hour to help undermine morale - and this was where any covert messages would have been heard.

People soon noticed that the once affable Major Miller - whose sexuality had been questioned - was becoming tense and missing appointments. According to the British bandleader Geraldo he showed signs of cracking up.

"He said he had no doubts that the band would go back, but he would never see America again. He told Geraldo this many, many times," says Mr Bowman. "A lot of friends in the music business felt that, when it was said that he had died in this aircraft, they didn't quite believe it."

Miller's name was added to the death log some days after the crash.

In the meantime, his personal belongings had been packed up and moved away.

Retired US air force serviceman James E Norwood was one of those 'disappeared' by US intelligence services and given a new identity.

He says: "I know something about the crash that Glenn was alleged to have died in. There was no crash. The entire incident was staged by the intelligence services to cover something up."

Norwood said he and Miller were in a 'squabble' with some top brass who infiltrated the officer corps.

Mr Bowman says: "It seems that they, meaning the members of the group, were predisposed to homosexuality and were attempting to impose their values on others, officers and enlisted men, through harassment, intimidation, malassignment and the like.

"In retaliation, the bandleader may have threatened to 'spill the beans' and 'break the network' wide open.

"At this point the American high command would have to 'retire' Miller from the scene and eliminate a potential breach of security without drawing attention to any covert operations still in force.

"The corruption went right to the top. It still does, as the massive cover-up continues to this day."

MR Bowman reveals that witnesses in Paris claim to have seen Miller drinking in a bar in the Pigalle in Paris on the supposed night of his death.

Then a Parisian brothel-keeper claimed one of her customers, a captain in the military police, said that Miller was having a drink when he was shot or fatally hit on the back of the head.

The suggestions that Miller was interested in both sexes was backed by a medium who, when handed a shirt belonging to the bandleader, said he had 'tendencies with both sexes'. The slight bisexuality would never be proved."

The Bedford Triangle, by Martin W Bowman, printed by Sutton Publishing, costs £7.99 in paperback.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bigbands; bisexuality; conspiracy; disappearance; gaycabal; glenmiller; music; paulisdead; schoolaccountablity; thatwasnoclarinet; tinfoil; ushitman; whodroppedthesoap; wwii
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To: dighton
The suggestions that Miller was interested in both sexes was backed by a medium who, when handed a shirt belonging to the bandleader, said he had 'tendencies with both sexes'.

And if that isn't solid proof, nothing is.

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LOL!!! True. True.

Oh, and by the by,where did they get one of Miller's shirts? I mean, they didn't just get it out of his dresser draw. The fellow's been dead for 60+ years.

41 posted on 03/01/2003 6:47:32 AM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it, but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: agitator
I beg to differ, you can hide subliminal messages in audio and it does work.

Glenn Miller's music was designed to dishearten the Wermacht?

Gosh, the things one learns in one's old age. As I recall, the Ship's Service jukeboxes played Glenn Miller all day long. I guess we didn't know it was designed to subvert the German General Command and all its troops.

By the way, does one have to play those old 78's backwards to get the disheartening message? Come to think of it, never once did I ever hear Miller's 78's being played backwards.

But live and learn, I suppose.

42 posted on 03/01/2003 6:50:34 AM PST by Ole Okie
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To: RippleFire; DainBramage
Not to mention "Super Size"

Or "small" (future red Corvette owner)

43 posted on 03/01/2003 6:51:57 AM PST by ErnBatavia ((Bumperootus!))
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To: CruisinAround
I can believe it. I have it on well-known authority that Amelia Earhardt was actually a cross-dressing member of the Flying Tigers in China, and his sole mission was to become lost and infiltrate WWII Japan and feed Tokyo Rose, a well known lesbian with male tendencies, with pillow talk propaganda.

Yeah, but how does bat boy figure in?

44 posted on 03/01/2003 6:53:23 AM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it, but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: tacticalogic
I think Harry may have been on to something...or, on something. ;)
45 posted on 03/01/2003 6:53:40 AM PST by TankerKC (What's with the sudden influx of racist punks on FR?)
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To: capt. norm
The follow-up line is: "and you are probably part of the cover-up"

Classic Michael Rivero line!

46 posted on 03/01/2003 6:54:44 AM PST by TankerKC (What's with the sudden influx of racist punks on FR?)
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To: Hellmouth
All we need here is a grassy knoll. . .

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

47 posted on 03/01/2003 6:55:46 AM PST by mikeb704
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To: Hellmouth
WHAT! Glenn Miller is DEAD? Then who is making all that elevator music?
48 posted on 03/01/2003 6:56:02 AM PST by Ditter
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To: Cagey
re may be something to this after all. I just dialed 736 5000 and someone with a thick German accent answered. I decided to hang up.

LOL!! I laughed so hard I had to grab on to my string of pearls.

49 posted on 03/01/2003 6:58:48 AM PST by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it, but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: Hellmouth
Oh please! They'll stop at nothing to distroy American values. Glenn Miller was a patriotic American who came to the aid of his country in a time of war by offering to perform for our servicemen overseas to boost their morale. Quite the opposite of today's ungrateful, sniviling cowards in today's music and entertainment industry--Glenn Miller was talented light years beyond any of them. Besmirching his memory in this way for political gain is unconscionable.
50 posted on 03/01/2003 7:01:35 AM PST by FrdmLvr
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To: dighton
And if that isn't solid proof, nothing is.

More solid than you think. This was the shirt that they gave to the medium:

:^)

51 posted on 03/01/2003 7:01:46 AM PST by general_re (Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.)
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To: Hellmouth
There were close connections among the OSS intelligence operatives, the early behavioralists, sociologists working in the field of social control, and the development of advertising, which involves subliminal persuasion of various kinds, visual as well as auditory. Those who were around back then will remember that advertising positively blossomed right after the end of the Second World War and that many found it to be quite sinister in its methods. Psychological manipulation was a matter of great interest to all these people.

That said, this article still sounds like bilgewater.
52 posted on 03/01/2003 7:01:56 AM PST by Cicero
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To: dighton; Hellmouth; general_re; BlueLancer; hellinahandcart; Poohbah; Thinkin' Gal
The Bedford Triangle, by Martin W Bowman, printed by Sutton Publishing, costs £7.99 in paperback.

Bowman or Borman? (Don't laugh, he's never been located.)

53 posted on 03/01/2003 7:07:49 AM PST by aculeus
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To: Hellmouth
What can you say....

You mean other than the fact that the Brits are addicted to tabloid journalism?

54 posted on 03/01/2003 7:08:37 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: tacticalogic
Wehrmacht Hour

Always try to listen, it's one of my favorites.

"There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers and any others."

Harry J. Anslinger, testimony to Congress, 1937

If there ever was a reason to legalize it, there it is.
55 posted on 03/01/2003 7:08:54 AM PST by tet68 (Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
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To: Maceman
I beg to differ, you can hide subliminal messages in internet postings and it does work.

See, you're feeling incredulous, aren't you?
56 posted on 03/01/2003 7:11:08 AM PST by tet68 (Jeremiah 51:24 ..."..Before your eyes I will repay Babylon for all the wrong they have done in Zion")
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To: Hellmouth
Sometimes a clarinet is just a clarinet.
57 posted on 03/01/2003 7:12:59 AM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: RippleFire
"Was ist 'Paul ist kaput'?

Is there a prize for most clever response? You win. Paul ist kaput. LOL

58 posted on 03/01/2003 7:15:16 AM PST by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: Hellmouth
I thought the "King of Swing" was Benny Goodman. I'll have to talk to my medium anout that.
59 posted on 03/01/2003 7:18:02 AM PST by pfflier
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To: uncbob
Goodman did have an album titled "King of Swing". I'm no expert, so I turned to Google. It looks like the King of Swing is either Goodman, Artie Shaw, or Barry Bonds. I'll continue my research and get back to you.
60 posted on 03/01/2003 7:20:41 AM PST by TankerKC (What's with the sudden influx of racist punks on FR?)
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