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.
What do you call a midget psychic who just broke out of prison?
A small medium at large.
Got me giggling and I laughed when I saw your name deputy.
Practically the only intelligent, open discussion of the subject came in the 1970's books by Dr. Wilson Bryan Key, a college professor, who offered great insights as to why and how subliminals can psychologically manipulate people. Then, of course, there's the grandaddy of all books on the subject, The Hidden Persuaders, written by Vance Packard, in the mid 50's. It's an eye opener, even today!
Most of the research done in the last 50 or 60 years concerning the "how-to's" and the effectiveness of subliminals has been commissioned by governments, ad agencies and networks, and is definitely kept under wraps. After all, the people who create the most subliminal stimuli don't want anybody to find out they're doing it. It's difficult to find anyone who will even admit to doing it, although any ad agency in America that's worth it's salt is involved in doing subliminals.
As for the poor, ignorant Joe Blows who insist that there's no such thing as subliminals, all I can say is, they're the best psychological targets there are. They're sitting ducks and are the prime victims of the mindbenders. Their own disbelief and arrogance will keep them from ever catching on.
Here's a small excerpt that gives the general details from Colin Wilson's more complete version:Did band leader Glenn Miller die in a French brothel?
by John Corrado
If true, is this important? If true, is it really anyone's business if the family wants to keep the world unaware? If true, they want to keep the world so unaware that they'll never be able to put a gravestone on his grave.Unsolved Mysteries Past and Present...a tape made by a BBC engineer named Teddy Gower, who claimed that he had flown to Paris (Orly) with Glenn Miller from Bovington on Thursday, December 14...in a Dakota and had probably been met by David Niven... World War II veteran... claimed that he had not only known Major Glenn Miller but had been with Miller in a military hospital in Columbus, Ohio, when the bandleader died of head injuries... [Millergate author Wright] was astonished to receive a letter confirming that Alton Glenn Miller, later a resident of New Jersey, had died in Ohio.
by Colin Wilson
Miller's wife, Helen... who had moved [in 1949] to Pasadena... had purchased a six-grave burial plot in nearby Altadena. But the family consisted of only herself and the son and daughter she and Glenn had adopted; there were also her parents, who were, in due course, buried in the plot. Who was the extra grave for? The cemetery officials were asked to deny that Glenn Miller was buried in the plot; it took them fifteen months to do so...
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Posted on 04/16/2003 2:11:31 PM PDT by Incorrigible
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I think this thread needs a wide brimed tin foil hat, not a beanie.
I was quite puzzled when I saw the title of this thread, to say the least!
One more person sullies my namesake, I'm suing! Last warning!
This story is murderific.
Utter nonsense.
Did you know that King Tut was murdered?
Glen Miller ROCKS!
Oh, yeah, and Artie Shaw was a shill for the Nattional Egg Council and his music hypnotized people to buy eggs.
My Navy Daddy....raised me on Glenn Miller. I love his music!!!
Who knew that, "American Patrol" was really Glen's sly way of referring to cruising the gay bar scene?
That's because it was written by Louis Prima!
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