The confidence men: conjuring up a wartime escape
What if the only tool you had to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp in WW1 was a homemade Ouija board? The story of a wild and elegant hoax concocted by two British soldier POWs to hoodwink their captors.
ABC Rewind · Australian Broadcasting Corporation
January 5, 202428m 40s
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Show Notes
What if the only tool you had to escape from a prisoner-of-war camp in WW1 was a homemade Ouija board? The story of a wild and elegant hoax concocted by two British soldier POWs to hoodwink their captors.
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World War Oneprisoner of war campseanceouijaTurkeyescape