“It is already a matter of public record that Hess’s wife, Ilse, did not believe the story,” said McCall. For their part the Hess family is understandably adamant in denying any further commentary or reaction to the results. The results presented an unwavering conclusion: there was a 99.9 percent likelihood that the Spandau 7’s blood sample and the sample of the living Hess relative were close biological matches.Īnd so, the mystery is closed. “The name is also rather common in Germany, so finding them was difficult.” Nonetheless, the team persisted and were able to track down a living male relative with whom they could compare blood samples and DNA. “The family is very private,” said McCall.
Austrian molecular biologist, Jan Cemper-Kiesslich, extracted DNA from the sample and set out to find a living relative. Considered unremarkable the sample was used as a teaching prop at Walter Reed Medical.Ī US military doctor heard of the sample in passing and later, upon hearing of the conspiracy, put two and two together. It turns out a pathologist at Spandau hermetically sealed a 1982 blood sample from Spandau 7. It wasn’t until 8 years ago that we knew for sure.
Spandau 7 was hung in 1987 at the age of 90. Unfortunately, they had no means of truly verifying his identity so the conspiracy persisted. Subsequently the British government authorized investigation. Hugh Thomas, a doctor at Spandau, questioned if prisoner Spandau 7 was Hess as 7 refused to see his family and exhibited signs of amnesia.
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The theory holds that sometime between his capture and the Nuremberg trials, Rudolf Hess was replaced by a doppelganger who stood trial for him and subsequently served his sentence. He was captured by the Allies in May of 1941 when his Messerschmitt Bf 110 crashed in Scotland en route to broker an unauthorized peace deal. Rudolf Hess, for those who don’t know – not you Jenn or Steve – was a leading Nazi, Deputy Fuhrer, and an asshole. Specifically, a 70-year-old conspiracy theory. I’m going to go ahead and break rule #1 and start this story off with a dash of Nazi. Congrats, Victoria, and you don’t need no man!īut before we get to all that, let’s have a beer! This Week’s Beerīuffalo Gold Golden Ale from Boulder Beer – from RW This week I learned that if you boil a funny bone it becomes a laughing stock… I find that humerus.ĭid you know that San Diego Zoo’s lovely Victoria, a southern white rhino, gave birth this past Sunday to a handsome little boy? (Well, he weighed about 125lbs so I guess ‘little’ is subjective.) He is the 186th rhino born at the Safari Park and the first southern white rhino born in North America from artificial insemination. Now, grab a beer and help us test the god hypothesis - because, while Eru Ilúvatar hasn’t struck us down yet, we are trying his patience!
In This Week’s Show, episode 247, we use science to study our ancestors on the internet, in Utah, and in Nazi Germany… Good news, the last ones are dead.
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