Der fliegende Irlander

From the Archives: Episode 3
Time and time again, I would happen upon Conor and Michael chumfully arguing. Not an unusual sight for anyone who knows them and it's usually about music or books. But more than once the conversation has been on the history of the WWII. Both have excellent knowledge regarding history in general but to hear them laugh about such things as Himmler having a penchant for silk stockings or the day Anschluss was announced and the craic that was had in the Reichstag that night, was a little more reminicent in tone than speculative. So I began my investigation, which took me to the Staatsbibliothek Library in Berlin...

Once again I was dumbfounded. In the oldest part of the library in a tiny aisle, was a small box with a dust covered lid. Inside was the photos I have reproduced for this article. I asked the librarian of that section, a little old German man about four foot five, about the said photos and he recalled with glee the "...little Jewish looking boy...ah yes, not mentioned much but he waz Hitler's pet, I don't know how he escaped ze evacuation...Dr. Zoidberg I think vas his name". After much talking with this man I became aware of a disturbing situation, in which "the Jewish looking boy" and his "ever so charming friend" never left Der Furher's side. Apparantly "the charming friend" introduced him to Wagner... " oh he'd listen to Wagner every day and every time he met zis man, I think his name was Fry, he vould say 'thank you, you are a true German' and all ze vhile ze little Jewish boy never left his side...he'd alvays be vhispering and laughing and vell...I'm not sure if i should say diz but, vord around the Reichstag at the time vaz dat he vas actually ze creator of ze Lord Haw Haw programme, vhich of course angered Goebbels...". He then relayed to me that after the collapse of the Third Reich they were nowhere to be found, which wasn't strange, it was always assumed that they had gone to Argentina with the others...

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes...

From the Archives: Episode 2

On many cold nights, snuggled up in a blanket beside the fire, I've often heard Michael tell me 'I prefer blondes'. Never before had I guessed that Michael may have been involved with the most loved blonde of all time and no, not me, Marilyn Monroe...

My journey began with travelling to a small town east of L.A, a town that perhaps has seen better days. With research in tow I began visiting relatives of the late Marilyn Monroe to try and understand the photograph I had discovered. After much door-knocking, I finally met someone who was willing to talk.

Geraldine Stevens had been a childhood friend of Marilyn's, and probably one of the few good friends she had all her life. Geraldine was reluctant at first, but on the edge of the grand age of nintey, she felt it was probably time to talk.

It all began in June 1961, when Marilyn phoned Geraldine with an announcement: she was to marry again for the fourth time and she wanted her to meet the lucky man. Later that month, Marilyn and her fiance visited Geraldine at her home where she revealed to Geraldine she wanted her to be her bridesmaid. "Oh it was wonderful news, I mean poor Marilyn had such unfortunate times with those other fellas, I was just so happy for her...and he was so lovely, so charming and he absolutely adored Marilyn...he called himself Austin Templeton, yeah that was it, such a lovely young man...".

According to Geraldine, the ceremony was small and private, with Geraldine as both bridesmaid and witness and Austin had a childhood friend act as his best man and witness also. "Austin had a rather, shall we say, strange friend with him...Tony...he wore spectacles and I think he was Jewish, he certainly looked Jewish, I thought he was some Hollywood hotshot or somethin'..." It appears that as they were leaving the registry office, a passing tourist snapped some pictures of the wedding party and Tony got very upset and threatened the poor man. This story might partially explain where the photo originated. Geraldine said they were happy and had been until Marilyn's unfortunate death in 1962, "I was devastated, truly and utterly devastated, it was a time in which I really could have done with some support from Tony and Austin, we had all become real close friends in that past year but I couldn't find them anywhere, they just up and left, nowhere to be found..."

Once again I am faced with disturbing evidence about the identities of Michael and Conor. It is quite clear that there is a lot that we don't know, but what actually happened to them? Could they explain the mystery surrounding Marilyn's death? And what connections does Conor have to the Kennedy and Monroe deaths?

From the Archives...

For years now I have questioned the strange behaviours shown by Micky and Conor. There was always something odd but I could never put my finger on what exactly was wrong. For the past few weeks I have been doing research into many things such as conspiracy theories, UFO's, the Doppleganger Phenomena etc. - the results are astounding which leads to the question: Do we really know who they are? In the next while, a new photo series will be presented to you, 'From the Archives' and all your questions will be answered.

Watch this space...