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The Nine Days Paul McCartney Spent in a Tokyo Jail
On 16 January 1980 Paul McCartney arrived in Tokyo for a sold out Wings tour. He never left the airport. Arrested for cannabis possession, he spent nine days in a Japanese detention centre and was deported. A quietly pivotal moment in rock history.
Virginia Tonelli and the Weight of Refusal at the Risiera di San Sabba
After the 8th of September 1943, Italian partisan Virginia Tonelli was captured in Trieste, interrogated at the Risiera di San Sabba, and burned alive for refusing to betray others. She was later awarded Italy’s Gold Medal of Military Valour.
Bob Crane, Hogan’s Heroes, and a Murder That Never Went Away
Bob Crane was America’s favourite POW camp hero until his brutal murder in Scottsdale on 29th of June 1978 exposed a secret life of obsession and excess. More than four decades later, the killing of the Hogan’s Heroes star remains unsolved.
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