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A great book called Secret Soldiers:  How a Troupe of American Artists, Designers, and Sonic Wizards Won World War II’s Battle of Deception Against the Germans is about…well, just that.  It covers the U.S. Army’s 23rd Special Troops and how they waged surreptitious “battles” against the Germans using deceptive techniques. These techniques were sometimes as… Continue reading Rubber Tanks and U.S. Army’s 23rd Special Troops

In the movie The Shining, Jack Torrance, played by Jack Nicholson, and his wife and son drive up to The Overlook Lodge for a peaceful winter rest. The Overlook Lodge is actually the Timberline in Mt. Hood, Oregon. Exterior shots for The Shining were filmed at the real-life Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon. Find out… Continue reading Timberline Twilight Zone Video

I have always been a fan of weird connections, and this one combines several things I already like:  The Shining, the movie made by Stanley Kubrick after the Stephen King novel; the Timberline Lodge, at the base of Mt. Hood, near Portland, Oregon; and the early 1960s TV classic The Twilight Zone.  Let’s begin, shall… Continue reading Timberline Lodge – Twilight Zone Death Connection

It comes as no surprise that Michael Jackson’s Neverland had a secret bunker in the works.  A Los Olivos contractor named Tony Urquidez was called in to build it. Even though now it’s just a big hole in the ground lined with concrete, FoxNews says that it was envisioned as being a “tilt-up building”: …20… Continue reading Neverland’s Secret Bunker Project X

Duress code.  Yes, it’s a real term and it means “panic code,” or a code that you give instead of your “real” code to indicate that you’re in trouble.  Or under duress.  I had never heard of it until reading The Nike Historical Society’s excellent section about security at Nike installations. One reader wrote in… Continue reading Duress Code at Nike Missile Launching Area