tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post3328547567597815089..comments2024-03-25T01:39:10.406-06:00Comments on Mysterious Musings: Unsolved and ProvocativeJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-56613542990638978572009-02-27T11:58:00.000-07:002009-02-27T11:58:00.000-07:00It's a mystery of a special kind. The Irish and Br...It's a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Bank_robbery" REL="nofollow">mystery</A> of a special kind. The Irish and British governments accused the Provisional IRA, but I don't think anyone has been tried in the case. I have read jocular references to the spoils of the robbery, about $50 million, as the IRA pension fund: payoff for gunmen left unemployed by the Northern Ireland peace process. This theory holds that authorities didn't try too hard to solve the case, regarding the money as a small price to pay for peace. (I recently met an Irishman who says rogue British soldiers may have pulled the robbery. Why would they have done that, I asked. He didn't know.)<BR/> ================================<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>"Because Murder Is More Fun Away From Home"<BR/> <A HREF="http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">http://www.detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-26690114963553861462009-02-27T05:59:00.000-07:002009-02-27T05:59:00.000-07:00I know nothing about it! What's the mystery?I know nothing about it! What's the mystery?Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-27510491546815162812009-02-26T20:43:00.000-07:002009-02-26T20:43:00.000-07:00Belfast's Northern Bank robbery in 2004 seems to b...Belfast's Northern Bank robbery in 2004 seems to be about as mysterious and arguably is more pertinent and immediate interest than these.<BR/>==============<BR/> Detectives Beyond Borders<BR/>“Because Murder Is More Fun Away rom Home”<BR/><BR/> <A HREF="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/</A>Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-20913646719320738402009-02-26T19:24:00.000-07:002009-02-26T19:24:00.000-07:00What would we do without our mysteries? Neat stor...What would we do without our mysteries? Neat story about Lionel. Thanks, Pat!Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29204932.post-82636952240854845842009-02-26T18:30:00.000-07:002009-02-26T18:30:00.000-07:00That's a great post, Julia. By the way, on Mystery...That's a great post, Julia. <BR/><BR/>By the way, on Mystery # 10, the real "James Bond", Lionel Crabb was also involved in the investigation of a plane crash that killed the Polish WWII leader in exile, General Wladyslaw Sikorski. Speculation has it that the plane was sabotaged by either Stalin or Churchill. Both men objected to Sikorski's attempt to break off relations with the Soviet Union. Lionel Crabb may have known too much about what really happened, and been silenced. No one really knows. Sounds like a good plot for a historical mystery, though!Picks by Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03210946161490466694noreply@blogger.com