History Channel - Dead Mens Secrets Set 1 (2002) Part 11 The Strange Quest of Rudolph Hess

Dead men don't tell tales - or do they? Are there forensic clues left in the sands of time? Are there traces of archive film which even today are waiting to unveil their grisly secret? Not all the captivating and fascinating stories of military escapades in the 20th Century have been fully examined and many fascinating insights are still to be revealed and told. These have been known until now as DEADMEN'S SECRETS. What was the true story behind the tragic death of John F Kennedy's older and better looking brother? Was this the man who Joe Kennedy Sr. was really grooming for President? Could his death have been avoided? How was it possible for an American President to order the death in mid-air of the man who executed the raid on Pearl Harbor? Who tampered with the flying controls of General Sikorski's plane? And which secret frogman was first on the scene when the plane crashed into the sea? Why did Hitler murder his right-hand man and why did the bomb plot to kill Hitler fail? How did the Allies execute a daring plot to kill Hitler's chosen successor and who set fire to the 'Normandie' before she could set sail from New York with 6,000 American troops on board? Who really was 'The Man Who Never Was'? This and many other fascinating questions are answered in this new pivotal series entitled DEADMEN'S SECRETS. With newly discovered archive film and new state of the art 3D computer graphics the series sets out to answer some of the most baffling questions and war mysteries of the 20th Century. What was the truth about Rudolf Hess and whatever happened to Raoul Wallenberg? What did the Oslo Report reveal and who wrote it? And how close was Hitler to developing the atomic bomb at the end of World War II? Some of the answers are both frightening and unexpected. With the release of new Government information on both sides of the Atlantic it is now possible to painstakingly reconstruct some of the most famous mysteries of recent military history. DEADMEN'S SECRETS is the first serious attempt this Century to lay some of the last Century's most puzzling ghosts to rest.

Part 11 The Strange Quest of Rudolph Hess

Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolph Hess parachuted into a field in Scotland in 1941. He had come to contact members of the British Royal family on a secret peace mission that he hoped would end the war. He was captured by some locals and imprisoned, but rumours surfaced many years later questioning his identity - and the true extent of the Royal family's involvement. On May 10th, 1941, a lone Messerschmitt Me-110 fighter-bomber flew over Scotland. The pilot parachuted out and was immediately imprisoned. His credentials said he was Captain Albert Horn, but he was immediately recognized as Rudolph Hess, the Deputy Fuhrer of the Third Reich. So what was he doing alone in enemy territory? Held in Berlin's Spandau prison until he committed suicide in 1987 at the age of 92, Hess always maintained that he was on a secret peace mission, hoping to meet with British officials and Royal Family members. His version of events has long been endorsed by British and German officials, but it has also been routinely challenged. THE STRANGE QUEST OF RUDOLPH HESS examines the competing theories as to what he was doing in Scotland, looking at RAF reports, Nazi files and other sources for information. Among the most tantalizing threads uncovered are suggestions that the real Hess may not have survived the crash of his plane…

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