Could world-changing series of events in the last century have been influenced by an American president's mistress?
That's one question posed in Cleveland attorney and writer Jim Robenalt's book "The Harding Affair: Love and Espionage during the Great War
." The book deals with (Warren G.) Harding's 15-year affair with Carrie Phillips, the wife of a prominent Marion businessman, and suggests that Phillips may have become a German spy.The author also questions whether Phillips convinced Harding not to run for the presidency in 1916, which could have affected the United States' involvement in World War I as well as events that later influenced Nazi leader Adolph Hitler's rise to power. (more)
Mystery 2
Was this beekeeper a spy for Stalin?
Dorothy Constance Galton, a university secretary and bee keeper, was investigated by security services who believed she was acting as a go-between for Stalin, secret files disclose.
Galton also came to the attention of the notorious double agent Kim Philby at MI6 who wanted to know what Security Service knew about her.
Her file shows she visited Leningrad on the SS Sibier in August 1934, and by January 1935 was working at London University and had been elected as a delegate from the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries. (more)
