How Allied prisoners used a Ouija board to escape a Turkish prison camp in World War I

In 1917 a pair of Allied officers combined a homemade Ouija board, audacity, and imagination to hoax their way out of a remote prison camp in the mountains of Turkey. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe the remarkable escape of Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, which one observer called the most colossal fake of modern times.

We'll also consider a cactus' role in World War II and puzzle over a cigar-smoking butler.

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