Across the UK, across continental North America,

and around the world on the internet by webcast,

and by podcast, my name is Howard Hughes,

this is the unexplained.

Circling the globe like a great girdle of interest

and hopefully entertainment for you.

17 and a half years of this podcast,

I don't know. How do you do it, Howard?

I have no idea, but I'm really pleased

that you seem to be liking it.

Thank you for all of the emails and response

and the nice things that you say they really do keep me going

at those times when inevitably you feel a bit low

and you wonder, you know, what you're doing

and are you getting anywhere?

And, you know, your emails always help.

Now, this edition of the show is going to be

something taken from my radio show,

an interview that I loved doing.

And it's a little different. It's a story.

It's a true story. It's the story of a daring wartime

almost outcatrias style prison escape,

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