Ouija Boards, Treasure Hunt & A Spook: A Remarkable WW1 Great Escape

Imprisoned in a prisoner of war camp in Turkey at the height of World War I, a British barrister and an Australian mechanic devised an audacious exit strategy involving a homemade Ouija board, a fake treasure hunt, and nerves of steel. Margalit Fox reveals the story behind one of history’s forgotten great escapes…

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