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Well I’m a little late on the March stat check but it’s not like there was a heck of a lot going on in the stats anyway. Compared to February, the month of March didn’t have much in terms of diversified search terms. In fact, about the only thing folks seemed to be searching for that lead them here was for that stupid maxi pad commercial with the water tower. I don’t know if this means they were as annoyed with it as I was or what, but the search strings indicate that there was…umm…heavy interest.

There were a few topics from the search string in February that I was going to touch on in posts through March, but obviously haven’t gotten to since it’s now April. Or rather, I started to but I ended up doing that wallpaper with the Atlanta city background and the Caprice and…it’s all Jack’s fault.

Who’s Jack you’re wondering? Muhahahaha…

In the mean time, here’s one thing from February that I wanted to yammer on about:

What REALLY happened to Glenn Miller?

One of the search strings back in February was for folks looking for the latest book that alledgedly tells of what REALLY happened to Glenn Miller the day he disappeared during WWII in 1944. This latest book, titled “I Kept My Word” is written by a gentleman who served in an American anti-aircraft battery in southern England and his story is that his unit accidentally shot down a small Allied aircraft in September of 1944. The commanding officer of the unit, upon “finding out” who was on board the plane and that had been killed, ordered everyone to remain silent about the incident. Nearly sixty-three years later, this gentleman decided to no longer remain silent.

First of all, I have no intention of purchasing this book and reading it because of one obvious glaring error. Glenn Miller was very much alive through September, October, November and the first 14 days of December of 1944. This is well documented through recorded radio programs, live performances, articles written, Miller’s own personal correspondence and photographs taken at the time. I don’t know what was shot down in September of ‘44, but it was not GM’s plane.

Second, I’m make no judgement one way or the other that events indeed took place as this gentlement describes them, but I very much doubt he or his anti-aircraft unit had anything to do with the downing/disapperance of Miller’s particular plane. Afterall, as a result of the “friendly-fire” incident in September, his anti-aircraft battery was shipped to the continent just in time to take part in the Battle of the Bulge. Glenn Miller was last seen alive on December 15, 1944 when he boarded the single engine plane that was to take him to Paris. The Germans launched their offensive, and what would become known as the Battle of the Bulge, on December 16, 1944.

And so, “I Kept My Word” is merely another in a long line of supposed “truth” (truthiness?) of what really happened to Glenn Miller. The reason consipiracy theories and whathaveyou have endured and thrived all these years is simply because they can’t be completely confirmed or denied. Unfortunately, what really happened to Miller can’t be completely confirmed or denied either.

Thus, it haunts. It is generally accepted that the plane, due to mechanical failure or icing, went down in the English channel. That alone conjurs up some grim imagery. And by the time anybody realized that Miller was missing some three days later, the Germans were striking hard and fast in the Ardennes and pushing into Belgium. Therefore, any efforts at a search were, unfortuantely, not given high priority.

Meaning, unlike the news story back on April 1 about Amelia Earhart, and the possibility that something of her plane may be found on a uninhabitated island in the Pacific, there is little chance that anything of Miller or his plane will ever be found. And thus, the mystery will always remain.

And I’ll probably continue to yammer on about it because…well, I dig a good mystery. Heh. Considering my muses hail from a law enforcement perspective, is it any wonder?