British spy had governments on both sides of the war paying for his girlfriends

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39 points·FinnLobsien··5 comments

> when he saw plain-clothes police coming to arrest him for crimes on the mainland, made a spectacular exit through the dining room window (which was shut at the time)

I guess life does imitate art

I'm guessing the wikipedia page is so detailed with his colourful life because he basically co-wrote it in an autobiography.

> Chapman loved himself, loved adventure, and loved his country, probably in that order

Please update the title...this is not the Daily Mail..

This is an absolutely fantastic story and would make a brilliant film.

> Despite being bright, he regularly played truant from school to go to the cinema

> The execution of the crime involved Chapman disguising himself as a member of the Metropolitan Water Board in order to gain access to a house in Edgware Road, from which he made his way into the shop next door by smashing through the wall. He then extracted the safe, which was transported to Hunt's Garage at 39 St Luke's Mews, where it had its door removed using gelignite.

maybe it goes both ways haha

So interesting. I cannot help but wonder how it must be to live such an eventful life. Surely it must feel as uneventful as others, with small patches of action?

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