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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 10, 2018 1:07:38 GMT -5
I could definitely see Bishop teaching English overseas anywhere. As a matter of fact, English teacher has been a popular profession for AMW fugitives (specifically white American fugitives) who have fled overseas over the years.
Off-topic (somewhat) but I can see that as a profession for Robert Fisher and/or Jason Derek Brown as well.
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Post by Maddog on Mar 10, 2018 4:40:16 GMT -5
I concur with teaching - easy way to make money under the table there.
There is an author who has followed this case for years, and he says that the best tips in this case have been coming from Southern Italy for years.
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 12, 2018 17:51:59 GMT -5
Just wanted to say I'm back to believing Harrell again (LOL). But I guess where I still respectfully disagree with some of you is I just still get the sense Bishop is no longer alive and may have died randomly in Europe somewhere where it may be hard to discover his remains if he's in an unmarked (or wrongly named) grave.
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 12, 2018 19:52:52 GMT -5
I now believe Harrell even further after I found a 1979 Washington Post article and apparently he wasn't even the only person who used to work with Bishop who believed he spotted him in Sorrento! In fact, Harrell claims there were three sightings in Sorrento. And an interesting tidbit about Harrell's sighting. RIGHT AFTER the sighting, Harrell was sitting on the bus trying to relax after being shaken and unnerved, reading the Rome Daily American, when page 8 was an AP article about the manhunt for Brad Bishop! It was specifically about the 1978 sighting mentioned in theczar's OP about how a woman who worked with Bishop in Botswana believed she spotted him. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/08/19/bradford-bishop-search-leads-to-italy/d392e5d7-1b9c-4360-827e-e9a192efdfb2/?utm_term=.9526d5b77975 |
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Mar 12, 2018 20:20:38 GMT -5
I now believe Harrell even further after I found a 1979 Washington Post article and apparently he wasn't even the only person who used to work with Bishop who believed he spotted him in Sorrento! In fact, Harrell claims there were three sightings in Sorrento. And an interesting tidbit about Harrell's sighting. RIGHT AFTER the sighting, Harrell was sitting on the bus trying to relax after being shaken and unnerved, reading the Rome Daily American, when page 8 was an AP article about the manhunt for Brad Bishop! It was specifically about the 1978 sighting mentioned in theczar's OP about how a woman who worked with Bishop in Botswana believed she spotted him. www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1979/08/19/bradford-bishop-search-leads-to-italy/d392e5d7-1b9c-4360-827e-e9a192efdfb2/?utm_term=.9526d5b77975Yes that’s the sighting in Sweden in July 1978, when Bishop was sitting in a park. That sighting to me seems very off since Bishop isn’t fluent in Swedish nor was he known to travel there, but if he had some sort of crush on that Swedish woman or knew her really well (Bishop was known to have multiple affairs with various women), I think he would be there to draw attention to himself and then flee, I feel if it was him, the sighting in Sweden was deliberate on his part so that it sends a message that he’s still alive. I’m also curious if there is any focus currently on Botswana or South Africa, (more likely Botswana) in this case. As I’ve stated, Botswana is the beacon of Africa and it’s doing pretty well. Plus there’s a lot of Bush where Bishop can live undetected. There’s always the probability that he died on the African continent under an assumed name. Another theory that often gets thrown around is that he likely defected to the Soviet Union or was working for the Yugoslav intelligence. However if any documents have become declassified in the last several years in Russia, they would have stated that Bishop defected. Also many post soviet states became independent in 1989-1994, so Bishop have taken advantage of that opportunity to be a citizen of one of those countries. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 13, 2018 4:37:13 GMT -5
Yeah I meant to say Stockholm but forgot to put that part in. But as far as Bishop speaking the language, although I've never really been to a country where English isn't the native language, it seems like there's a general basic understanding of English in many parts of the world especially Europe and it is the most universal language. I was possibly planning on going to France last year, and a friend told me I might have some trouble but in Paris at least not only will many speak English but even if they don't they understand basic phrases, for example. So I don't think Sweden would be as big a problem for Bishop as other countries when it comes to only speaking English and the other non-native languages that he knew.
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Post by eal22 on Mar 16, 2018 20:25:10 GMT -5
Almost everyone in Sweden speaks fluent English and other languages like German are quite common also.
Interesting that some are back to believing Harrell. My understanding is that he was caught by the FBI concocting stories about associates that the FBI made-up. Give him a name, real or fake, and he had a story to tell about them.
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 16, 2018 21:16:59 GMT -5
Do you have any articles about Harrell lying? Not saying you're not correct, but I can't find anything that officially contradicts Harrell telling the truth (or at least what he believed was the truth) at the moment.
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Post by eal22 on Mar 16, 2018 23:42:13 GMT -5
No articles, but James Bruno has told me about Harrell and why the FBI thinks he is unreliable.
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 16, 2018 23:49:36 GMT -5
Ah ok that is interesting. I guess I still feel that Harrell believes he witnessed the encounter even if he is mistaken. (Perhaps the encounter happened and the man wasn't Bishop, perhaps you tell a story so many times you start to believe it yourself but its just my opinion that Harrell seemed sincere on tv). I do admit I do like the Sweden sightings better at least.
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Mar 16, 2018 23:52:52 GMT -5
Ah ok that is interesting. I guess I still feel that Harrell believes he witnessed the encounter even if he is mistaken. (Perhaps the encounter happened and the man wasn't Bishop, perhaps you tell a story so many times you start to believe it yourself but its just my opinion that Harrell seemed sincere on tv). I do admit I do like the Sweden sightings better at least. The Sweden sighting from the Woman who worked with him, actually does seem credible because they were both working with eachother not even 2 years before the murders. Let me ask you this? Would you recognize someone after not seeing them for about 2 years?? Better yet, the woman reported seeing Bishop in Stockholm at the same park a few more times within a few weeks in the summer of 1978. |
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 16, 2018 23:58:51 GMT -5
I theoretically feel I would recognize a former co-worker but if they did something dramatically different such as (what is alleged of Bishop) a long scraggly beard I'm not entirely sure. If they looked the same I would.
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Post by тσρтєиhυитєя on Mar 17, 2018 0:03:23 GMT -5
I probably would think anyone is Bishop after 2 years because it was that messed up and I’d be on edge if it were me in 1978 or 1979 in Europe. Also let’s talk about Bishop’s Wallet, his passport and his Yale class ring that haven’t been recovered yet, those items are still missing, just like Robert Fisher’s belongings are still missing.
As I’ve said before I wouldn’t even be surprised if he’s been living a quiet life in Botswana all these years.
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 17, 2018 0:12:24 GMT -5
Botswana would be a possibility since Bishop has spent time there.
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Post by Scumhunter on Mar 17, 2018 5:26:07 GMT -5
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