On February 17, 1934, the lifeless body of King Albert I of Belgium was discovered at the foot of a peak in Marche-les-Dames. The king has a large head wound and has clearly been dead for some time. A climbing accident, according to the official sources.
But before the king is even cold in his grave, the first rumors start popping up. Why was the king out there, climbing alone in the mist? Why were his glasses found fifty meters away? King Albert was blind as a bat without hs glasses. Why didn't the body have any bruises, despite allegedly falling 49 meters - about 160 feet? Why did it take hours to find the king's body when it was quite out in the open? Was Albert I perhaps …. murdered?
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The walk from the crime scene at the Ibis Hotel to the Pico Reja mass grave is one of the walks from my upcoming book, Camino Negro, A Hiker's Guide to Spain's Historic Crime Scenes. Available from the end of April.
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