Talk:The Crucified Soldier

Belgium farmers at fault?

I watched an older video that suggested an investigation after WWI found a former Canadian soldier in China (of all places!) who claimed to actually have seen the event happen. This soldier said that it wasn't done by German soldiers but by Belgium farmers who were disgusted with the war, and that they tied the soldier to the barn with piano wires. This soldier said he reported the farmers to the authorities and that was the last he heard of the situation.

I don't think this video was a credible source, but I thought this was interesting enough to add here, in case anyone should come up with better sources to support this.--Ducio1234 (talk) 23:00, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Russian-Chechen conflict

I have deleted this recent addition, as it is inappropriate to cover it here. This page is about a specific and very well-known alleged incident in WW1, not a dumping ground for other alleged crucifixions in a military context. Nick Cooper (talk) 11:25, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

File:Your Liberty Bond will help stop this Crisco restoration and colours.jpg to appear as POTD

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Picture of the day

The Crucified Soldier is a widespread story of an Allied soldier serving in the Canadian Corps who may have been crucified with bayonets on a barn door or tree while fighting on the Western Front during World War I. Three witnesses said they saw an unidentified crucified Canadian soldier near the battlefield of Ypres, Belgium, on or around 24 April 1915, but there was no conclusive proof such a crucifixion actually occurred. This poster, published in the Philippines in 1917, uses the story to sell liberty bonds to support the US war effort.Poster: Fernando Amorsolo; Restoration: Chris Woodrich

Clarence Darrow

The most famous American lawyer of the time visited Belgium and offered a thousand dollars for proof that the crucifixion of the Canadian soldier and other atrocities had occurred but the money, enough to buy a house, remained unclaimed.

Telling lies about Germans is a sport. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 1.144.97.99 (talk) 22:23, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

What's your point? The article makes it clear that the story is apocryphal. clpo13_(talk) 22:32, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

Crucifixion of a corpse?

The Harry Banks story may be true. But the documentary did not suggest that Banks was crucified whilst still alive. The implication was that his body was simply displayed in an act of soldiers' black humour. A not unknown phenomenon Cassandra. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.169.40 (talk) 13:32, 12 September 2018 (UTC)

So may allegations of witchcraft or alien landings. What is strange is that there is no German language article on the matter. 105.8.2.100 (talk) 13:59, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

Is there evidence or isn't there?

This article confuses me. The introduction says that there is no proof of this crime actually having occurred, but at the same time, the section "Sergeant Harry Band" says that actual evidence was, in fact, uncovered by Iain Overton in 2002. No mention is made of Overton's claims being disputed or debunked. These obviously cannot both be true simultaneously. So which am I to believe? The section which says there isn't any evidence or the section saying that there is? Regardless of which is true, the article ought to be consistent about it. And if it's not clear which is true, this should be noted. BrokenEye3 (talk) 11:04, 5 November 2019 (UTC)