Attempted murder on Crete, Greece, 2006.
During the summer of 2006, it was time to decide where the holiday trip would go. TW and FW had declared that they would not join us. LW suggested that she and I should go to Crete. Actually, I had no desire to visit Crete but LW persuaded me.
When we arrived on Crete we checked in at the Rethymno Mare Hotel at Skaleta. The hotel was divided into two departments, Rethymno Mare Hotel and Rethymno Mare Royal Hotel. We were placed in the "royal" part. We arrived late in the evening. We ordered some simple snacks to the room. I ordered tea and a sandwich. The tea was brewed and served in a jug. The second day we ate in the hotel's dining room. A buffet was served. Drinks were served at the table. I ordered mineral water. Early in the morning on the third day I woke up with nausea. After a few minutes, I felt like vomiting. The first vomiting was not very large, mostly gastric juice. In the coming hours, I vomited at least 5 times. I also got diarrhea. After a few more hours, I began to feel feverish. I felt completely knocked out and lay down. The fever lasted at least ten hours. At noon on the fourth day, I was able to get out of bed. I then told LW that I did not want to eat at the hotel during the coming days. We then went to local restaurants instead. I was now so recovered that I could consume smaller amounts of easily digestible food. It took about one week before I had recovered completly.
The source of the poisoning was the tea served on our arrival. When a poison murderer is to serve his victim a poisoned drink, it is important to hide the taste that the poison gives. There are no poisons that are completely tasteless. Tea and alcoholic beverages are popular with poison murderers. When I tasted my poisoned tea, I felt a bad aftertaste. My first thought was that the tea was brewed on some odd tea. I drank about half of the amount served. This limited intake was certainly the reason I survived. The poison took effect only after about 30 hours and then in the form of a severe infection in the gastrointestinal tract. It took about one week before I had recovered completly. The CIA agent Gina Haspel was responsible for this attempted murder.
Rethymno Mare Royal Hotel. At the bottom right you can see the pool area.
V-marked.
Here I stand at the V-marked pool.
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