Dot points summary of my Hacker Theory (2)
This is the third instalment of my "Dot points summary of my Hacker Theory (2)," part #43 of my Turin Shroud Encyclopedia. In keeping with its purpose to "help me answer questions about my Hacker Theory in any future online interviews" and "Graphics will be `flashcards' which I may hold up to the camera to illustrate a point" (04Jul25), I won't normally include graphics, which will keep this dot points format as brief as possible. For more information see "Dot points summary of my Hacker Theory (1)." Again, if a reference looks the same as another (e.g. "08Dec22"), when it is clicked it will open at the correct place.
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■ Leaks In early July 1988, after Arizona laboratory had completed its dating[08Dec22], Zurich was mid-way through its[08Dec22], but before Oxford had started its dating[24Jun14], leaks about the Shroud's radiocarbon-dating results began to appear in English newspapers[24Jun14].
■ Kenneth Rose "medieval" On 3 July 1988, biographer Kenneth Rose (1924-2014), in his column in the London Sunday Telegraph, wrote of the Shroud's ongoing radiocarbon dating: "In spite of the intense secrecy surrounding the investigation I hear signs that the linen cloth has been proved to be mediaeval"[24Jun14; 30Dec15; 15Aug17; 06Aug18]. This leak was from Zurich laboratory's Director Willy Wölfli (1930–2014)[07Apr25].
■ Richard Luckett "1350" Then on 26 August the London Evening Standard quoted a Cambridge University librarian, Richard Luckett (1945-2020), who stated of the Shroud's radiocarbon dating that, "a probable date of about 1350 looks likely" and that "laboratories are rather leaky institutions"[24Jun14; 15Oct15; 30Dec15; 15Aug17; 08Dec22]. Luckett was unknown in radiocarbon dating circles[24Jun14; 30Dec15; 03Aug19], but it was assumed that the leak came from Oxford[24Jun14; 30Dec15; 15Aug17; 12Feb08]. However, on 9 July Oxford's Prof. Edward Hall (1924-2001) and Robert Hedges (1944-) in a letter to The Times stated that Oxford had not yet started its dating[24Jun14; 30Dec15; 15Aug17]. In an Associated Press story of 9 September 1988, Luckett clarified: "I had an absolutely marvellous leak from one of the laboratories and it wasn't Oxford"[24Jun14; 15Aug17; 12Feb08].This leak was from the hacker, Arizona physicist Timothy W Linick (1946-89) (see below).
■ David Sox Harold David Sox (1936-2016) was a former Secretary of the British Society for the Turin Shroud (BSTS), turned Shroud sceptic[24Jun14; 30Dec15; 15Aug17]. On 23 September 1988, in a special newsletter to BSTS members, Ian Wilson (1941-) publicly concluded that Sox was the source of Rose's and Luckett's leaks to the media[24Jun14; 30Dec15; 30Dec15; 15Aug17]. The connection between Rose, Luckett and Sox is that evidently they were members of an informal network of homosexuals[24Jun14; 30Dec15; 15Aug17]. Sox later admitted he was the source of the leaks but that he was not solely to blame[24Jun14; 30Dec15; 15Aug17].
To be continued in the fourth intallment of this post.
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Posted 31 July 2025. Updated 2 August 2025.
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