Episode 20: Dora Bloch: the Entebbe Raid

Kate
Oct 7, 2025
2 min read

Updated: Oct 19, 2025

Hi there, and welcome to another episode of Whispering Softly. Today, we explore the case of Air France Flight 139 - the flight that left Tel Aviv on 27 June 1976, but didn't make it to its destination ... Air France Flight 139 was hijacked shortly after the scheduled Athens stopover and diverted to Entebbe under the protection of Idi Amin.

What followed was one of the most daring rescue missions in modern history ... On 4 July 1976, commandos stormed the terminal and freed over 100 hostages. It was hailed as a triumph of precision and courage ... but one woman, Dora Bloch, was left behind.

And while the headlines celebrated heroism, Dora's story vanished into diplomatic silence ...

Today's episode is about what happened to Dora Bloch after the cameras turned away and about a family who refused to give up ... And it's about a psychic, Peter Hurkos, who claimed to see what no-one else could ... the place Dora's body would be found; discarded without dignity, without ceremony ...

Hurkos was no stranger to controversy; his visions often walked the line between paranormal and theatrics ... but in Dora's case, his impressions came days after her disappearance and years before her body was found ... But was his "vision" a clever pattern of logical reasoning ... or was it, in fact, a genuine vision from the other side.

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