Carl Hans Lody - The first World War I German spy to be executed. Lody was born in Berlin on the 20th of January, 1877, and joined the German Navy in 1900 - serving for a year before he was transferred into the First Naval Reserve and then going into the merchant navy, where he served on English, Norwegian and American ships. In 1904 he graduated as a captain from the German Maritime Academy, but due to illness, decided to became a tour guide - making many trips to the United States. He spoke fluent English, but with an American accent. At the outbreak of World War I, Lody offered his services to German Intelligence and travelled to the UK on the 16th of August 1914, using an American passport in the name of Charles A Inglis. His first stop was Edinburgh, where he stayed in the North British Hotel. He hired a bicycle and rode out to the Naval Dockyard at Rosyth. He reported what he found in a telegram sent to a German agent in Stockholm. All telegrams...