Howard Robard Hughes
and the strange case of Richard Robard Hughes
Howard Handsome Hughes
When I was young, Howard was always in the news, most often for refusing to testify before Congress or for buying another Las Vegas casino. I grew up and married. Hughes had become utterly eccentric by then, hiding away on the top floor of his Desert Inn hotel and then running off to Nicaragua.
I could not have imagined that my life would have intersected with his. I was just a little girl from Long Island.
The quirkiest time of my life had to be the Hughes years, although several other segments have come close to qualifying. It all started with a tarot card reading. I was young and new to Las Vegas. I became friends with a Japanese girl named Machi and when she learned from my husband that I could read tarot, she clamored for a reading. Her cards were unfortunate, predicting an immensely traumatic event in the near future and when it came to pass, she told everyone. Suddenly, I was in demand and I found myself at the home of a meticulous Japanese housewife named Maria, cards spread before me, seeing something just a little outrageous.
I struggled to understand what I was seeing….”you are surrounded by money, but you can’t get your hands on any of it”. She gasped, then rattled off the craziest story, a story that I was on the precipice of stepping into. a story that would go on for three years. Alice down the rabbit hole, skirts a billowing.
“Papa knows a man”. (She always referred to her American husband as papa) “He is Richard Robard Hughes, the illegitimate son of Howard Hughes. He is hiding from the FBI.” And so it began. “When Richard comes back to Las Vegas, I will introduce him to you.”
I learned that he was being sued by a man in New Mexico (Mr. Swann) for defrauding him of a significant amount of money. Richard’s stance was that he borrowed the money predicated upon a transfer of funds promised by his biological father, Howard R. Hughes. During the trial, it was asked of Richard how, precisely, he communicated with his “father” and Richard replied that he had a transmitter in his ear and received communication via satellite. It was 1973!!!! Officially, there was no such technology at that time, . He submitted to an x-ray and indeed there was a small fuse-like object close to his ear drum. I was shown the x-ray and I saw the object clearly. That was early in 1975. And there STILL was no such technology, but there it was.
Richard fled New Mexico when the court refused to accept his x-ray as proof of having a highly sophisticated and technologically advanced device implanted in him. His lawyer had tried to subpoena Hughes but Hughes did not appear as ordered leaving Richard alone to face the wolves. Richard decided to run and he ran to Las Vegas And that’s where the adventure began, skirts a billowing.
Continues here:
http://adriaen22.wordpress.com/2011/09/12/richard-robard-hughes/
The book, “Boxes, The Secret Life of Howard Hughes,” explains the mystery of Howard Hughes like no other book. It was authored by Douglas Wellman and researched by Major General Mark Musick. Howard was actually given another identity by the CIA and was living under this identity when the long fingernailed man, who was a stand-in, died in his place in 1976. Howard actually ived until 2001, and was married to Eva McLelland for 31 years. She kept his secret until his passing.
Mark, I know that the man who died was not Hughes….Richard told me that at the time. Thank you for the info on the book. I will get a copy. Meanwhile, can you contact me again? There is lots to talk about with you. Thank you so much for your comment!!!!
ADRIAEN, do you remember that I liked only unsweatned ice tea with the sandwich?
Remember our glass tile fireplace in Las Vegas? Running was over many years ago and
I received a full pardon. Would love to visit with you again if you are interested. My best to you and jun.
Hello Richard! Great to hear from you! I will call you later today.
Richard R. Hughes? I seem to recall him as Jo Brown from Clarksville, Arkansas. Doesn’t he remember all his old friends? How about Jack Brock, or Betty Pitts. And whatever happened to Linda and the two children? Or what about the two children he had with Betty? You see, Jack talked a lot about their relationship. Oh, and whatever happened to the movie business old Jo was in. Isn’t there some people in Texas still waiting for a casting call? Or did’t the phone calls to Sam (that had to be made in private) ever lead to fame and riches? Oh what a tangled web old Jo has woven! You see back then Jo claimed Sam was his father, i.e. Billy Wilder! I have to give Jo credit, he does look a little like Hepburn!
Yes, he does remember his old friends and his ex-wives and children as well. He has spoken to me at great length about many of the people he knew in Arkansas, in New Mexico and other places he has lived. He has a lot of regrets for many different reasons. But you know, we seem to use the word “friends” when sometimes acquaintances would be more appropriate. Based on the comment that you left here, I would assign you to the acquaintance category. Next time I speak with him, I’ll be sure to let him know that you stopped by my blog.
But I will leave you with one observation. I have known him for roughly 40 years and he has never contradicted himself. He told me many “insider” things back in the 70′s and they have all proven to be accurate.
Since this is my blog, my turf, so to speak, I will happily edit out all references to anything that I, as a decent woman, find offensive. One last thing that I have observed about the human male. The human male will have sex with just about anything. I pity the poor chipmunk that crosses paths with you. And yes, most especially in his younger days, his Hepburn side really showed.
I am sorry if I offended you. I did try to tone down the description. Since I have known him longer let me give you a contradiction. In the 70s his father was Billy Wilder. Then after Hughes died his father was suddenly Howard Hughes. I will give him credit, he was not an unkind person. But he was not always an honest person. There is really no need to reply, I will not be back on your blog and will leave you alone.
Ray…I wasn’t trying to chase you away. You don’t need to “leave me alone”. I know he told a lot of lies. It started with people lying to him. And he was set up along the way. It is a technique used by spooks to compromise a person so that nobody believes their story. As I said, he regrets much from the past. If he could fix it, he would. No need for you to stay away. Your viewpoint is no less valuable than anyone else’s