Murder, Misdeeds and Microhistory

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Detailed historical investigations of crimes and misdeeds of the past. I use original documents, police archives, trial records, and contemporary newspapers to recreate events. Our first serialised case is an unsolved Edwardian murder.

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  • Articles on policing, crimes and the historian's craft.

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  • Access to the Willie Starchfield investigation and other ongoing cases
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  • Transcripts of original documents. In depth articles, essays, and series

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About Helen Sunter

Indie writer & fiction author, artist, historian, digital craft designer, taphophile & book hugger

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