Forgotten News: The Crime of the Century and Other Lost Stories
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This collection revisits a handful of events that once filled newspaper pages and then slipped out of memory. Its title piece centres on the killing of a wealthy and stylish physician, a case that gripped the public in its day. Alongside it sit several other stories from the last century, each chosen because it was headline news at the time and has since faded. The accounts follow the people involved, the investigations and the public reaction, and they show how much attention a story could command before the next one arrived. Taken together, the pieces offer a window onto a city and a time that feel close enough to touch yet far enough away to seem strange. Readers who enjoy old newspapers, real crime and forgotten history will find plenty here.
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