Key-Holes We all have our little secrets… little, silly things we don’t want Bruited Abroad… Things that our Husbands, our Friends, and our Servants would never understand… We close our doors and imagine we are Unobserved… We like to think that Really Nice People Do Not Peek At Key-Holes. But,… Continue reading
Jilted lovers By An Anonymous Society Lady Monday, 1st November My Dears! I know that you all read my Little Weekly Effort because I ‘dish the dirt’ – with a Vengeance! And I have SUCH dirt for you today, I hardly know where to begin! But I suppose I’ll tell… Continue reading
Inquest Inquest On Death of Long-Lost Heir Breaks Up In Some Disorder The Case of “Tichborne Again” Is Complicated By Claimant’s Sudden Death [ezcol_1half] Dramatic End Of A Sordid Business The latest chapter in the most sensational controversy of the new century opened on Sunday, October 5th, when the man… Continue reading
Hiding The Body Diary of the Dowager Duchess of Bilgewater (with thanks and apologies to Dorothy Sayers, who did this sort of thing rather better) My dear Lady Ermyntrude- How is your dear mother? Is she keeping well? I do hope so! Send her my love. And I hear you… Continue reading
Ghost An Account of Certain Psychical Researches Undertaken By This Society at Harrowing Hall By Dr. James Cowslip, SPR Secretary [ezcol_1half] In this article, I had hoped to set before my learned colleagues the last part of the Society’s researches into the phenomena that have for centuries been reported at… Continue reading
False Confessions Entire Village Confesses To Murder of Local Banker Police Baffled, Annoyed Regular readers of this paper will remember that the village of Standoffish was recently the scene of a murder. The victim was a Mr. Gordon Ghastly, a local Banker; he was Found Stabbed in the Abbey… Continue reading
Evidence Be A Detective In 12 Easy Lessons From the firm of Philo and Gubb, “The Oxford University of Correspondence Schools” If you believe you have received this in error, please keep it as our free gift to you- and remember, there are Eleven More of these Fine Lessons, available… Continue reading
Disguise “Freddie, I’m so tired of waiting! I want to be with you openly!” “Adele can’t last much longer, my sweet. Her doctor gives her two weeks, and says that that is a generous offer.” “Yes, but he’s said that before. You know what you must do. Put it in… Continue reading
Country House For Sale: Rambling Country Estate in isolated district. The trains are convenient, and reliable, except on Dark And Stormy Nights, when they tend to inexplicably break down. Cellars dry and slightly haunted. Good, slightly haunted drains. Dungeon is in bad repair and extremely and disturbingly haunted. But take… Continue reading
Baronet Auntie Agony’s Advice Constant Reader wrote me a letter that I do not, even now, quite know how to answer. I hope you will not mind, dear Constant Reader, if I quote your letter in full; I know my other readers shan’t mind, as it is very brief. The… Continue reading
