Showing posts with label Horse Mutilations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horse Mutilations. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Conan Doyle and an Enduring Mystery
There's one more new Mysterious Universe article from me. It's on a subject I have a great deal of interest in: mysterious and controversial "horse mutilations" that occurred in the early 1900s, and only a couple of miles from where I lived as a kid.
The article focuses on the man who the local police blamed for the crime, but who may well have been innocent. His name: George Edalji.
The reason I mention this now, and why it's the subject of my latest MU article, is because British TV have just made a major, 3-part fictional series on the Edalji affair, which begins next week. It will be broadcast in the US, too, in the near future.
Keep a look out for it, titled Arthur and George.
"Arthur" is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - the creator of Sherlock Holmes - who was one of the key figures who helped ensure that Edalji was released from prison early.
There's a chapter in my Monster Diary book that addresses the very weird cryptozoology-themed aspects of the saga, which you can find here.
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