Old Blood
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Old Blood
The Wallpaper Widow: The Murder of Mary Emsley
A widow is found brutally murdered in London's East End in the summer of 1860. Four decades later, Sherlock's creator, Arthur Conan Doyle was still trying and failing to solve the mystery. Can we do better than Sherlock Holmes?
Sources:
Doyle, Arthur Conan. "The Debatable Case of Mrs. Emsley." Strand Magazine. May, 1901.
"JAMES MULLINS. Killing; murder. 22nd October 1860." Old Bailey Proceedings Online. October, 1860. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18601022-874
McKay, Sinclair. The Mile End Murder (London: Aurum Press, 2018).
Broadsides-
Trial and sentence of J. Mullins for the murder of Mrs. Emsley at Grove-road, Stepney. (London: Disley, 1860.)
Life, trial, sentence, and execution of James Mullins for the murder of Mrs. Emsley, the old lady of Stepney. (London: Taylor, 1860.)
The Stepney murder; Apprehension and examination of the supposed murderer of Mrs. Mary Emsley. (London: Catnatch Press, 1860.)
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