Case file 014Forgotten Histories
Brotherhood of the Eye
A coded German manuscript revealed the Oculists’ initiation rites, secret signals and campaign to expose the Freemasons who shared their world.
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Brotherhood of the Eye
A coded German manuscript revealed the Oculists’ initiation rites, secret signals and campaign to expose the Freemasons who shared their world.
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Case file 013Crime & Mystery
Scandal at Dublin Castle
Ireland’s crown jewels vanished before a royal visit, leaving an unlocked safe, a ruined herald and allegations of a cover-up.
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Case file 012Space & Beyond
Who Spoke for Ashtar?
A voice claiming to represent the Ashtar Galactic Command interrupted British television, leaving a trail of frightened callers, rival transcripts and disputed suspects.
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Case file 011Forgotten Histories
The Stone That Wouldn’t Sink
Six sailors died bringing Cleopatra’s Needle to London. The obelisk survived abandonment at sea, but was its notorious voyage cursed or dangerously mismanaged?
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Case file 010Culture & Legends
The Play That Fooled London
A young clerk produced Shakespeare’s lost papers and an unknown play, until a disastrous London performance exposed the fiction behind a celebrated discovery.
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Case file 009The Unexplained
The Ghost They Invented
A Toronto séance group invented a dead man, then reported knocks and moving tables: had they created a ghost, or misunderstood what answered them?
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Case file 008Power & Secrets
The Typewriter Was Listening
An extra coil inside an American embassy typewriter exposed Soviet bugs that could betray documents before the words ever reached a cipher.
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Case file 007Space & Beyond
A Signal from Proxima
A strange radio signal from the direction of Proxima Centauri survived the first tests for alien technology, but its closest matches were on Earth.
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Case file 002Ancient Mysteries
Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
Crystal skulls promised lost civilisations and deadly powers, but a trail through antique shops, auction rooms and laboratories exposed a very different history.
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Case file 001Crime & Mystery
Bella in the Wych Elm
Four boys found a woman’s skull inside a Worcestershire tree, beginning a mystery of anonymous messages, suspected spies and alleged witchcraft.
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