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The Mystery of the Metropolitan Police
In 1842, there's a very shocking case of a man called Daniel Goode who murders his common-law wife in London and he goes on the run. Because of their poor system of communication, because of the route papers that I described, they can't track him. And also there's an attempt, another attempt on the life of Queen Victoria shortly afterwards. So at that point, they decide to create the detective branch of the Metropolitan Police.