How to Solve a Murder (Pt 1)
The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
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The Bleeding Corpse
In 1599, King James VI of Scotland published Daemonology on magic and necromancy. The idea that a body bleeds in the presence of its killer was already well known but it only became more so with time. William Shakespeare read Daemonology and took from it the witch's rhymes in Macbeth to such a degree that many actors refused to say its proper name, Macbeth.
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