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Crime
Woodcut of medieval printers at work

Would a Book Lie?

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Cartoon of grave robbers

The Anatomy Riot of 1788

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Tollund Man

Bodies in the Bog: The Lindow Mysteries

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Harry Gold photo illustration

Harry Gold: Spy in the Lab

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Portrait of Dorothy Sayers, progenitor of forensic-based crime fiction. (National Portrait Gallery, London)

Forensic Chemistry in Golden-Age Detective Fiction: Dorothy L. Sayers and the CSI Effect

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1948 margarine advertisement

Butter-in-Law

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Return to the Scene

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