Some crimes are so heartbreaking or shocking that they change laws, change society, or even

earn the label crime of the century.

But the stories that made headlines and decades passed aren't necessarily remembered today.

I remember Hunt, a journalist and author, and in each episode of this show, I'll examine

a case that's maybe lesser known today, but was huge when it happened.

This is crimes of the centuries.

The delicate script of the letter's handwriting belied its sinister topic.

Directed to a coroner, the message talked of suspected murder.

Want Dan Stott's body taken up?

The letter read?

Postmortem examination made.

Contents stomach analyzed.

Inquests held.

Find out cause of death.

Take charge medicine purchased for Stott last Saturday.

The note signature, a doctor cram, suggested a man of medicine was its author.

At first, the coroner on the receiving end of this message thought it was ridiculous.

Dan Stott had died during an epileptic fit.

One of the countless fits he'd had in his lifetime.

Usually the fit subsided, but this one didn't.

While the death was unfortunate, it was by no means mysterious.

But the letters didn't stop.

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