The Memory of Blood

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The following undated document appeared on Wikileaks and is now the subject of a government investigation. It may be read before the case which follows, skipped, or used for reference.

EYES ONLY – THIS COMMISSIONED OBSERVATION REPORT (COR) BG298/10-14 WATERMARKED TO H.O. WHITEHALL – INTERNAL SECURITY POLICY UNIT – EYES ONLY

A GUIDE TO THE PECULIAR CRIMES UNIT, ITS STAFF AND AIMS

This is a restricted communication. No part of the following personnel report is intended for public release. No reference copies may be reproduced from this document, and reading may only take place within the Records Office upon the receipt of signed approval.

AN EXPLANATORY NOTE ON THE ORIGIN OF THE PECULIAR CRIMES UNIT, 231 CALEDONIAN ROAD, KING’S CROSS, LONDON N1 9RB

The Peculiar Crimes Unit is not like other police divisions.

It was founded soon after the outbreak of the Second World War, as part of a government initiative to ease the burden on London’s overstretched Metropolitan Police Force. In this time of desperation most able-bodied men had been taken into the armed forces, and seven new experimental agencies were proposed by the Churchill government. The Peculiar Crimes Unit was one of them.

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