The Scourge of the Highway single work   short story   crime  
Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 The Scourge of the Highway
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Summarised and dramatised from French police reports. A highwayman executed for his crimes is revived by a doctor and his students, with great mutilations. Even in his disabled state he continues - in league with others to rob and murder ... (PB)

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  • Orleans,
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    France,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1747
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