‘my 19th-century relations policed the streets of liverpool’

Reading Laura Mauro’s “Japanese Toilet Ghosts” [FT459:30-35], reminded me of a less well known fear in the Western world, which –according to the modern rabbinical Internet resource site TheTorah.com

Exploring the tangled roots of a family tree is rarely straightforward. What begins as a search for dates and names often unravels into something far more. A bit like rummaging through an old attic –

THIRTY YEARS SINCE A GANGLAND TRIPLE MURDER, NAGGING QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER WHETHER THE WRONG MEN WERE JAILED

’Twas the night before Christmas, and a sadistic killer had a twisted tale to tell...

The only clue to find a killer was some footprints in the snow

9 DECEMBER