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<<< What about articles which never actually appeared in the game? I have a few articles which never made it but were semi-written about events that occured during the Shadow King, should they be put here? -- BenChalmers >>>
<<< I think so -- they give some colour to the game -- MikePitt >>>
<<< Definitely - if nothing else, they help people to place what was going on at that time, which could get tricky if people start to insert events during other people's plots. Bad Simon. -- SimonBooth >>>
Fri 05 Jan 1923 POLICE SEEK "THE FAT BURGLAR" (UnearthlyGoode)
{{{A police manhunt is underway for the burglar of Prof. DouglasGordon (65),
Chancellor of JenkinUniversity. (see our piece, What are the Dragons' chances, inside) Prof. Gordon's house was turned inside out, but the Reporter can exclusively reveal that nothing was stolen.}}}
Fri 12 Jan 1923 GHOST STOPS BUILDERS (The SandersonGhost)
- {{{A ghastly and ghostly apparition has stopped work on redeveloping the infamous
Sanderson house. This paper can reveal exclusively that the developer, Aaron Cohen, has been forced to abandon work on renovating the building following a sequence of accidents and increasingly bizarre happenings. The house, the site of the horrendous 1881 massacre, has been unoccupied during the bitter inheritance battle that concluded last year.
- Our source said to us We are scared to go back! The ghosts or ghouls or
whatever have made life impossible. Several of us have ended up in hospital.
- Situated near the recent New Unity developments the river front house, first
built in 1798 has recently become a desirable property, especially as the memories of the Sanderson tragedy fade. }}}
Wed 17 Jan 1923 "FAT BURGLAR" STRIKES AGAIN (UnearthlyGoode)
- {{{The manhunt continues as police seek the criminal mastermind named "The
Fat Burglar who, last night, struck another home in OldUnity. This time, the victim was Mr. CharlesEastman, JenkinUniversity's chief librarian. Once again, the Reporter can exclusively reveal that nothing was stolen.}}}
Fri 19 Jan 1923 BUILDER CHARGED IN BURGLARY LINK (The SandersonGhost)
- {{{Police yesterday charged Benjamin Cohen from the Jenks Hill district
with handling stolen goods. He will appear in court at a date to be announced. The police were investigating incidents reported in this paper last week. This shows the importance of TheUnityReporter to the fight against crime and corruption in this city and we are proud to have played a part in bringing this to light.}}}
Mon 22 Jan 1923 TOWN PAINTED PINK! (ShadowTheatre)
Tue 23 Jan 1923 MORE PINK! (ShadowTheatre)
Thu 25 Jan 1923 ANOTHER VICTIM OF "THE FAT BURGLAR" (UnearthlyGoode)
{{{Mr. FixMe, the owner of the UnityPublicLibrary, today became the Fat Burglar's
latest victim, contrary to the Times Chronicle's implications that the culprit had been found.
Again, witnesses report seeing a large man fleeeing; and again the burglar took nothing. What is he up to? What devious scheme does this lardball of crime have ? The Reporter is offering a fifty dollar reward to anybody who can bring this criminal mastermind to justice.}}}
Tue 30 Jan 1923 "FAT BURGLAR" BROUGHT TO JUSTICE (UnearthlyGoode)
- {{{Thanks to the Reporter's campaign, the arch-criminal Fat Burglar is now
behind bars. The Reporter paid out the fifty dollar reward to Mrs. Abigail Morton, who noticed a large man entering the house of her next-door neighbour JamesKitchener. The police took the individual in for questioning, and have identified him as a Mr. John "sticky" Brown, a worker at a local thrift store whose penchant for sweets earnt him his nickname.}}}
Wed 31 Jan 1923 "FAT BURGLAR" KILLS ACCOMPLICE IN JAIL-BREAK DOUBLE-CROSS (UnearthlyGoode)
- {{{Criminal genius John Brown, AKA the Fat Burglar, is at large on our streets!
Last night, a thin accomplice somehow broke into Brown's cell, swapped clothes with him and set him free before locking himself in. It is believed that Brown poisoned the accomplice as he was found dead surrounded by a sticky residue.
The Reporter has offered to double its previous reward for the capture of Mr. Brown; and to warn any citizen of Unity who he has sweet-talked into following him to take heed of the wages of his sin: DEATH.}}}
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