Concerning the strange circumstances which surround the death of noted scholar James Heighton-Lewis, little more can be said that the public is not already aware of. At 6:32pm on 22nd March 1936, a strangled cry was heard by his maid emanating from his study. Attempts at entry proved unsuccessful, resulting in calls to local police and ambulance services who, upon arrival at his country manor, breached his study door and found Mr Heighton-Lewis dead and his body contorted in a strange fashion. A heavy oak desk had been used to bar the door shut, whilst the main bay window had been shattered inward and the curtains torn down. Upon closer inspection and autopsy, it was discovered that Mr Heighton-Lewis had suffered several bone breakages prior to death, although the cause of death was ultimately never determined. Evidence for excessive morphine levels were also found within his cadaver, along with several vials stored within his desk. After several weeks of interviewing, police deemed the case unsolved and allowed it to fade into the annals of history as yet another unsolved mystery.
What wasn't revealed to the public, however, was the existence of several papers apparently written by Mr Heighton-Lewis. These papers, recently released by kind permission of the Heighton-Lewis family and currently on display at the Miskatonic University Museum patronised by the late scholar, seemed an attempt at documenting the deceased's life; their content however seems at times fantastical and, if true, boundless in their promises of knowledge to various scientific communities. So far, none have taken these writings seriously, seeing them instead as attempts at creative literature by an aging author, or else inventive symbolism to disguise less-than-appropriate events for a man of such status and renown.
These writings have been collated into this publication to allow the public access to a case that has eluded investigators for many years. It is hoped by the authors that the use of crowd-sourcing may allow light to be shed upon the mystery, and in so doing finally solve what has gained notoriety as one of the most infamous events in recent British history.
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