[UA] A thantomancer loose in London?

[James Palmer]

A journalist friend from the Independent had a long talk with me some time 
ago about 'witch doctors' in African communities here, the use of folk 
medicine, and the degree of power they still held over some people.  This 
poor grisly case would make an interesting red herring for PCs; they 
investigate and discover that there's nothing 'supernatural' involved, just 
superstition and sadism.  (I admit, the first thing I thought when I read 
the story was 'Jesus, life mirrors Call of Cthulhu')  This ties into a long 
standing principle of mine; any occult horror you can dream up for a game or 
story is *nothing* compared to the things that happen in real life.

J.


>From: "Joe Murphy" <broin at notzen.com>
>Reply-To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
>Subject: Re: [UA] A thantomancer loose in London?
>Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:24:12 -0000
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <kane.de.boe at centrelink.gov.au>
>To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:08 AM
>Subject: [UA] A thantomancer loose in London?
>
>
> > This is from a Australian news site. Sad but could be a could basis for 
>a
> > game or two. Look s like an adept out there wants to pick up some big
> > charges.
>
>[snip]
>
>It's scary stuff, it was all over the news here today. One thought is that
>it's part of a 'Muti' ritual sacrifice. Muti are fond of live sacrifices,
>apparently, and it's possible the parents knew about the murder. There's a
>bit more here:
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_1788000/1788452.stm
>
>Amusingly, the Muti was introduced on one news show as 'A cult that 
>worships
>the supernatual', which seemed a little, er, broad.
>
>Joe.
>
>
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