The Corruption of Innocence
38 parts Complete MatureIn the year 1866, the county of Wiltshire is shaken by the horrific killing of a young boy by two youths. The boys, Jack Edgar and Philip Device, are sentenced to death, but in the end, the noose does not send them to their graves. Instead, one boy is murdered by the victim's father and uncle, whilst the other mauled to death by dogs as he flees from an aslyum.
After the killings, children all over Wiltshire begin disappearing. Many believe it is the ghosts of the boys, the Devils of Wiltshire, who take them. It is the mystery that Oliver Walling has to solve. Having lost his own child in the forest where the young boy was murdered by Jack and Philip all those years ago, he is desperate to, once and for all, discover the truth about the infamous child killers. It is a truth that no one isn society dared to investigate. One that will change the way the public view young killers, and all killers, forever.