“It’s one of those things where you’ve got to know the back story in order to understand what happened,” said Little. “A lot of the interest is in the murders, and a lot of authors will stop there. To ensure his book was accurate, Little undertook four years of research, which started with reading secondary sources and what other authors had written about the Donnellys, though Little said he eventually became “obsessed” with primary materials such as official transcripts. He said he had to dig through old newspapers and was able to have a 3,000-page archive sent to him from Western University, all while receiving advice from the Lucan Area Heritage and Donnelly Museum. I wanted to know what could cause a group of people to band together to kill a family, and how the killers could get off.” “Initially my questions were pretty basic. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.
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