-A series of homicides, "revenge killings" by revenants, raised from the dead to right a wrong.
- The Iron Bridge over the River Severn in Shropshire collapses during an earthquake, thereby stalling the Industrial Revolution. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Bridge)
- Charles Darwin is murdered by religious zealots, heralding in a New Dark Age.
- A Device of Unknown Origin appears in a London sewer, several more are found and eventually turn out to be probes sent to earth from Mars years prior to the War of the Worlds.
-The newly formed United States, having won its independence from Great Britan, start amphibous landings off the coast of Cornwall. Seeking retribution, they capture Royal Navy Vessels and sail up the Thames and start shelling Parliament House.
And if all else fails, there is always The Pizza Dimensions.
Enoch Powell's "Rivers of Blood" speech.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivers_of_Blood
Bodysnatching for dissection at medical schools. All the rage at the time you know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body-snatching
The Kray Brothers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kray_brothers
The Profumo Scandal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profumo_Affair
Some "tried and true" elements from fiction:
-A series of homicides, "revenge killings" by revenants, raised from the dead to right a wrong.
- The Iron Bridge over the River Severn in Shropshire collapses during an earthquake, thereby stalling the Industrial Revolution. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Bridge)
- Charles Darwin is murdered by religious zealots, heralding in a New Dark Age.
- A Device of Unknown Origin appears in a London sewer, several more are found and eventually turn out to be probes sent to earth from Mars years prior to the War of the Worlds.
-The newly formed United States, having won its independence from Great Britan, start amphibous landings off the coast of Cornwall. Seeking retribution, they capture Royal Navy Vessels and sail up the Thames and start shelling Parliament House.
And if all else fails, there is always The Pizza Dimensions.
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