tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post7206013661444267318..comments2024-03-28T04:48:19.626-07:00Comments on Strange Company: The Strange Death of George AustinUndinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-8724931737850422542016-08-16T17:04:34.102-07:002016-08-16T17:04:34.102-07:00Agreed, the idea that a callous murderess would sp...Agreed, the idea that a callous murderess would spontaneously confess to her crime in front of a distance acquaintance seems pretty unlikely. It’s much more likely that the scene in Sarah’s parlour was a masquerade to convince a suggestible young man that he was present at the scene of a murder so that he could be blackmailed or intimidated into handing over whatever money he had. Instead it had the effect of terrifying George Austin so much that he took his own life to escape a terrible dilemma that didn’t really exist.Andrew Zalotockyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674409759741374623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-52533823211158503542016-07-05T04:43:31.848-07:002016-07-05T04:43:31.848-07:00Sounds to me like an entrapment/blackmail racketSounds to me like an entrapment/blackmail racketEvanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17143241632842476325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7493712084606110971.post-80668495604460368242016-07-04T07:38:48.071-07:002016-07-04T07:38:48.071-07:00It sounds like poor Austin was a victim of being i...It sounds like poor Austin was a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and Sarah and her pals killed him to keep him from talking about the baby. No justice for George - or the baby.John Bellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946140614088069665noreply@blogger.com