Investigation #0007 · Open investigation

The Disappearing Professor: The Collector

Neighbours on French Hill report a carriage leaving Blakemore House nightly at three.

Findings

An office door is found open that the porter swears was locked.
Halsey's notes refer to 'the third door' as though it were a place he had been.
A key too old for any lock in the building. It is older than it looks.
Library records show MS 1147 withdrawn in 1750, in 1882 and last month — each time by a man who then disappeared.
The loan ledger was altered by someone with a key; the older entry names Blakemore.

12:29 Initial report received. Neighbours on French Hill report a carriage leaving Blakemore House nightly at three.
12:29 A new development in an older matter: The Disappearing Professor: A Professor Missing, closed 23 September (escaped).
13:23 Reeves takes up the investigation.
16:01 Reeves arrives at Blakemore House.
16:14 Back parlour examined.
16:22 Reeves reports a smell of damp plaster.
16:36 Narrow stairs climbing into the dark noted in the rear bedroom.
16:56 Sound of footsteps, too loud noted.
17:06 Clue recorded: “The Coachman's Account”.
17:21 Finding: An office door is found open that the porter swears was locked.
17:48 Reeves leaves Blakemore House.

11:23 Reeves arrives at Blakemore House — the Collector's Residence.
11:39 Statement taken from Everard Blakemore.
12:05 Statement taken from a neighbour across the street.
12:21 Accounts conflict. Everard Blakemore says it came from the cellar. A neighbour across the street says the roof.
12:45 Finding: Halsey's notes refer to 'the third door' as though it were a place he had been.
12:56 Reeves leaves Blakemore House — the Collector's Residence.
15:08 Reeves arrives at Blakemore House — the Collector's Residence.
15:21 Search of the upstairs landing for physical evidence.
15:49 Object examined: a key too old for any lock in the building. It is older than it looks.
16:14 Finding: Library records show MS 1147 withdrawn in 1750, in 1882 and last month — each time by a man who then disappeared.
16:26 Reeves leaves Blakemore House — the Collector's Residence.

11:07 Reeves arrives at Records Archive. (Records Archive)
11:21 The Sanitarium's admission books consulted. (Records Archive)
12:10 Strong smell of floor polish noted. (Records Archive)
13:20 Finding: The Sanitarium's admission books — The loan ledger was altered by someone with a key; the older entry names Blakemore. (Records Archive)
13:44 Reeves leaves Records Archive. (Records Archive)

The morning after it was reported, the Arkham Gazette led with “NEW TURN IN OLD FACULTY ROW — HALSEY'S OFFICE BUSINESS”.