Peggy Railey | Disputed Circumstances

When a progressive Methodist minister began receiving threatening letters in 1987, it was believed to have come from an outsider. But evidence led to it being someone in the church. After a brutal attack, the police began to question if this was a set up from the start.

This case is disputed

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