# Sparkes 1941: Writ on Rocke: Has America's First Murder Mystery Been Solved?

> Boyden Sparkes, 1941. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The debunking of the Dare Stones.

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# Writ on Rocke: Has America's First Murder Mystery Been Solved?

Boyden Sparkes, 1941. _The Saturday Evening Post, 26 April 1941, 9-11, 118, 120-122_.

The magazine exposé of the Dare Stones as a hoax, citing anachronistic wording, consistent spelling, hidden acrostics and names absent from the records, and the forged relics previously sold by the later stones' supplier.

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The debunking of the Dare Stones.

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Sparkes, B. (1941). Writ on Rocke: Has America's First Murder Mystery Been Solved?. The Saturday Evening Post, 26 April 1941, 9-11, 118, 120-122.
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