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Confessed to the Wrong Skull
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Creepy DiscoveriesJun 27, 2026

Confessed to the Wrong Skull

Confessed to the Wrong Skull A bog in Cheshire gave up a human head. Police questioned a man whose wife vanished in 1960. He broke down and confessed to killing her. Then carbon dating returned the result. The skull was 2,000 years old. He was convicted anyway.

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