The Sinister Schoolmaster

The Case of the Sinister Schoolmaster
News of the Times Episode 314 | 1860
CIt is 1860 Eastbourne and 15 year old Reginald Chancellor / Cancellor has been sent back after Easter holidays to his very expensive boarding school.  Reginald is a known slow student.  Although the family can see that Reginald has been on the receiving end of corporal punishment at his school, he also seems to be improving academically so the family send him back.  They never see Reginald alive again.
What unfolds is a course of action that can only be described as both sickening and sadistic.
This case was loudly followed in the papers at the time and was used as a case study for decades to come when looking into school reform.
The post script after gives a further indication of what poor Reginald endured with .the sinister schoolmaster in today’s episode of Wicked Wednesdays.
Hosted by Robin Coles.

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