The Knowledgists
 The Borehamwood Massacres

The Knowledgists were started in 1716 by three unknown people from Somerset, known only as the 'Trinitrone' (a name later used by a well known electrical goods manufacturer). Little is known about the early, middle and late years of the sect. In fact, to be brutally honest, the only information that is known about them (apart from the Compendium and reports of the massacre) is from an interview (in 1934) with Mr. John H. Holmgard:

"So, Mr. Holmgard, what can you tell us about your meetings with this strange sect?"
"Woll, they 'aad girt firmoose, up road."
"And what did they do there?"
"Carn't tells yo' loike, tho' they 'aads a loikin' furr goose."
"How did you find this out?"
"I used to deeliverr airt. Then they worr gourne."
"Were did they go to?"
"Out-boro'."
 I'd like to see the compendium, please!

The 12th of August, 1973 was a very bad day for the peculiar religious sect known as the Knowledgists. They were gathered in 21 Regent Crescent, Borehamwood for the Third Ringing of Pugh, where a bell (a symbol of the librarian, Pugh) was rung until it fell to the floor. The sect would then repair to the kitchen for cakes and tea, supplied by Ms. Martha Iridium.

This day, however, Ms. Iridium was replaced by a previously unknown tea-server, a tall woman with perpetually pursed lips called Eliza. She stated that Ms. Iridium had sent Eliza to undertake tea duty, due to 'a touch of the flu'. Eliza proceeded to spike the tea with strychnine, and lock the sect in the kitchen.

When the police broke in, the unfortunate sect members were found to have gnawed their own limbs off. They discovered a note pinned to the front door:

'Deer Polees, I hav remooved the sekt that wos corzing you trubble. Yoo wont see thur snayls aggin.'

Eliza was never found, although a pair of straight, thin lips were found on the side of the A21 three years later.