{"id":2687,"date":"2021-07-02T14:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T04:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2687"},"modified":"2021-08-06T14:08:48","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T03:38:48","slug":"murder-at-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2687","title":{"rendered":"Murder at Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This Event has been postponed due to COVID-19 Restrictions, but will definitely happen when we have the &#8220;All Clear&#8221;.  Keep watching our website or facebook page for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the origin of the name &#8220;Murder Hill&#8221; in Stirling?  Are the stories true?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr Anthony Stimpson reveals the results of his research on this intriguing topic at this years Frank Hurren Memorial Presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RSVP essential and COVID rules will apply<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2688\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?attachment_id=2688\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?fit=1810%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1810,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?fit=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?fit=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019-.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1086&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?resize=1086%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1086w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?resize=1448%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1448w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1697&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?w=1810&amp;ssl=1 1810w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Dr-Stimson-flyer-2019--scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Event has been postponed due to COVID-19 Restrictions, but will definitely happen when we have the &#8220;All Clear&#8221;. Keep watching our website or facebook page for updates. What is the origin of the name &#8220;Murder Hill&#8221; in Stirling? Are the stories true? Dr Anthony Stimpson reveals the results of his research on this intriguing &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=2687\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Murder at Christmas!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNLq6-Hl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3039,"url":"https:\/\/mtloftyhistoricalsociety.org.au\/?p=3039","url_meta":{"origin":2687,"position":0},"title":"&#8220;Murder at Christmas&#8221;- it&#8217;s back!","date":"July 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The previously highly anticipated presentation by Dr Anthony Stimson, which was postponed due to COVID-19, is now back on our calendar in early August. 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