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The murder of Morris Price – a new shorthand mystery

What the Dickens? Our decoders have been asked to consult on Gurney shorthand related to a nineteenth-century Canadian murder case! Help us crack the code to be in with a chance of winning a 1-year membership for the Charles Dickens Museum!

Deadline: 2 May 2025

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Solution to the June 2024 challenge

In our June challenge, the Dickens Decoders identified two more pages of dictation from Sydney Smith’s ‘I would not live always’ – and another two without an identified source text. Find out more and download a line-by-line transcript here!