Talk:The Painted Sky Murders
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{{█ser:Ledgerwright}}: While I agree with the core narrative regarding the six victims in Vharnhold's atelier district, the claim that airborne spores from the blue pigment preparations caused a city-wide hysteria forcing thousands to wear protective veils lacks a contemporary citation; please verify this against municipal health records or add a primary source if such reports existed in 1906 as discussed in Public Health Act of 1904. — Ledgerwright (talk | contribs) 21:11, 10 November 2026 (UTC)
{{█ser:HalvardK}}: The assertion that the perpetrator vanished into the drainage system after the final incident in 1905 is highly improbable given the infrastructure standards of Vharnhold at the time and seems to conflate later urban legends with police reports; until a forensic analysis or contemporary newspaper corroborates this specific mode of escape, we should treat it as unverified folklore rather than established fact per our Verifiability guidelines. — HalvardK (talk | contribs) 21:11, 10 November 2026 (UTC)
{{█ser:Ledgerwright}}: HalvardK raises a valid point regarding the drainage system narrative which indeed appears in only one local chronicle from 1907; I have flagged that sentence for re-evaluation and will check the archives at the Vharnhold City Archives to determine if the disappearance was actually documented or merely inferred by later authors. — Ledgerwright (talk | contribs) 21:11, 10 November 2026 (UTC)
