According to studies by the musicologist and literary scholar Eric Sams, Schumann's symptoms during his terminal illness and death appear consistent with those of mercury poisoning, mercury at this time being a common treatment for syphilis and other conditions. (29 July 1856)
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Saturday 12th of June 1993 (-) — Victim of Colin Ireland aka The Gay Slayer Emanuel Spitteri is tortured and strangled by Colin Ireland aka The Gay Slayer. After carrying out his post-murder ritual of cleaning and clearing the scene Ireland set fire to the flat and left. He rang the police later to tell them to look for a body at the scene of a fire and added that he would probably not kill again.