Richard Osman wants to write a murder mystery about his real life amateur sleuth ancestors

OHMYGOSSIP — Richard Osman would love to write a murder mystery novel about his real-life four-time great grandfather.
The ‘Pointless’ host was recently blown away when he discovered his ancestor Gabriel Gilliam – who was born in 1789 – uncovered a dead body and helped solve the case in 1831, which was remarkably similar to his own books including debut novel ‘The Thursday Murder Club’.
Reflecting on Gabriel, his wife Mary and mother Elizabeth, he told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Gabriel, Mary and Elizabeth are the poorest of the poor fisher-folk from Brighton.
“And it is an amazing circus that they were suddenly at the heart of. To think they were the detectives of the day and their investigations essentially led to justice.
“I’m minded to write a detective duo which is Gabriel and his mum Elizabeth, solving crimes in 1830s Brighton.”
While appearing on BBC show ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, Richard discovered newspaper reports revealing how Gabriel found clothes and a body just outside Brighton.
He and another man David Maskell visited the site a number of times and later realised they had stumbled on the body of a woman from the town, who was later identified as Celia Holloway.
He also returned to the site with Mary and Elizabeth, and informed the authorities, before giving evidence at an inquest in a pub the next day and in a subsequent court case.
This led to Celia’s husband John being found guilty of her murder, and he was sentenced to death.
Richard added: “It’s making every hair on my neck stand up. You can just imagine the three of them talking this through.
“I find it extraordinary. I write about a gang who investigate things and I’ve written about amateur sleuths uncovering bodies.
“Suddenly, there is a real life case with Gabriel right at the heart of it.”

Source: VacationHunter.Online

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