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Prisoner 4615
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Prisoner 4615

From the desk of Dr. Alistair Finch,

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Jun 20, 2025
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3D-rendered cover of Prisoner 4615 by Glen Munro featuring a sepia-toned mugshot of a 19th-century prisoner, representing a Canadian true crime narrative.
"Prisoner 4615" by Glen Munro, a gripping historical true crime story set in 19th-century Canada.

Prologue

There are names in our history that echo louder than the facts that formed them. Donnelly is one of those names.

Long whispered in taverns and taught as cautionary tales, the story of the Black Donnellys has calcified into legend—bloody, grim, and final. Yet what if the truth, quietly recorded in prison ledgers and government petitions, tells a different story? One that challenges the myth, not by denying it, but by peering into the silent years where few have dared to look.

This is not the tale of the massacre. This is not the tale of vengeance and fire. This is the story of a man before the legend.

And it begins behind the limestone walls of Kingston Penitentiary.


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