magdalenes undoing -

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“Magdalene’s Undoing” – the latest of Philip LeMarchands [link] famed puzzle boxes to be uncovered, was found on July 16th 1970 in the Syrian desert by a group of British soldiers on war exercises and is linked by some to the mysterious disappearance of Capt. Nathan Green, who was last seen retiring to his tent with the box on the evening of its discovery never to be seen again. The box itself disappeared from Capt. Greens tent the next day and has only recently re-surfaced in Iran, where it was purchased from a street vendor who clearly had no idea of its true worth for the princely sum of $15.
This particular box was crafted from finest African ebony and inlaid with silver – and although recent research would suggest that it is in fact one of a pair (the other being ivory as a base and inlaid with osmium), an example has yet to be found and may be pure rumour.

It is a widely held belief amongst LeMarchand scholars that “Magdalene’s Undoing“ was created in the latter part of the 19th century in New York – LeMarchand himself stayed for a period of some years at the home of fellow freemason James Ryan and despite the fact that Ryan himself was known to be afraid of LeMarchand, his daughter, Lara, developed a crush that Ryan was unable to discourage.
LeMarchand took great pleasure in both the attentions of the young lady and the discomfort it caused her impotent father – he took to taking the girl to his room for extended periods, whereupon her father would fly into a rage and beat on LeMarchands door to no avail.
For Lara’s 23rd birthday LeMarchand Created for her “Magdalene’s Undoing” and exactly four weeks later her mangled body was discovered in her room clutching her fateful gift. A post-mortem revealed that she was an estimated six weeks pregnant.
Her fathers’ mental health began a steep decline that resulted in his admittance to the New York State mental institution, although not before he inexplicably named LeMarchand as executor of his estates.
The Box was retained by the Police as evidence, whereupon it promptly disappeared - how it found its way to the Syrian Desert remains a mystery.

edit: new information has come to light concerning both capt. Green and Magdalenes Undoing - this information can be seen here> [link]

other hellraiser inspired boxes -
Box of Gateways- [link]
Box of Pleasures - [link]
Box of Grief - [link]
Enigme - [link]
the Acerbus configuration - [link]
LeMarchands Ring - [link]