The Smell of Blood
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In late September 2008, in Morden, two people notice blood and call the police.
An account of the arrest of Gerard Keay, for the murder of Mary Keay, through 999 calls.
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HMP Belmarsh Incident Report
Date: December 4, 2008
Location: Belmarsh Prison Library
Category: Prisoner Misconduct
Type: Violent acts -- toward other inmates, Violent acts -- toward staff, Arson, Destruction of property, Possession of contraband
Inmates involved: Gerard Keay, Jacob Kenton, Paul DouglasOR
While awaiting trial, Gerard Keay just wants to read a book
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Transcript of HMP Belmarsh Visitation Room CCTV footage re: Gerard Keay (GD7325)
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Gerard Keay might be imprisoned, but he is free of his mother's inescapable grasp, safe from the Entities and their representatives and their cults that marked his childhood
The Entities and their representatives and their cults don't agree
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Psychologists called the phenomenon learned helplessness. An animal subjected to stressors from which they could not escape, would eventually give up trying to escape altogether.
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"And in the end, it was Gertrude who saved me. She came to me when I was desperate, nowhere to go, and she offered to help. I just had to make sure I took the book while my mum was fading, and brought it to her, and then she would free me."
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Gertrude visits a desperate Gerard at Pinhole Books
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- Part 4 of The Smell of Blood
- Part 2 of Remembrances of a Freelance Archival Assistant
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(She shouldn’t know that he has a knife there, or that he’s terrified by a stranger knowing him, or that the smell of blood scares him. But she knows all these things).
(She shouldn’t know that he is the one person who can help her understand what’s gone wrong in her life, in her soul. She shouldn’t have known that he was going to be here, now.)
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While Gerard Keay works for Gertrude, a prison officer finds him with Questions
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Statement of Gerard Keay to Gertrude Robinson, compelled from subject, regarding his earliest memories of Leitner’s books.
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Starved for statements after a bad encounter, Gertrude compels Gerard, with an unwilling audience.
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- Part 6 of The Smell of Blood
- Part 3 of Remembrances of a Freelance Archival Assistant