Pudding Norton College: Home Economics

The quaint phrase, 'home economics' is still applied to what most schools call 'food technology' at Pudding Norton College. Initially, this rather puzzled the inspectors, who were prepared to see a traditional cookery lesson, taken by an elderly or middle-aged woman. Instead, they found that, as well as training students in the preparation of food, this course included rather more sinister innovations.

Such as training in breaking and entering (pictured), in which notorious French robber Pierre Montard teaches pupils how to enter houses illegally and spot the most valuable items, before carrying them off. There are practical exams, in which students are taken to areas far from the school and stealing from them. The items thus acquired are fenced through the college, which takes a large cut.

For the women, lessons in seduction and blackmail are given, as are lessons in how to be a successful gold-diggers. However,
the most talented young women receive lessons on how to be successful call-girls, joining the ring of exclusive call-girls run by the college.

Some of these slaves of sin have tried to speak out, but many of these girls have been slain by the college hitman, a tall and burly gent of whom the less said the better. Pictured is a poor young woman who tried to spill the beans on all this. She tried to defend herself and call the police, but was later found strangled.

Baron von Sztrongharm, the head honcho of the college has denied all knowledge of this, although as the getaway driver (later found drowned) was standing behind him at the time, this rang a bit hollow.