anonymous letters
Correspondence with hidden authorship
Anonymous letters are written communications sent without identifying the sender.
They range from harmless secret admirers to poison-pen letters—malicious messages containing threats, accusations, or obscenities.
The anonymity emboldens writers to say things they wouldn't sign their name to: She received anonymous letters accusing her of adultery.
Investigators sometimes analyze handwriting or language patterns to unmask authors.
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
- death threatStated intent to murder
- poison penMalicious anonymous letter-writer
- blackmailCoercion through damaging threats
- ransom noteAbductor's payment demand
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- advice columnsadvice column, agony aunt, agony column, Dear Abby, Ann Landers
- forensic documentsdocument fraud, handwriting analysis, signature verification, exemplars, forged documents
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Direct written communication between individuals
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