A former champion skier 'driven to distraction' visited multiple Australian museums — and walked out with hundreds of dead butterflies in his pockets

In early 1947, the Melbourne Museum discovered the loss of more than 800 specimens of rare Australian butterflies. When other museums reported similar thefts, the trail led to a former champion skier trying to cope with a crumbling marriage.

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