Veritaserum and Imperius or memory charm

[Peggy]

No: HPFGUIDX 126638


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, tyler maroney <tmar78 at y...> wrote:
<big snip> 
> Question #3: Hmm...good one!  Well,  we do know there
> are ways to recall memories suppressed by a memory
> charm.  Veritaserum might just be one of those ways; 
> seems like a good possibility.  On a related note, 
> didn't JKR once say that Voldemort broke through
> Bertha Jorkin's MC using the Cruciatus Curse?  Or did
> I dream that?
> 
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> 
> Peg:

Nope, you didn't dream it.  In GoF, Chapter 1, LV tells Peter, ". . . 
But Memory Charms can be broken by a powerful wizard, as I proved when 
I questioned her." (p. 12, U.S. hardback ed.).  Before that (p. 11) LV 
also stated, "I killed Bertha because I had to.  She was fit for 
nothing after my questioning, quite useless."

Also, when the Priori Incantatem effect takes place in the graveyard, 
LV's wand emits screams after Bertha's shade (or whatever) appeared.

Although it's never stated outright that he used the Cruciatus Curse, 
it seems extremely likely that he did.

Peg
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