How did he know?

[Patricia Hurley]

No: HPFGUIDX 146847


Adi wrote:  I was wondering about how Voldemort could have found about the spell 
to make horcruxes eventhough it is supposed to be such a scret and 
unmentionable subject. He found it even while he was at Hogwarts, so 
how could a teen, no matter how talented, find such a thing without 
arousing the interest of Dumbledore who was, as he says, has been 
watching Tom Riddle, all the time,during his school days?


Patricia:
I think it is fair to asume that Voldemort had an extreme amount of power, even when he was still Tom Riddle. He had great magical prowess but was also extremely charming and well liked. He could have weasled or cursed people into giving information. It is also likely that he used outside sources. Just because he may have known about it at Hogwart's doesn't mean that there weren't other avenues of information (i.e. Shops and books from Knockturn alley, including Mr. Burke).I find him more than capable of gathering the necessary infromation. 

Patricia.