Loss of the Dryad Crimes 29 min readThe Dryad, from Liverpool to St. Jago de Cuba, was totally wrecked on the 10th November on a reef of... Read More
Tryals of Seven Witches Crimes 12 min readMention the subject of ‘Witch Trials’ to an historian and almost inevitably the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 comes to their... Read More
Escaped from the Hulks Crimes 2 14 min readNotorious robber Huffey White, alias Hufton White, alias Huffham White, alias Houghton White, alias William Evans, escaped from the hulks near Woolwich no... Read More
CSI – The Prologue Crimes 15 min readJourney back only a short time in history, when esteemed judges and assembled juries had only the testimony of witnesses... Read More
Terrible Murder of a Policeman Crimes 5 18 min readIn the darkest hours of Saturday morning on 28 February 1885 near Weatheroak Hill near Kings Norton, James Davies of... Read More
Murder or Accident? Crimes 9 12 min readThe charred and headless body of David Scollie was found in the ruins of a fire that took place on... Read More
Fraud, Murder and the Burial Club Crimes 16 min readWilliam Spratt, alias Constable, alias Spratty Watts, died on 11 June 1848 after being ill for some days. His half-sister,... Read More
7 Assassination Attempts on Queen Victoria Crimes 10 20 min readUntil 9 September 2015 when she was surpassed by her great-great-granddaughter Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Victoria held the record as the... Read More
Oysterman Shot, Deputy Sheriff Arrested Crimes 11 min readOyster Trade By the mid 1860’s, the ever-growing oyster market in New York City was assessed at close to five million... Read More
Murderer Weds Victim’s Daughter Crimes 1 8 min readOn the afternoon of Sunday, November 24, 1895, in a jealous rage, William Royce shot his former lover, Nellie Patton,... Read More