In previous blogs we have explored the significance of certain dates during the Battle of Britain, including an evidenced argument that the Battle actually began on 2 July 1940, when Hitler first ...

For poor children living in 19th century London, every day was spooky, not just Halloween. London’s poorest families lived in ‘rookeries.’ These were heavily populated slums, subdivided to the point ...

One quiet Tuesday morning in spring 1832, a 12-year-old girl called Amelia Winterbottom made her way up the steep hill out of Greenfield, a small village in Saddleworth on the western edge of the ...

In the heart of Victorian London, the ‘Bermondsey Horror’ shocked a city steeped in mystery and crime. Maria and Frederick Manning, a seemingly ordinary couple, concealed dark secrets behind their ...

As the shops fill with plastic cauldrons and trick or treat signs are abound, it seems that everyone is looking for a little magic during the Halloween season. It is certain that Halloween merchandise ...

Murder of Mrs Sarah (Harris) Dormer, at Dial House Farm, Ashow, Warwickshire on Sunday August 29th 1819.

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The very mention of accidental interment, or premature burial, brings a shudder to many people. The very thought of being incarcerated within an underground casket, with little air, restricted ...

I wasn’t even born when a man named Peter Sutcliffe was arrested on the premises of a building called Light Trades House in Melbourne Avenue, Sheffield, on Friday, 2 nd January 1981. Two police ...

Murder of Mrs Sarah (Harris) Dormer, at Dial House Farm, Ashow, Warwickshire on Sunday August 29 th 1819. It’s been over two centuries since the body of farmers wife, 59-year-old Mrs Sarah Dormer was ...

“HE WAS A MONSTER AND I WAS ONE OF HIS VICTIMS” – THE STORY OF A FATAL CHARMER. The Moat Farm Murder was carried out in 1899 but was not properly investigated until four years later. It proved to be ...

There were two of them. One up north (Mary Ann Cotton) the other a southerner (Amelia Dyer) operating at much the same time, active for ...