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 ...

A curious fact about the clashes between Islamist fanatics and the State of Israel is that they still lay claim to Israel as an opportunistic land-grab by spreading lies and disinformation, when the ...

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 ...

The time we celebrate at the end of October has little to do with pumpkins or white blankets over our heads, although that fun is always welcome. No, Hallowe’en is when restless souls are about, and ...

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 29th 1819.

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...