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Discover the hidden gems of history
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Discover the hidden gems of history
www.patreon.com/posts/dunn-c... In 1927, a miner in County Durham claimed he woke to find his wife hanging from a rope in their small kitchen.
But the moment police stepped through the door, nothing about his story made sense.
But the moment police stepped through the door, nothing about his story made sense.
The Dunn Case: The Evidence That Exposed a Deadly Lie | True Crime 1927 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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February 8, 2026 at 5:15 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/dunn-c... In 1927, a miner in County Durham claimed he woke to find his wife hanging from a rope in their small kitchen.
But the moment police stepped through the door, nothing about his story made sense.
But the moment police stepped through the door, nothing about his story made sense.
www.patreon.com/posts/meader... In 1922, a young wife was found dying inside her South London home.
Moments later, her husband — Alfred Meader, a blind ex-soldier — staggered into the street with his throat cut.
What followed became one of the most debated domestic tragedies of the post-war years:
Moments later, her husband — Alfred Meader, a blind ex-soldier — staggered into the street with his throat cut.
What followed became one of the most debated domestic tragedies of the post-war years:
The Meader Case: The Death of Mabel Meader & the Marshall Hall Defence | True Crime 1922 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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February 5, 2026 at 5:41 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/meader... In 1922, a young wife was found dying inside her South London home.
Moments later, her husband — Alfred Meader, a blind ex-soldier — staggered into the street with his throat cut.
What followed became one of the most debated domestic tragedies of the post-war years:
Moments later, her husband — Alfred Meader, a blind ex-soldier — staggered into the street with his throat cut.
What followed became one of the most debated domestic tragedies of the post-war years:
www.patreon.com/posts/one-pe... In 1829, English law allowed something extraordinary: a person could be condemned for wilful murder… even if the victim lived.
The One-Penny Wife: Starvation, Poison, and the Law | True Crime 1829 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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February 3, 2026 at 5:06 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/one-pe... In 1829, English law allowed something extraordinary: a person could be condemned for wilful murder… even if the victim lived.
www.patreon.com/posts/ashton... 1886 A quiet Manchester street. Three sudden deaths. One woman at the centre of them all. Today we travel to Ashton-under-Lyne in 1886, where a daughter, a husband, a neighbour each die in violent, baffling circumstances — every trail leads back to the same doorway.
The Ashton Love Triangle Murders: A Victorian Poisoning Mystery | News of the Times Historical Crime
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February 1, 2026 at 5:50 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/ashton... 1886 A quiet Manchester street. Three sudden deaths. One woman at the centre of them all. Today we travel to Ashton-under-Lyne in 1886, where a daughter, a husband, a neighbour each die in violent, baffling circumstances — every trail leads back to the same doorway.
www.patreon.com/posts/car-mu... A burning motor car. A body beyond recognition. A suspect who walks into a London police station very much alive.
Tonight we revisit the extraordinary 1930 case that shocked Britain and changed the course of modern forensic investigation.
Tonight we revisit the extraordinary 1930 case that shocked Britain and changed the course of modern forensic investigation.
The Car Murder That Stunned Britain: Alfred Rouse and the Unknown Victim | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 29, 2026 at 5:30 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/car-mu... A burning motor car. A body beyond recognition. A suspect who walks into a London police station very much alive.
Tonight we revisit the extraordinary 1930 case that shocked Britain and changed the course of modern forensic investigation.
Tonight we revisit the extraordinary 1930 case that shocked Britain and changed the course of modern forensic investigation.
www.patreon.com/posts/willia... 1872 When William Horry shot his wife, Jane, the crime shocked Victorian England — but what followed would transform the entire system of capital punishment. This was the first time Britain attempted William Marwood’s new “long drop” method
The William Horry Case — The Murder That Changed British Executions (1872) | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 27, 2026 at 5:29 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/willia... 1872 When William Horry shot his wife, Jane, the crime shocked Victorian England — but what followed would transform the entire system of capital punishment. This was the first time Britain attempted William Marwood’s new “long drop” method
www.patreon.com/posts/britai... In today’s episode, we follow this gripping case from the quiet routines of Dover’s railways to a courtroom packed with anxious spectators — and finally to the first private execution conducted under the new 1868 Act.
Britain’s First Private Execution: The Murder of the Dover Stationmaster (1868) | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 25, 2026 at 6:40 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/britai... In today’s episode, we follow this gripping case from the quiet routines of Dover’s railways to a courtroom packed with anxious spectators — and finally to the first private execution conducted under the new 1868 Act.
www.patreon.com/posts/quaker... January 1845, a quiet country lane, a glass of porter, and a single drop of poison triggered a most extraordinary murder investigations in British history. For the first time ever, the electric telegraph outran a fleeing suspect — transforming policing forever.
The Quaker Poisoner: Britain’s First Telegraph Manhunt | True Crime 1845 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 22, 2026 at 5:38 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/quaker... January 1845, a quiet country lane, a glass of porter, and a single drop of poison triggered a most extraordinary murder investigations in British history. For the first time ever, the electric telegraph outran a fleeing suspect — transforming policing forever.
www.patreon.com/posts/calcra... London 1829 the horrifying case of Frances Colpit, a ten-year-old parish apprentice bound out to learn tambour embroidery — and placed instead into a household where labour, starvation, and violence were daily routine.
Calcraft’s First Execution of a Murderess (1829) The Hibner Apprentice Scandal | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 20, 2026 at 5:12 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/calcra... London 1829 the horrifying case of Frances Colpit, a ten-year-old parish apprentice bound out to learn tambour embroidery — and placed instead into a household where labour, starvation, and violence were daily routine.
www.patreon.com/posts/first-... 1868 murder of Richard Biggadike, a case that led directly to the first private execution in Lincoln. What began with tea and shortcake in a one-room labourer’s cottage spiralled into accusations of infidelity, arsenic, and a trial built on circumstantial evidence.
The First Private Execution: The Poisoning of Richard Biggadike | True Crime 1868 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 19, 2026 at 5:27 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/first-... 1868 murder of Richard Biggadike, a case that led directly to the first private execution in Lincoln. What began with tea and shortcake in a one-room labourer’s cottage spiralled into accusations of infidelity, arsenic, and a trial built on circumstantial evidence.
www.patreon.com/posts/parcel... In 1873, the death of baby Sarah shocked the West Country. What began as a mysterious parcel in the post unravelled into a chilling story of postal deception, forged identities, strychnine poison, and the earliest use of handwriting analysis in a British murder trial
The Parcel of Death: How a Handwriting Clue Solved a Victorian Murder | True Crime 1873 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 15, 2026 at 5:18 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/parcel... In 1873, the death of baby Sarah shocked the West Country. What began as a mysterious parcel in the post unravelled into a chilling story of postal deception, forged identities, strychnine poison, and the earliest use of handwriting analysis in a British murder trial
www.patreon.com/posts/clerke... A quiet December afternoon in 1867… and then a blast so violent it shattered windows for half a mile, reduced homes to rubble, and sent shockwaves across Victorian Britain. What unfolded at Clerkenwell became one of the most infamous tragedies of the era,
The Clerkenwell Explosion: The Outrage That Shocked Victorian Britain (1867) | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 13, 2026 at 5:37 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/clerke... A quiet December afternoon in 1867… and then a blast so violent it shattered windows for half a mile, reduced homes to rubble, and sent shockwaves across Victorian Britain. What unfolded at Clerkenwell became one of the most infamous tragedies of the era,
www.patreon.com/posts/doctor... Paris, 1823: Two wealthy brothers die months apart. A respected young doctor attends both deaths. Symptoms point to poison — but toxicology finds nothing at all.
The Doctor, The Brothers, And the First Great Failure of Forensic Science | 1823 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 11, 2026 at 5:54 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/doctor... Paris, 1823: Two wealthy brothers die months apart. A respected young doctor attends both deaths. Symptoms point to poison — but toxicology finds nothing at all.
www.patreon.com/posts/office... Hastings 1911: a double tragedy involving financial ruin, contested testimony, early forensic science… and a detective who died while examining the very same revolver used in the killing.
The Office Murder That Shocked Edwardian Britain — And the Detective Who Died Investigating It (1911) | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 8, 2026 at 5:45 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/office... Hastings 1911: a double tragedy involving financial ruin, contested testimony, early forensic science… and a detective who died while examining the very same revolver used in the killing.
www.patreon.com/posts/last-a... In today’s episode, we uncover one of the most extraordinary moments in British criminal history: the 1760 execution of Laurence, Earl Ferrers — the last aristocrat ever hanged at Tyburn.
The Last Aristocrat Hanged: The Shocking Case of Earl Ferrers (1760) | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 6, 2026 at 5:23 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/last-a... In today’s episode, we uncover one of the most extraordinary moments in British criminal history: the 1760 execution of Laurence, Earl Ferrers — the last aristocrat ever hanged at Tyburn.
www.patreon.com/posts/cather... 1862 Catherine Wilson — the Victorian poisoner newspapers called “Britain’s Female Borgia.” Her story begins with a near-fatal “soothing draught” in a Kennington sickroom and unfolds into one of the most disturbing murder investigations of the 19th century.
Catherine Wilson: Britain’s Female Borgia — The Last Woman Publicly Hanged in London | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 4, 2026 at 7:13 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/cather... 1862 Catherine Wilson — the Victorian poisoner newspapers called “Britain’s Female Borgia.” Her story begins with a near-fatal “soothing draught” in a Kennington sickroom and unfolds into one of the most disturbing murder investigations of the 19th century.
www.patreon.com/posts/wheelb... In July 1903, a quiet quarry near Aymestrey became the scene of one of the most unsettling crimes in Edwardian England. A wheelbarrow… a body… and a husband insisting it had all been a terrible accident.
The Wheelbarrow Murder: The Case That Led to Hereford’s Last Execution (1903) | News of the Times Historical Crime
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January 1, 2026 at 8:33 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/wheelb... In July 1903, a quiet quarry near Aymestrey became the scene of one of the most unsettling crimes in Edwardian England. A wheelbarrow… a body… and a husband insisting it had all been a terrible accident.
www.patreon.com/posts/arseni... 1863 When Mary Bailey died after days of violent sickness, her daughter insisted it was illness… but a newly taken life-insurance policy, two purchases of arsenic, and growing neighbourhood whispers told a very different story.
The Arsenic Exhumation: How Mary Bailey’s Body Exposed a Killer | True Crime 1863 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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December 30, 2025 at 5:05 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/arseni... 1863 When Mary Bailey died after days of violent sickness, her daughter insisted it was illness… but a newly taken life-insurance policy, two purchases of arsenic, and growing neighbourhood whispers told a very different story.
www.patreon.com/posts/workho... 1902 Today we uncover one of the most chilling and deeply human domestic murder cases of Edwardian South Wales — a tragedy witnessed entirely by children, shaped by poverty, jealousy, alcohol, and the harsh realities of the workhouse system.
The Workhouse Path Murder — South Wales, 1902 | A Fatal December Evening | News of the Times Historical Crime
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December 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/workho... 1902 Today we uncover one of the most chilling and deeply human domestic murder cases of Edwardian South Wales — a tragedy witnessed entirely by children, shaped by poverty, jealousy, alcohol, and the harsh realities of the workhouse system.
www.patreon.com/posts/stalke... December 1918, soldiers returned to broken households, and thousands of war widows tried to rebuild lives reshaped by loss.
But for Mary Ellen Rooney, a 32-year-old widow raising four children, the threat did not come from the battlefield —
it lived across the street.
But for Mary Ellen Rooney, a 32-year-old widow raising four children, the threat did not come from the battlefield —
it lived across the street.
Stalked by Her Brother-in-Law: The Christmas Murder That Shook Post-War Britain | Liverpool, 1918 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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December 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/stalke... December 1918, soldiers returned to broken households, and thousands of war widows tried to rebuild lives reshaped by loss.
But for Mary Ellen Rooney, a 32-year-old widow raising four children, the threat did not come from the battlefield —
it lived across the street.
But for Mary Ellen Rooney, a 32-year-old widow raising four children, the threat did not come from the battlefield —
it lived across the street.
www.patreon.com/posts/whitel... In January 1907, William Whiteley — London’s famous “Universal Provider” and the man who transformed British shopping — was shot dead inside his own department store.
The killer? A well-dressed young man who calmly announced he was Whiteley’s illegitimate son.
The killer? A well-dressed young man who calmly announced he was Whiteley’s illegitimate son.
The Whiteley Murder | Greed, Power, and a Crime That Shocked Edwardian Britain | News of the Times Historical Crime
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December 21, 2025 at 6:32 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/whitel... In January 1907, William Whiteley — London’s famous “Universal Provider” and the man who transformed British shopping — was shot dead inside his own department store.
The killer? A well-dressed young man who calmly announced he was Whiteley’s illegitimate son.
The killer? A well-dressed young man who calmly announced he was Whiteley’s illegitimate son.
www.patreon.com/posts/wardro... 1889 Bury True story of George Gordon, a respected young businessman who vanished after a mid-week meeting — and the extraordinary investigation that exposed deception, forged letters, a fake customer, and a chilling attempt to conceal a body in plain sight.
The Wardrobe Murder: The Grim Discovery in 1889 Bury | News of the Times Historical Crime
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December 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/wardro... 1889 Bury True story of George Gordon, a respected young businessman who vanished after a mid-week meeting — and the extraordinary investigation that exposed deception, forged letters, a fake customer, and a chilling attempt to conceal a body in plain sight.
www.patreon.com/posts/clergy... October 1871, Rev John Selby Watson calmly told his servant that his wife had “gone out of town.” What followed was one of the most chilling domestic murders of the Victorian era:
The Clergyman Who Hid His Wife’s Murder: The Shocking Case of Rev. John Selby Watson (1871) | News of the Times Historical Crime
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December 14, 2025 at 6:22 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/clergy... October 1871, Rev John Selby Watson calmly told his servant that his wife had “gone out of town.” What followed was one of the most chilling domestic murders of the Victorian era:
www.patreon.com/posts/two-ki... December 1911, Strangeways Gaol Manchester. Two different men walked the same final corridor — strangers in life, now bound together by the narrow platform of a double scaffold. One was a jealous, violent husband; the other a quiet young labourer
Two Killers, One Scaffold: The December Double Hanging of 1911 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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December 11, 2025 at 6:52 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/two-ki... December 1911, Strangeways Gaol Manchester. Two different men walked the same final corridor — strangers in life, now bound together by the narrow platform of a double scaffold. One was a jealous, violent husband; the other a quiet young labourer
www.patreon.com/posts/ivy-in... The Ivy Inn Murder (1891) — a shocking Victorian crime in which a trusted 16-year-old servant was killed in broad daylight… and her killer vanished into the hills of Huddersfield.
The Ivy Inn Murder: A Single Wound and a Vanishing Killer | True Crime 1891 | News of the Times Historical Crime
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December 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/ivy-in... The Ivy Inn Murder (1891) — a shocking Victorian crime in which a trusted 16-year-old servant was killed in broad daylight… and her killer vanished into the hills of Huddersfield.