by faith | Feb 7, 2018 | Articles by Anna
We often think of the Victorians as a moralistic and upright bunch, and of the 19th century as a time when things became more civilized. After all, over the course of the century, violent sports were mostly outlawed, the Bloody Code was dismantled, and capital...
by faith | Feb 7, 2018 | Articles by Anna
Anna picks her top 5 historical fiction novels based on true crimes for Historia magazine. Why are we still so fascinated? Read All About It!...
by faith | Feb 7, 2018 | Articles by Anna
May, 1750. Children have been disappearing from the streets of Paris. A lawyer named Barbier writes in his diary: ‘For a week now people have been saying that police constables in disguise are roaming around various quarters of Paris, abducting children, boys...
by faith | Feb 7, 2018 | Articles by Anna
From the Newgate Calendar to Serial and Making a Murderer, we have long been fascinated by true crime – by what leads people to commit a terrible deeds, and by what happens to a person when, rightfully or wrongfully, they are convicted. In real life, there are often...
by faith | Feb 7, 2018 | Articles by Anna
In December 1836, a bricklayer found a torso resting in a pool of frozen blood beneath a paving stone on the Edgware Road, London. Over the next few months, the remaining body pieces were found, and in May 1837 two people were tried: James Greenacre was convicted of...
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