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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...