Tag: Great Britain

• On This Day in 1934, Ethel Lillie Major.

  

  Normally this time of year would be cause for celebration, a time of Christmas cheer and goodwill to all men. That wasn’t the case for Ethel Major who stood condemned for the murder of her husband Arthur. For her the previous couple of days had been spent sobbing and incoherent as she pondered her imminent…

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  December 19, 2019

  History, Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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• Josef Jakobs – the Last Execution At The Tower Of London.

  

  The Tower of London, nowadys a popular tourist destination. Once also a prison, defensive fortress, a crime scene (if you believe, as I do, that the ‘Princes in the Tower’ were murdered here) and also the site of a number of execution. Anne Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey (who was the shortest-reigning Queen in British history,…

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  September 7, 2014

  True Crime

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• On Crime And Conversation – Criminal Slang In Everyday Use.

  

  Crime, it’s a part of human existence. It’s in our culture, our art, our literature, our entertainment. For some of us it’s in our blood. It’s also crossed over into our language. Seemingly normal everyday phrases, the kind most people use without even thinking about their origin, can often have the darkest, most disturbing meanings.…

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  September 2, 2014

  True Crime

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• Albert Pierrepoint – Master Hangman.

  

  .Public Executioner. It’s not what you’d call an everyday profession. Unusual? Certainly. Skilled? Absolutely. Dark and scary? Well, it depends on why you fancy the job, really. But it’s certainly not the sort of work that most people would consider a life’s ambition or the family business unless you happen to be Albert Pierrepoint. Albert…

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  August 27, 2014

  True Crime

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• The Strange Case Of Leroy Henry

  

  The strange case of Leroy Henry attracts me for two reasons. One is that I like to look at the unusual. Even if posting on a widely-known and common story then I prefer one with a twist. It helps keep things interesting. Leroy Henry’s case was very interesting. Private Henry was one of the hundreds…

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  August 16, 2014

  History, Odds And Ends, Press And Politics, True Crime

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• Ronnie Biggs – Master Criminal..?

  

  Today we’ve got an unusual double anniversary involving a well-known, but curious, character, Ronnie Biggs. Biggs helped carry out the Great Train Robbery on August 8, 1963, 38 years ago today. August 8, 1963 was also his 34th birthday.. A lot of people also persist in thinking that he was some sort of master criminal…

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  August 8, 2014

  True Crime

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