Tag: William MArwood

• William Frederick Horry – England’s first ‘long drop’ hanging.

  

  His name isn’t going to ring any bells with many readers, I know, but Horry (an otherwise unexceptional murderer) occupies a singular place in the chronicles of crime. Horry met, fell in love with and married wife (and victim) Jane in 1866 and the couple went on to run a hotel together in Burslem, Staffordshire…

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  April 22, 2021

  History, True Crime

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• I wrote a book.

  

  Originally posted on Crimescribe: ? It’s been quite some time since I last posted ere, but I have been extremely busy with paid work and earning a living. Part of that has been writing my first book. Criminal Curiosities is a collection of crooks, all with something about their crime, trial or punishment that is…

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  November 4, 2018

  History, True Crime, Uncategorized

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• Doctor George Henry Lamson, the ‘Sleight of Hand Poisoner’; Not as clever as he thought.

  

  All in all, a sorry fate for a man who'[d once shown such promise.

  CrimeScribe

  April 28, 2018

  True Crime

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• I wrote a book.

  

    It’s been quite some time since I last posted ere, but I have been extremely busy with paid work and earning a living. Part of that has been writing my first book. Criminal Curiosities is a collection of crooks, all with something about their crime, trial or punishment that is singular to them. The…

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  October 19, 2017

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