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Category Archives: Crime & criminals

Home / Archive Category: Crime & criminals

Elizabeth Brownrigg

Jan 27, 2023Eric CorbettCrime & criminals

18th-century murderer who tortured one of her young domestic servants to death.

Vatersay Raiders

Sep 6, 2022Georgie DarcyCrime & criminalsNot on Wikipedia

Ten Scottish cottars who were imprisoned in 1908 after illegally setting up homes on the small Hebridean island of Vatersay.

Newgate calendar

Jan 2, 2022Eric CorbettCrime & criminals, Crime storiesBetter than Wikipedia

Genre of publications chronicling the crimes and punishments of notorious criminals.

Catherine Murphy (counterfeiter)

Oct 1, 2021Eric CorbettCapital punishment, Crime & criminals

The last woman in England to have been sentenced to be burnt at the stake.

Walthamstow Chase

Apr 25, 2021Eric CorbettCrime & criminalsRedirect

Redirected to Tottenham Outrage.

Tottenham Outrage

Apr 25, 2021Eric CorbettCrime & criminals

Armed robbery in Tottenham, North London on 23 January 1909.

Henry Goodcole

Dec 5, 2020Eric CorbettCrime & criminalsNot on Wikipedia

Chaplain of Newgate Prison and author of criminal biographies, the most important of which is that of Elizabeth Sawyer.

Coterel Gang

Nov 22, 2020Eric CorbettCrime & criminals

14th-century armed group that flourished in the North Midlands of England, led by James Coterel.

Great Gold Robbery

Sep 8, 2020Eric CorbettCrime & criminals

The Great Gold robbery of 1855 occurred when a routine shipment of gold bullion and coins was stolen from a train in transit between London Bridge and Folkestone, on its way to Paris.

Yorkshire witch

Aug 24, 2020Eric CorbettCrime & criminals, Hoaxes & fraudsRedirect

Redirected to Mary Bateman.

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