Elizabeth Brownrigg
18th-century murderer who tortured one of her young domestic servants to death.
Vatersay Raiders
Ten Scottish cottars who were imprisoned in 1908 after illegally setting up homes on the small Hebridean island of Vatersay.
Newgate calendar
Genre of publications chronicling the crimes and punishments of notorious criminals.
Catherine Murphy (counterfeiter)
The last woman in England to have been sentenced to be burnt at the stake.
Walthamstow Chase
Redirected to Tottenham Outrage.
Tottenham Outrage
Armed robbery in Tottenham, North London on 23 January 1909.
Henry Goodcole
Chaplain of Newgate Prison and author of criminal biographies, the most important of which is that of Elizabeth Sawyer.
Coterel Gang
14th-century armed group that flourished in the North Midlands of England, led by James Coterel.
Great Gold Robbery
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
Redirected to Mary Bateman.