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Welcome to Victorian Crime, the internet's best corner for learning about gaslit misdeeds, and soot-stained transgressions and such. We publish fresh, hand-picked tales of 19th century rogues,rascals, magsmen and murderers every day. Trying to keep it light hearted (where possible..;). Whether thou seeketh the murky secrets of the alleyway or a glimpse beneath the respectable bonnet, thou hast stumbled upon the rightward backstreet!:)
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Gatton: Three Bodies, A Paddock And A Right Muddle
They found three dead people in a Queensland paddock in 1898 and the whole place acted like it had never seen trouble before.Read More
Richard Pigott and the Forged Letters That Made Everyone Wig
A forger sold fake letters to The Times, the Parnell Commission roasted him, and the fallout ended in Madrid; TBH the whole thing is a mess I can still taste.Read More
Dudley and the Cabin Boy Who Became Dinner
A yacht sinks, three blokes get desperate, and the courts teach everyone that hunger is not a legal shield.Read More
Curtis and the Covent Garden Lift
A genteel dust-up at the opera where a rather elegant hand and a trouser-folded wallet made magistrates marvellously flummoxed.Read More