William Palmer: The Doctor Who Gambled on Strychnine
A country medic with a losing streak, a neat dose of strychnine and a trial that had Victorian salons gawping like a boxing crowd.Read More 
Adam Worth: The Gentleman Who Played Everyone
He taught high society manners while borrowing a dozen names and fences who would blush; charming, brazen, reight brilliant at theft.Read More 
When a Bank Went Gambling and London Felt Sick
A respectable discount house decided long-term investing was a jolly wheeze and then the City had an almighty sulk.Read More 
Charles Keeble and the Night Snare
A moonlit meadow, a dead deer, and one desperate gardener who treated an estate like a buffet - chaos followed and the courts loved it.Read More 
Mary Ward and the Tin of Treacle Sweets
She treated a counter like an open larder, a bairn helped, and Hull courts decided she was a very poor planner indeed.Read More 
When Pittsburgh Made The Trains Sit Down And Sulk
July 1877 had men who preferred wrecking boilers to paltry wages and the town answered with muskets and mayhem.Read More 
William Bury: The Idiot Who Murdered His Wife
A shabby Dundee room, a man with a violent temper and a verdict that ended him on the scaffold.Read More 
Featherstone Massacre: How A Quiet Pit Turned Ugly
A Yorkshire pit meeting, a nervous sergeant, and a town left furious after soldiers opened fire on striking miners.Read More 
Dolly's Brae: A Parade That Lost Its Mind
On July 12 1849 a Twelfth march into a narrow glen turned into a bloody scrap that left County Down counting the cost.Read More 
Dic Penderyn Hanged After Iron Ruckus
An 1831 workers' uprising got brutal, a man called Dic took the fall, and the town pretended justice had been done.Read More 