Franz Muller and the Night-Carriage Murder
A lone stranger, a strangled banker, and a press corps that could not behave itself.Read More 
Madame Rachel and the Cream of Confidence
A Bond Street charlatan sold youth in a jar and left London society cross, chuntering and conned.Read More 
When a Gallows Refused to Do Its Duty
A Devon lodger convicted of killing his employer and an execution that collapsed into bewilderment and very English paperwork.Read More 
How a Rogue Photographer Sold People Their Dead
A Boston camera man tricked grieving clients with ghostly portraits and wound up in a very public courtroom farce.Read More 
How a Back-Alarmed Brothel Made Lords Look Very Small
An absurd little scandal in a narrow Marylebone mews where telegram clerks, aristocrats and a terrified paperboy traded secrets for sovereigns.Read More 
Melton Mayhem: Night Raiders and Ridiculous Protocols
A moonlit tangle in Leicestershire where gamekeepers, villagers and a sack of terrible paperwork made the law look faintly silly.Read More 