Captain Moonlite: The Man Who Borrowed Boots And Lost His Head
He adopted an officer's swagger, a string of aliases and a dreadfully theatrical fate that left policemen cross and townsfolk whispering over their tea.Read More 
Mary Baker's Royal Blag
A servant walks into a country house, claims to be a lost princess, and the polite people decide it's perfectly normal until someone remembers a ginnel in Bristol.Read More 
Frederick Deeming and the Many Names
An English conman who kept changing his name, married under false pretences, and ended up hung in Melbourne while everyone pretended it was tidy and simple.Read More 
John Thom's Sir William Farce
A wandering charlatan called himself Sir William Courtenay, gathered the poor, and died leading a tiny, very tragic revolt in Bossenden Wood.Read More 
The Solicitor Who Signed Other Lives
This is the wild true thing about a Victorian lawyer who swapped names like cufflinks and got everyone fooled - and classy about it, lowkey.Read More 
Stella, Fanny and the Old Bailey Circus
London loved their larks until the law rolled in and the whole town sipped tea and watched the spectacle.Read More 
Adolph Beck and the Extraordinary Case of the Wrong Man
A tale of mistaken faces, borrowed names and a law that finally had to tidy up its paperwork.Read More 
The Man Who Said He Was Sir Roger (and Everyone Lost Their Minds)
This is the wild true saga of Arthur Orton claiming a vanished heir, a courtroom that turned into a circus, and the public who absolutely ate the drama.Read More 