John Fleming and Myall Creek killings
A country massacre, a leader who vanished, and a court that chose to hang some men while others were ghosted by history - sheesh.Read More 
Peter Lalor and the Terracotta Revolt (Almost)
A furious heap of pickaxes, a hastily nailed barricade and one dashing fellow who lost an arm and gained a career-this is how a colony tried civil engineering on a whim.Read More 
Paul Bogle and the Courthouse Uproar
A grass-roots uprising in Jamaica turned into a colonial fiasco that sent governors and gentlemen into theatrical panic.Read More 
Why Neal Dow's Temperance Parade Turned Ugly
A mayor with a crusade, a suspicious cask, and a seaside crowd that decided manners could wait.Read More 
That Courthouse Full of Men and Bad Decisions
When a Louisiana ballot fight turned into a slaughter, a paramilitary led by Christopher C Nash left a town shaking and the law embarrassed.Read More 
Lambing Flat: Miners Gone Proper Mad
In 1861 Australian diggers turned on Chinese workmates and the goldfield became an ugly theatre of fists and fear.Read More 
The Orange Parade That Tore Manhattan
July 12 1871, an Orange Order march exploded into street warfare and New York learned how thin civility could be.Read More 
They Turned Trafalgar Into A Punch-Up
A demonstration in 1887 that started like a mooch and ended with policemen swinging sticks everywhere - absolute scenes, me.Read More 
Michael Barrett and the Clerkenwell Blast
A bad idea, a huge hole in a prison wall and a mob that fancied itself judge, jury and sock-washer.Read More 
Broadhead's Blasts: Sheffield's Union Men Who Meant Business
They smashed, burned and planted bombs to frighten scabs and employers, and a bloke called William Broadhead ended up at the sharp end of the law.Read More
