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 
The Smithfield Wallets Caper That Made Gentlemen Sulk
A baffling little ring stole purses among prize cattle, and the courts had to tidy the mess with surprising decorum.Read More 
John Beall Tried to Torch Union Steamers and It Got Very Real
A Confederate who cooked up incendiary plots against Union river steamers, tried by military courts and hanged in 1865 - chaotic, morally messy, and oddly theatrical.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 Donnybrook Lost Its Licence And Its Temper
A centuries old Dublin fair that loved a fight, until the town politely told it to leave the premises.Read More 
how john shaw dug up trouble and tried to sell it
This is the weird little true story of a man who dug up a grave, sold the corpse to surgeons, and then acted like the whole thing was a perfectly normal hustle - chaotic and grim and kinda fascinating, fam.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 
Mary Pearcey and the Sick Little House
A woman, a visitor, a dead child and a trial that made polite London feel proper uneasy.Read More 
mary surratt boardinghouse chaos
I am weirdly amped by how a Washington parlour became the plot twist of an entire nation.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
