Mary Ann Price and the Parlour of Illicit Trinkets
A drawing room turned into a ledger of loot, and one very jollyly incompetent fence who could not keep her receipts straight.Read More 
She Put Strychnine in Chocolates and Brighton Lost Its Mind
Brighton 1878 had candy, chaos and one very extra woman trying to win a man's attention by any toxic means necessary.Read More 
Howell's Letters and the Fine Art of Extortion
An art dealer who traded confidences for cash, forged scribbles, and made Victorian society cough up the brass with a smile.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 
how the renos pulled off a moving-bank heist and then got mobbed
They stopped the express, lifted the safe, and the whole Midwest lost its mind - this is the Reno brothers' very messy early train robbery.Read More 
The Great Exhibition That Picked London Clean
Six million visitors, iron and glass, and a thousand nimble fingers that treated pockets like confetti.Read More 
Franz Muller and the Night-Carriage Murder
A lone stranger, a strangled banker, and a press corps that could not behave itself.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 
The Poacher Who Went Too Far (and Felt Proper Stupid)
A moonlit raid on a Yorkshire moor that ended with a shot, a ginnel, and a court that loved its theatre.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 