Moonlight, Mud, and a Very Stubborn Net
I got obsessed with a messy Victorian night fight where villagers, gamekeepers, and one very wet net all screamed for attention - and then the court did its thing.Read More 
Oxford Fired At The Queen And Looked Proper Gormless
A young man with a brace of pistols, the royal carriage, and a courtroom that decided he was daft enough to be kept out of sight.Read More 
The Bootmaker They Called Leather Apron
A humble bootmaker was painted by the press as a fiend and then politely un-arrested by a police force that loved paperwork more than patience.Read More 
How Dr Cream Made Everyone Eye Their Brew
A clever medic who liked his bottles a bit too much and left people wondering if their cuppa was safe.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 
Florence Maybrick and the Sachet
A Liverpool marriage, a dying gentleman, and an arsenic question that made everyone suddenly splendidly opinionated.Read More 
Bully Hayes and the Faro That Stole Newtons
He ran a ship where luck was sold cheap, people got cadged out of coin, and the Pacific looked the other way.Read More 
the day the river ate a summer crowd
A pleasure cruise turned into one of Victorian London's worst mass deaths and the whole city had opinions, outrage, and someone to blame - fast.Read More 
The Ledgers That Smiled and Lied
A grand provincial bank kept a grin on its balance sheet while quietly passing the hat round behind the curtains.Read More 
Madeleine Smith's Sticky Letters and a Very Bad Cup
A heiress-in-training, a French clerk, secret letters, arsenic whispers and a Glasgow jury that could not make up its mind.Read More 