Abuse and Murder in 1903- June 6 2024

October 31st: Annie McCann Disappeared (2008) When you lose a loved one to something as tragic as a crime, you would do anything to get justice. Even take on an entire police force if necessary. On October 31st 2008 a young girl disappeared from home. A case that, even today, is ...  Show more

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In Victorian England, the press were never shy of calling a crime the “sensation of the century” or a murder, “the most astonishing the world had ever seen.” When the body of a young woman showed up on the beach of a popular seaside resort town, no-one would have imagined it woul ...  Show more

It's 1900, and Roland Molineux's murder trial is coming to a close. The prosecution has used some unorthodox methods to prove their case. Will their tactics secure them a conviction? Or will the defense manage to argue their way out? What happens next will create a precedent that ...  Show more

What can brutal murders reveal about society at the time they were committed? And what additional insights can we gain when those killings were committed by women? In today's Long Read, Rosalind Crone, historical consultant on the BBC series Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley, reveal ...  Show more