Love, Jealousy, and MurderNews of the Times Episode 361 | 1884 In todays episode it is 1884. Mr and Mrs Gibbons have, with tremendous hard work, built their lives up from common labourer and factory girl, to owning their own business employing 12 people

The Shocking Case of Miss MacleanNews of the Times Episode 360 | 1880 Evil manifests itself in many ways, but this case from 1880 utterly shocked everyone at the time. With echoes of the Staunton and Seddon cases, young, vulnerable and possessing some ph

The Mysterious Case of Sarah DuckettNews of the Times Episode 359 | 1881 March 1874 in the quiet village of Stretton Church. Sarah Duckett arrives back to her home town by train with two, broken and dilapidated boxes. And then she just vanishes.Septembe

The Many Crimes of Marcel Petiot - Serial KillerNews of the Times Episode 358 | 1946It is 1944 France, and a house in a better quarter of Paris has been chugging out a black acrid smoke with a terrible stench for days.Finally, neighbours go to the door to

The Mystery of Room 144News of the Times Episode 357 | 18851885 St Louis Missouri.An Englishman arrives at a higher-class hotel in St Louis awaiting his English friend who has a number of business appointments around America and Canada. The two, who had

The Infamouse Rutherford Case - Scotland Yard CasebookNews of the Times Episode 355 | 1919In 1919, England was shocked by the murder of a Major by a good friend, a Lieutenant Colonel. The major was such a good friend, he was godfather to his murderer’s y

Victorian Strychnine StoriesNews of the Times Episode 355 | 1875As methods of murder go, strychnine is particularly painful.Today we look at two poisoning by strychnine cases from 1875. Both used this method to poison their victim, and both had beyond th

The Victorian Borgia- Lydia Sherman, Serial KillerNews of the Times Episode 353 | 1872In todays episode it is 1872 New haven Connecticut, and concerns have been raised from the neighbours regarding the tragic quick death of Lydias third husband. The bo

The German Brinvillier - Anna Margaretha ZwanzigerNews of the Times Episode 352 | 1810In todays episode it is 1810 Germany and a woman, described as 50 years old and ugly, but with a helpful and sweet nature is leaving a trail of death wherever she goes.

Tales of Toxicity: The Chronicles of Two French PoisonersNews of the Times Episode 351 | 1921 & 1930We are in France looking at two cases from 1921 and 1930. Both cases, when we started ot investigate them were rather shocking, even by us hardened cr