News of the Times Episode 41v| 1888 Whitechapel Wednesdays - Episode 2In this second episode, newspaper articles recount the attempts at discovering the identity of the unknown victim found on the landing and stabbed 39 times.  The initial suspects are re

News of the Times Episode 40v | 1767 - 1829 Employers Who TortureIn this episode we look at two cases of women executed for torturing their employees to death. The 1767 famous case of Mrs Brownrigg, and the less famous, although equally gruesome case, of

News of the Times Story 156 | 1488 - 1561Mother Shipton - England's NostradamusEngland has its own version of Nostradamus - Mother Shipton! Mother Shipton, a cunning woman of her day. In addition ro being a renowned herbalist, she was also known as

News of the Times Story 154 | 1820Catherine Wilson and her Shotgun Marriage as a Man In 1820, a 14 year old girl, with no parents or protector, takes on the clothes of her dead brother and becomes John Thompson.  From this, her life takes on strange drama

News of the Times Episode 39 | 1862Catherine Wilson - Serial Killer SaturdaysCatherine Wilson, also sometimes referred to as the female Palmer (see our episode of William Palmer), poisoned for profit - even for as comparaitively little as £9.  This episod

News of the Times Story 152v | 1787The Dangers of Living in Regency and Victorian England - Sudden ParalysisA family in 1786 are struck down one by one with great pain and loss of feeling in their limbs.  An unexpected cause is discovered. Just one exampl

News of the Times Episode 37v | 1726 - 1893Stories of When Love Goes BadWhat happens if you find you cannot divorce your wife or your husband for whatever reason? These stories recount some of the desperate measures taken.Hosted by Robin Coles. #NewsofTh

News of the Times Episode 38v | 1888Whitechapel Wednesdays - Episode 1Begin at the beginning, it has been said. From culling through the wealth of newspaper articles of Whitechapel, in this series we chronologically go through the papers of events in Whi

Murder Stories from IrelandFor our Irish listeners, or those with a bit of the Irish in them!In this episode we look at 3 crime stories from Ireland's history. The famous changling case of the murder of Bridget Cleary, Serial Killer baby farmer Mar

News of the Times 151 | 1580'sSawney Bean and his Cannibalistic Family The infamous story of Sawney Bean and his Cannabilistic Family is a ghoulish story of a remote family living on the outskirts of Galloway, Scotland.  Their estimated 25 year reign