The Attempted Ravishing of Miss DickinsonNews of the Times Episode 286 | 18751875 London, and all of England is agog with the scandal that Colonel Valentine Baker, personal friend of Bertie, Prince of Wales, soldier within the Queen’s Guard – a highly pre

The Wheeler Family Murder CasesNews of the Times Episode 285 | 1880 & 1890Todays episode looks at two series of killings, 10 years apart, by the same family.The first murder takes place in Hertfordshire with Thomas Wheeler blowing the head off of th

Monte Carlo Trunk MurderNews of the Times Episode 284 | 1907Marseille, 1907 and the porter has noticed a terrible odour and what seems to be blood oozing from one of the trunks of Sir and Lady Goold who have only just arrived from Monte Carlo.  Insisting

The Leiden PoisonerNews of the Times Episode 282 | 1883In 1883 Netherlands, Leiden was rocked by the realisation that they had a serial killer on their hands who had been killing for years without anyone suspecting a thing.Maria van Der Linden, as the Bri

A Scottish Murder Love Triangle - Frightful FridaysNews of the Times Episode 281 | 17651765 County Forfar Scotland and 21 year old newly married Katharine Nairn, wed to 40ish bookish Thomas Ogilvie, is the topic of gossip within the household and the comm

Two Cases of Killer Catherines - Wicked WednesdaysNews of the Times Episode 280 | 1850 & 1890In todays episode we look at two cases where the killer was named Catherine.Our first case from 1840 Ireland tells a famous murder case in its day. Catherin

he Case of Mme Bessarabo - Murderous MondaysNews of the Times Episode 279 | 19211920s Paris was mesmerised by the case of Mme Bessarabo. A flamboyant and dramatic woman, she was also a well-known writer in her sphere of spiritual fiction,In July 1920,

The Village of Assassins - Serial Killer SaturdaysNews of the Times Episode 53 | 1840 It is 1929 in a small village in Hungary a village which over several years is going against the growth rate taking place in the surrounding villages. What is odder s

The Cropton Murders - Frightful FridaysNews of the Times Episode 277 | 18721872 Pickering in Yorkshire and well off farmer Joseph Wood and his middle son, also named Joseph have vanished. Josephs cousin, who coincidentally was the last person to see Jos

The Littlehampton Poison Pen Letter MysteryNews of the Times Episode 276 | 1920 - 19231920 Littlehampton Surrey residents are being bombarded by vile language, threats, and libellous comments through letters and post cards.  The centre recipient, it would