Tag Archives: Murders

A holiday from hell for two Russian murderers!

Posted on September 17, 2018 by

I’ve been on my fair share of nightmare holidays.  Sank on the Nile, cars blown up, marooned in a live mine-field… that sort of thing but even I haven’t had quite as rough a time as Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov, … Continue reading →

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The mysterious case of Lord Lucan

Posted on June 21, 2017 by

It was one of the most mysterious disappearances in the modern era when Lord Richard John Bingham, Seventh Earl of Lucan seemingly vanished without trace.  These days he is often mentioned in the same breath as Elvis Presley being seen … Continue reading →

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Westminster Terror Attack

Posted on March 22, 2017 by

A terrorist attack has taken place in London, England near the Houses of Parliament and Westminster bridge. Several people have been injured.  At least four fatalities and 20 catastrophic injuries. Just a quick update as I have had a few … Continue reading →

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Think Donald Trump is bad, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

Posted on February 13, 2017 by

Whilst I couldn’t say that I would ever have voted Trump in a million years, I also wouldn’t have voted Hilary in a million years either.  The last few weeks have seen protests across the USA and around much of … Continue reading →

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Mary Ann Cotton – Dark Angel

Posted on October 31, 2016 by

As we reach All Hallows Eve, it has become a tradition that I write a post related to Halloween or at least, things that go bump in the night.  Last year I wrote about the apparently true events portrayed in … Continue reading →

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Dick Turpin Highwayman – Stand and Deliver

Posted on October 11, 2014 by

For millennia, travelling by land across the British Isles was a dangerous and slow business.  Most people when they could travelled by boat on rivers and along the sea-coast and later by canals. Travelling by land was a slow and … Continue reading →

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Jack The Ripper Breakthrough: Identified as Aaron Kosminski

Posted on September 7, 2014 by

It seems slightly unreal to be updating a historical blog post I wrote just a week ago on Jack The Ripper.  Jack being the legendary serial killer in Victorian London for whom police identified over 100 suspects. However, several British … Continue reading →

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From Hell: Yours truly, Jack The Ripper

Posted on August 30, 2014 by

At the end of August 1888, the district of Whitechapel in the impoverished east end of London was plunged into terror when a series of killings were perpetrated by a man that would forever be known as Jack The Ripper.  … Continue reading →

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