Forty Thieves: London’s legendary gang of female gangsters
In the bustling streets of London’s West End in the 1920s, a time when glamour and misery coexisted side by side, there was a remarkable group of women whose names…
Read moreIn the bustling streets of London’s West End in the 1920s, a time when glamour and misery coexisted side by side, there was a remarkable group of women whose names…
Read moreMary Ann Britland was a notorious English poisoner who, on August 9, 1886, became the first woman to be executed in the dark halls of Strangeways Prison in Manchester. This…
Read moreA fascinating and at the same time disturbing crime story tells of Antoine “Victor” Ardisson, a perverted corpse desecrator and necrophiliac. On September 21, 1901, Honore Ardisson went up to…
Read moreOn October 14, 1888, Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince made history by creating the first film ever, “Roundhay Garden Scene.” But two years later, Le Prince mysteriously disappeared while traveling…
Read moreA murder that took place over 300 years ago and still raises questions today is that of Imperial Count Christian Detlev zu Rantzau, who was assassinated on November 10, 1721,…
Read moreThe city of Leipzig was once the most important location for German publishers and book wholesalers. These were mainly located in the Graphisches Viertel (Graphic Quarter) east of the city…
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