The Victorian Murder Case of Wormwood Scrubs
News of the Times Episode 411 | 1893
In today’s episode it is 1893, London. Victorian England still remembers the ripper as the police divisions as a whole attempt to recover from the disastrous reputation garnered from the recognised botched handling of those gruesome murders.
One evening, outside one of London’s prison walls, in a wasteland called “the Scrubs”, the body of a young woman is found. Her head has been literally bashed in on one side with fragments of skull dotting the ground and splintered into her head. Her throat has marks upon them as if having been stomped upon by a boot.
Her time of death is easily established as the ground under her is dry whereas it had rained late in the evening. Questions are asked as to the whereabouts of the constable who was supposed to be patrolling that area around the time of the murder.
This case exploded across the papers making many a national paper headline. The shock of a potential constable murderer, who was murdering on his actual police rounds, was both shocking and controversial. The viciousness of the attack upon the young woman further increased the salacious nature of the crime.
We take a look at the background, the crime and the capture.
For those who like the creepy, take a look at this week’s further particulars story. We are quite certain it must have taken years for her to sleep with the lights off….
Hosted by Robin Coles.

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EPISODE
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1906: SYC Camberley Outrage | EP362
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1913: The Case of the Discovered Teeth | EP364
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1816 & 1898: Deadly Relations: Shocking In-Law Murders | EP365
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1908: SYC The luard case mystery - syc kindle page 93 | EP366
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1844: Murder of Sarah McFarlane | EP367
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1889: The Mystery of the Hansom Cab Murder | EP368
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The Worst Woman on Earth - Serial Killer Lizzie Halliday
News of the Times Episode 410 | 1879 - 1893
In 1893, one woman was given the unique appellation, locally and in the international papers, of “worst woman on earth”. In some papers she was referred to as the “Jack the Ripper in female form” or “Jill the Ripper”.
Sadly, Lizzie Halliday, clearly suffering from severe mental health issues, was not placed consistently into care until a multitude of people had been murdered by her. Even within the mental institute she was sentenced to, her killing spree continued.
We look at this notorious and sad case that transfixed the paper around the world.
For those who like the unusual, toady’s further particulars segment looks at a skeleton found in an abandoned insane asylum….creepy.
Hosted by Robin Coles.

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EPISODE
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1860: The Sinister Schoolmaster | EP314
https://youtu.be/p27_HuNNZEs
1870-1871: Stories of in-law Issues | EP319
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1844 & 1878: Stories of Jealous and Jilted | EP323
https://youtu.be/Q5fjRDO-olY
1831 & 1835: Killing to Catch a Husband | EP328
https://youtu.be/s1OjZVdEfgw
1894: The Achill Atrocity | EP332
https://youtu.be/ZcMB4HjtmkY
1843: Evil Allan Mair | EP336
https://youtu.be/Q7wIB8y2mhQ
1912: The Reverend and the Sunday School Teacher | EP341
https://youtu.be/dJDnwXjKgxE
1881 & 1897 & 1905: Till Death Do Us Part – Wedding Day Murders | EP345
https://youtu.be/9Dq3D_iDvDc
1929 - 1930: Astounding American Tales Of Crime | EP349
https://youtu.be/9mfl9ZJWvY4

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Monsters of London - Discover London's Sinister Side
News of the Times Episode 409 | 1790 - 1834
In today’s episode we look at three cases from London crime history where the perpetrator was labelled a “monster” by the press and public.
Our first case from 1790 was infamous in its day and remembered for decades. Women, usually attractively dressed, were being randomly attacked, often in daylight whilst walking in better parts of London.
The stab wounds were often aimed at the buttocks and thighs.
Our second case from hackney in 1804 involves an exhibitionist, dubbed the Hackney monster, who lurks in the shadows by the well in the church, waiting for women or young girls to come to draw water, and jumping out and exposing himself.
Our last case from 1834 in some respects remains mysterious. A couple with four children are seen to have a pleasant evening when the 15 year old maid departs. In the morning, with no answer at the door over several hours, the residence is broken into only to find a scene of absolute horror. The house is locked tight from the inside.
Three London Monsters during Georgian times is toady’s episode.
For those who enjoy the peculiar, we take a look at a different type of monster to rival big foot and known to the American Indians at the time, spotted and described by the cavalry around 1794!
Hosted by Robin Coles.

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EPISODE
If you like this, here are links to some other recommended videos:
1761: Terrible Theodore Gardelle | Ep208
https://youtu.be/4QimKDghDmM
1872: The Bermondsey Tragedy | Ep212
https://youtu.be/R5Xo4gsu4Ig
: Scotland Yard Casebook: Murder at Road Hill House | Ep233
https://youtu.be/a3OzNyvkJMk
1894: The Gildart Street Tragedy | Ep237
https://youtu.be/Ygti6rL5djA
1905: Mother-in-law Murder in Armagh | Ep241
https://youtu.be/u6lGzL4ZmDM
1894: Evil Abbe Bruneau | Ep245
https://youtu.be/tRovV6bJx2U
1807: Terrible Thomas Simmons | Ep249
https://youtu.be/So5pZH7EIlw

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Murderous Butcher Bichel - The Butcher and the Ripper
News of the Times Episode 408 | 1808 & 1888
1888 London, and all of England is highly disturbed by the horrendous slashings taking place in Whitechapel which are both horrific and seemingly motiveless.
Investigative reporters, scientists and historians come out to see if a precedent can be found that may help explain the mind of the killer haunting the streets of Whitechapel.
From here, the story of Andreas Bichel comes to the forefront from 80 years before.
Quiet, married and unassuming, girls who vast Bichel have a habit of disappearing again and again.
Finally, with the last disappearance, the missing girl’s sisters notice that pieces of her clothing have been given to the tailors to be remade at the orders of Mr Bichel.
Police are called in.
Articles of clothing are found, but no bodies of the multiple missing girls until one of the policemen notices that the dog seems both excited and disturbed around the wood pile.
This fascinating case was referred to again and again in the 1888 papers of the time. We take a look at the infamous Bichel case – the background, the crimes and the conclusion.

For those who like the odd, we have an additional case under our further particulars segment at the end of the episode. It takes place around the same time as the Bichel case. And like that case, it has a follow up some 80+ years later…

Hosted by Robin Coles.

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EPISODE
If you like this, here are links to some other recommended videos:
1844 - 1864: Murderous Stories from Cheshire | Ep190
https://youtu.be/1w19W1S3w1I
1825 & 1895: Scandal and Murder Stories from the Stage | Ep194
https://youtu.be/nzJ34cW2GLs
1851 & 1920: Murderous Stories from Suffolk | Ep198
https://youtu.be/7Gjgcka5pzQ
1882: Scandal and Murder on Merseyside | Ep206
https://youtu.be/QmSsd1et-iI
1873: The Holywood Murders of Ireland | Ep226
https://youtu.be/LCkARM2Yr5w
1905: A Grisly Murder in Nottingham | Ep231
https://youtu.be/

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The Blazing Car Murder
News of the Times Episode 407 | 1930
In today’s episode it is 1930 and one case is leading in all the national papers for weeks.
A car is found in full blaze. People are horrified to discover that a human body is found within the blaze. The horror deepens as it is found that the person within the car was alive whilst being incinerated.
Thankfully, the car license plate is not touched and the car is able to be traced to a man who has been missing from his home for some days.
But, things become more complex when the owner of the car is found alive and well, visiting one of his many mistresses. What then unfolds becomes more complex as the car owner’s quite sordid private life, referred to by himself as his expensive harem, is revealed.
This case was notorious in its day, both with the public and from a legal standpoint.
We take a look at the background, the crime and the conclusion of the blazing car murder.
For those who like the unusual, our further particulars segment at the end of the video looks at a case in Miami, of a similar nature, but involving a cursed haunted schooner.
Hosted by Robin Coles.

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EPISODE
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1887: The Chocolate Cream Killer | Ep56
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1813 - 1885: A Collection of Botched Executions | Ep77
https://youtu.be/h0qDK09zCKc
1881: The Brighton Railway Murderer - Percy Lefroy Mapleton | Ep81
https://youtu.be/J8_1oQu70LM
1830's-1910's: Stories From Penny Dreadfuls | Ep86
https://youtu.be/sW_VLuR044s
1667 - 1935: Stories of Being Buried Alive | Ep91
https://youtu.be/nUGkHExcR84
1927-1934: Trunk Murder Tales | Ep96
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News of the Times Episode 406 | 1896 & 1903
In today’s episode, we explore the case of Henry Starr, convicted of one brutal murder, but suspected of two.
In 1896, Henry Starr has been paying his attention to young attractive Eleanor Coulthard. The parents become increasingly concerned over this entanglement and send her away, but Henry follows. On an evening out, witnessed by several, Eleanor is found the next morning floating in the river. Coincidentally, Henry was seen late the prior evening completely wet up to his waist.
Some seven years later, Henry is now married after a whirlwind romance and a baby on the way. Their happiness lasts a few short weeks, before the fights begin regarding finances and Henry’s drinking. Lying in wait, Mary, his wife, is brutally attacked with some wounds being so large that the coroner can put his fist on them. The horrific nature of her wounds earned him the moniker “the Blackpool Ripper”,
We take a look at the background, the crimes and the capture of the infamous Starr murders.
Hosted by Robin Coles.

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EPISODE
If you like this, here are links to some other recommended videos:
1907: The Scandalous Murder of William Whiteley | Ep229
https://youtu.be/S8eDL6ovkCo
: Scotland Yard Casebook: Murder at Road Hill House | Ep233
https://youtu.be/a3OzNyvkJMk
1894: The Gildart Street Tragedy | Ep237
https://youtu.be/Ygti6rL5djA
1905: Mother-in-law Murder in Armagh | Ep241
https://youtu.be/u6lGzL4ZmDM
1894: Evil Abbe Bruneau | Ep245
https://youtu.be/tRovV6bJx2U
1807: Terrible Thomas Simmons | Ep249
https://youtu.be/So5pZH7EIlw

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The Case of Sweet Fanny Adams - Famous Victorian Murder
News of the Times Episode 405 | 1867
In today’s episode, it is 1867 Alton, near Guildford. A crime so shocking and so brutal has taken place that it is still well remembered over 100 years later.
Three small children are playing together in a field when they are approached by a man who smells of alcohol. He offers to help them to pick berries. Then, he offers two of the children money to go away and offers money to 7 ½ year old Fanny to go with him. She refuses. He picks her up and takes her away anyway.
What is found several hours later is a brutality that is extreme by any standard. There are over 20 body parts found pieced together in a jigsaw fashion, disembowelment, and the eyes of her head had been gouged out and thrown in the river for the fish.
This famous crime permeated the country in a way that only the ripper would do some 20 years later. We take a look at the background, the capture and the conclusion.
For those who like the weird, do check out our further particulars segment involving a gruesome discovery that was walled up in a house from around 1807. The house had been occupied by a religious community.
Hosted by Robin Coles.

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EPISODE
If you like this, here are links to some other recommended videos:
1900: The Mystery Woman Found Strangled on Yarmouth Beach | 139
https://youtu.be/XYMOVXWljZM
1832: Charlotte Lawson - Beating her brains out and cutting her to pieces | 128
https://youtu.be/Sp-GtG5YrUo
1830's-1910's: Stories From Penny Dreadfuls | Ep86
https://youtu.be/sW_VLuR044s
1667 - 1935: Stories of Being Buried Alive | Ep91
https://youtu.be/nUGkHExcR84

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The Horrifying Hyde Park Murder
News of the Times Episode 404 | 1915
In today’s episode, we are in the heart of London in 1915.
Local resident, Alice Elizabeth Jarman, described as weak minded and suffering a walking impediment, is found brutally murdered and cruelly left in a ditch in Hyde Park. A terrible case, but sadly not a case that is distinguishably remarkable.
Until news is released that the horrific wounds she received were made with a bayonet. There is an army barracks quite close, and she had stated that she was seeing soldiers, but the 1915 bayonets issued do not match her wounds.
And then, a bayonet is found in the sewers that do match her wounds. The bayonet that is the potential murder weapon is dated 1888. Thoughts turn to possible Ripper victim, Martha Tabram…
We take a look at this sad case from the heart of London during World War 1.
For those who like the unusual, we have a similarly themed case under our further particulars segment at the end of the episode. A missing illegitimate young girl who does not get on with her family and the findings in the garden by the new tenant 20 years later…
Hosted by Robin Coles.

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EPISODE
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1859: The Life and Trial of Dr Smethurst | Ep185
https://youtu.be/nx8jEJbqJpc
1843 & 1919: Historical Crime Enigmas1 | Ep189
https://youtu.be/CukC-nuJ9Gc
1824 - 1893: Housemaid Stories of Betrayal and Murder | Ep193 https://youtu.be/WRbJ60mjxf4
1749 & 1828: Spectral Sleuths - Ghost Quest for Justice | Ep197 https://youtu.be/X

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