Ann Hinrichson was a thrifty housewife, and although she was well provided for, she decided to take a lodger while her Danish husband, a ships captain, was away at sea. The man who answered her advertisement was John Gleeson Wilson, who didnt have as much as a penny to pay for lodgings. On his second
They called him the Good Samaritan because he was well known for befriending homeless people and always had a sympathetic ear for others troubles. That made Sidney Leeson, a 75-year-old widower, vulnerable to a violent attacker. He knew it too. He wouldnt let anyone into his house in Sweetbriar Road, Leicester, unless he recognised them.
Irish loyalist magistrate Francis Fitzgerald, of Kilmallock, County Limerick, signed his own death warrant when he authorised a court order for the eviction of farmer Dennis Dillane, 60, from his farm for non-payment of rent. A few days later Dillane conspired with two hit-men, Thomas Beckham, 52, and James Walsh, 21, to kill the magistrate.
There were two men involved. They could have been long-distance travellers or lorry drivers. A witness described them as outdoor type workers and they had Cockney accents enough to cause people to remember them in Oldham They went to the Albion Hotel in Oldham High Street on the evening of SEPTEMBER 2nd, 1965, after
A 26-year-old Irishman was hanged on Tuesday, AUGUST 27th, 1861, in Chester City Prison for a crime that wasnt a capital offence. On August 6th that year a new Act became law in England, Wales and Ireland, abolishing capital punishment for all crimes except murder. The reason why Martin Doyle was hanged three weeks later
Corner shops have always been vulnerable to thieves and Alice Moran, 65 and unmarried, knew it. She went to extraordinary lengths to protect her corner shop at 248 Collyhurst Road, Collyhurst, a run-down area of inner Manchester. All the windows and doors had locks and bolts, and her bedroom was rigged to an alarm system
A murder without a motive is meaningless, as well as intriguing. If there is no motive, the police must be sure they have arrested the right man. So did Joseph Le Brun really kill his sister and wound his brother-in-law at their home in St. Helier, Jersey, on the evening of December 15th, 1874? The
Locals called the shady pathway winding between trees and bushes Cuddles Strip on account of its popularity with courting couples from the nearby Scottish city of Perth. Here, in the evening of Monday, AUGUST 12th, 1935, Daniel Kerrigan, 19, was out walking with his girlfriend, Marjory Fenwick, 17, when he was hit by a rifle
Wearing her best Sunday clothes and carrying two Bibles, Mary Ann Hall, 23, was on her way home from church when she saw the stalker. He was George Gilbert, 30, and he had been following her for several days making indecent suggestions as to improper intercourse. Mary quickened her pace, but the stalker was fired
Everyone seemed certain that Irishman Victor Boyle, 53, was responsible for the murder of Jeanette Beard, 15. The case against Boyle seemed overwhelming when Jeanettes body was found with her throat cut in an alley in Allardyce Street, Brixton, south London, on Tuesday, AUGUST 9th, 1950. His motive, witnesses claimed, was that he mistakenly believed