Bizarre to Brutal

A man appears in court after breaking into a house - his defence is that his father told him to do it in a dream. Another man is charged with ringing a doorbell violently. And Queen Victoria is confr…

More Victorian crime and scandal. A jealous woman wreaks revenge on a man who promised to marry her but changed his mind. And another criminal goes around convincing children to steal from their pare…

Grave robbers were still very much at work in 1870, busy robbing the dead. A local community sets out to thwart them. In other news, when a monkey steals your baby, how do you get it back? A gardener…

When a police office encounters a man dressed in women’s clothes, he knows something is up and arrests the fellow. Meanwhile, a dentist tries to cover up the fact that he’s put one of his patients in…

This week in criminal Victorian England, a wife is put in an iron mask by her husband, another wife is driven insane by her husband tickling her feet, and an estranged husband is so jealous of his wi…

An actress is so annoyed with a newspaper critic that she challenges him to a duel with pistols. In another story, a man is attacked by a mob when he tries to take his sweetheart away from the clutch…

When a man’s reputation is dragged through the gutter, he seeks restitution with a duel. But has he found the right man to challenge to this duel? In another story, a thief comes to a sticky end. And…

Is “because he didn’t do his work” a reasonable excuse to shoot somebody dead? In another case - did somebody actually try to poison a tea party? A church hall full of people stampedes because they t…

How can a wedding go so wrong that the couple want the marriage annulled the very next day? The answer is one of the biggest deceptions ever to take place at the altar. Meanwhile, a fortune teller pr…

A fire in France is not the accident it at first seems, but a shocking murder involving a woman’s servants. In another case, a man who assaults a lady walking with her husband gives the strangest rea…

This week features a case that would have baffled Sherlock Holmes. A woman dies after falling on a broken basin she was carrying. A witness says she saw a police office push her. But nobody else sees…

One of the most bizarre scientific experiments ever to take place was conducted took place at an execution. And hear about the sea captain who tried to murder the people sailing his ship. Finally, a …

Listen to the incredible case of a trial for Bigamy that took place in 1867. Not only did the bride and groom know they were committing bigamy, but, it is alleged, so did the priest who was marrying …