During the autumn of 1950, residents within the sleepy village of Ewood Bridge were shocked to have learnt of the […]
Two brothers – One Ripper
More than a century after his death, the ghost of James Maybrick would rise from his grave in an explosion […]
The Disturbing Case of Betty Scott (1882)
Shortly after three o’clock on the morning of Tuesday, 3rd January 1882, a murder so savage in nature occurred at […]
‘Nearer, My God, To Thee’ : A Wallace Hartley Tribute (1912)
When the Titanic finally lost its battle with the North Atlantic sea and disappeared into the abyss below the waves, […]
The Callous Murder of Elizabeth Walsh (1904)
On the morning of Friday, 2nd December 1904, the people of Burnley, would be shocked to their very core when […]
The Morecambe Bay Tragedy (1894)
On the morning of Monday, 3rd September, 1894 – 34 passengers made their way onto a sail-powered boat that would, […]
The Brutal Attack on Thomas Oxford (1889)
When 16 year old, Thomas Oxford, began loading his cart with milk churns, he could never have envisioned the events […]
The Strange Case of James Walker (1889)
The walk from Smiths Place Farm, that was situated just on the outskirts of the small village of Huncoat, to […]
The Bizarre Death of Alice Nuttall (1856)
Huncoat is a small village situated in Lancashire in the North West of England and is located towards the east […]
Lost Innocence – The Shocking True Story of William Willan and Peter Kennedy (1892)
For at least twenty years, youth gangs had become a prominent and menacing way of life within parts of Manchester […]