Category: True Crime
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House of HORROR in ACCRINGTON // Three Wounded // TRUE CRIME 1923
Journey with us as we peel back the layers of time to the fateful day of September 18th, 1923, on Victoria Street, Accrington. Here, an act so vile unfolded that its echoes still haunt the whispers of today. ➝ Join the CURIOUS CREEPER club https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1awBMK4u6luyrh3Ny9vhpg/join ➝ Please remember to SUBSCRIBE to our channel so you…
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SHOCKING Tragedy at BURNLEY! // Felo-de-se // TRUE CRIME 1911
The information used in this video was submitted to us by one of our subscribers and who is a direct descendent of CHARLES JAMES LAFFAN, whom the story is about. It’s a tragic tale that takes us back to the town of BURNLEY back in February 1911. ➝ Join the CURIOUS CREEPER club https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1awBMK4u6luyrh3Ny9vhpg/join ➝…
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MURDER IN THE WOODS! A Heywood Mystery in CRIMBLE WOODS 1911
In this video, we travel over to nearby HEYWOOD, a relatively small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It was back in September 1911 when a young couple by the names of EDITH GRIFFITHS and WALTER MARTYN went for a walk in Plumpton Woods (now known as CRIMBLE WOODS). Unfortunately, only one…
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MURDER IN THE WOODS! A Heywood Mystery in CRIMBLE WOODS / 1911
In this video, we travel over to nearby HEYWOOD, a relatively small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It was back in September 1911 when a young couple by the names of EDITH GRIFFITHS and WALTER MARTYN went for a walk in Plumpton Woods (now known as CRIMBLE WOODS). Unfortunately, only one…
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The Sad Tale of ALICE BARNES and the BLOODIED Handkerchief (1892) / Blackburn
On Tuesday, the 8th November, 1892 – 9 year old Alice Barnes had spent the early part of the day at school and returned home at around noon. After washing some dishes, she would leave home just before 1pm with her sister, Mary, to take check on some cows in the pastures within Witton Park.…
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