As the sound of the slow moving waters in the near distance began to reemerge,… Read the postThe Bizarre Case of Richard Massey (1926) | Padiham
Alfred Parker was a man of routine and on the morning of Wednesday, 9th August… Read the postTHE DOWNFALL OF JOHN USHER (1905) | Haslingden
Situated between the town of Bury and the village of Norden lies the small hamlet… Read the postTHE DOUBLE MURDER AT MARR CROFTS (1825) | Birtle
On the evening of Tuesday, 12th July 1910, Margaret Taylor, proprietor of number 29 Back… Read the postWHEN THE CRYING STOPS : THE SAD TALE OF SARAH HANNAH BARNES (1910) | Haslingden
Towards the latter end of the Victorian era, most people were beginning to benefit from… Read the postTHE SHOCKING NEGLECT OF ELLEN O’ TOOLE (1900) | Padiham
Today’s story has been recommended to me by Eddie Beetham, a direct descendant of Miss… Read the postTHE TRAGIC DEMISE OF ALICE BEETHAM (1912) | Blackburn
97 years ago, the residents of Burnley were shocked to the core after one of… Read the postTHE BURNLEY TRAM ACCIDENT (1923) | Burnley
Just before 6.30am on Sunday, 29th September 1895, the residents of Shakespeare Street in Padiham… Read the postTHE UNHINGED MIND OF WILLIAM MARSDEN (1895) | Padiham
Accrington during the mid-to-late 1800’s had managed to find itself immune from murder whilst all… Read the postTHE MELANCHOLY OF ALICE ANN FARRAR (1894) | Accrington
