As the sound of the slow moving waters in the near distance began to reemerge, the startled birds which had […]
THE DOWNFALL OF JOHN USHER (1905) | Haslingden
Alfred Parker was a man of routine and on the morning of Wednesday, 9th August 1905 he would begin the […]
THE DOUBLE MURDER AT MARR CROFTS (1825) | Birtle
Situated between the town of Bury and the village of Norden lies the small hamlet of Birtle, nestled away in […]
WHEN THE CRYING STOPS : THE SAD TALE OF SARAH HANNAH BARNES (1910) | Haslingden
On the evening of Tuesday, 12th July 1910, Margaret Taylor, proprietor of number 29 Back Bank Terrace, upon noticing a […]
THE SHOCKING NEGLECT OF ELLEN O’ TOOLE (1900) | Padiham
Towards the latter end of the Victorian era, most people were beginning to benefit from cheaper – imported foods, cleaner […]
THE TRAGIC DEMISE OF ALICE BEETHAM (1912) | Blackburn
Today’s story has been recommended to me by Eddie Beetham, a direct descendant of Miss Alice Beetham with whom this […]
THE BURNLEY TRAM ACCIDENT (1923) | Burnley
97 years ago, the residents of Burnley were shocked to the core after one of worst tragedies to befall them […]
THE UNHINGED MIND OF WILLIAM MARSDEN (1895) | Padiham
Just before 6.30am on Sunday, 29th September 1895, the residents of Shakespeare Street in Padiham were awoken from their early […]
THE MELANCHOLY OF ALICE ANN FARRAR (1894) | Accrington
Accrington during the mid-to-late 1800’s had managed to find itself immune from murder whilst all around them in places such […]
THE DARK HOLE CLOUGH BABY (1893) | Manchester
On Sunday, 6th August 1893, three brothers who resided in Blackley, a small suburb of Manchester that has historically been […]