The Woman in the Wych Elm

Todays throwback article is actually less throwback and more rewrite. It’s a story that you can find on pretty much any true mystery or cold […]

Lady Killers – The Black Widow Who May Have Got Away With Murder

Wherever Belle Gunness went, people had an alarming tendency to die. Children. Husbands. Suitors. Farmhands. And then, just when the authorities finally closed in… Belle herself apparently died.

Throwback Thursday – ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’

Sometimes there is no motive. No reason. Just the mundane made monstrous.

Lady Killers: The Patron Saint of Unhappy Wives.

Every Legend needs its patron saint and the story of Giulia Tofana is no exception. Over 600 men allegedly succumbed to her concoctions – but how much of her story is truth and how much is fiction? Pull up a chair….

The Man Who Was Buried Twice

There are certain graves that seem determined to tell you their story.

The Terrible Tale of Burke and Hare

Pour the last of the Christmas Bailey’s and pull up a cushion and I’ll tell you the tale of Edinburgh’s most famous resurrection men…

The Mystery of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse Keepers

The idea that they were taken by something not of this world has a certain eerie appeal, especially given the island’s reputation for being cursed…

The Murder Room .

Crime, in all its tragic reality, has been woven into our storytelling for centuries, and it continues to shape how we understand morality, justice, and the mysteries of human nature.