#Murder

Anthropodermic Bibliopegy: the macabre art of making books out of human skin

Introduction A 17th-century book on female virginity in the Wellcome Library, rebound in human skin by Dr. Ludovic Bouland around 1865....

Fire and Brimstone: The Animal Kingdom on Trial

‘The Law is an Ass’[1] Image by Lenora. One of the strangest practices that developed in the early medieval period was that of animal...

The Bitter Taste of Poison: Death by Chocolate

Chocolate is one of lives greatest pleasures or as Michael Levine put it ‘Chemically speaking, chocolate really is the world’s perfect...

The Paris Morgue – Dark Tourism in the 19th Century

Dark tourism The Paris Morgue on the Quai du Marche. Public domain via Wikimedia. Anyone familiar with David Farrier’s recent Netflix...

The deathly stoop chair of Thomas Busby

Thirsk Museum. Image source Trip Advisor. If you visit the small jewel of a museum in Thirsk you will see the rather strange sight of an...

Thomas Skelton: the murderous jester of Muncaster Castle

Evil Clowns Coulrophobia – the fear of clowns. From fictional phantoms such as Stephen King’s Pennywise to serial killer John Wayne...

The end of the affair: have the remains of Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck finally been disco

Postscript Thanks to Lenora, I have learnt that some bones have been found at Hanover Castle which are believed to be the remains of...

A Dangerous Liaison: The Murder of Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck

A Scandalous Family The Dashing Philip Christoph von Königsmarck. Residenzmuseum Celle 20160708. The Swedish Count Philip Christoph von...

Floats the Dark Shadow…Gilles de Rais collides with Belle Epoque Paris

Floats the Dark Shadow by Yves Fey Floats the Dark Shadow is sub-titled ‘A Mystery of Paris’ and that seems apt as Fey has captured the...

The Murder of Martha Ray; or the earl, his mistress and her stalker

A Bloody Scene in Covent Garden Covent Garden by Balthazar Nebot, 1737, public domain It was past 11pm on the 7th April 1779, when Mary...