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16th Century…

Gamaliel Ratsey (d.1605): The Man whose Life Kick-started the “True Crime” Genre

18 Mar 2020
By Stephen Basdeo Gamaliel Ratsey was born in Market Deeping, Lincolnshire, during the late sixteenth century.[1] Little is known of Ratsey’s early life; his father, Richard, and his wife had…
1950s…

Perverts in Rubber Suits

16 Oct 2019
By Stephen Basdeo Such a man begins to commit actual murder from the first moment that he begins to indulge his sadistic day dreams, from the instant that he deviates…
1950s…

Red Katy and her Customers

2 Oct 2019
By Stephen Basdeo Robert Fabian (1901–1978) began his career as a police constable in London. He rose through the ranks of the Metropolitan Police and was eventually appointed to the…
19th Century…

Review: “The 19th-Century Underworld: Crime, Controversy & Corruption” by Stephen Carver

10 May 2019
By Stephen Basdeo Everyone nowadays seems fascinated by the Victorian criminal underworld. From Ripper Street to Peaky Blinders, it seems people cannot get enough of murdered sex workers and brutal…
19th Century…

Yobs from Richmond Arrested for Stealing Football

1 Nov 20181 Nov 2018
By Stephen Basdeo Young lads have always enjoyed playing football, but sometimes their love for it can land them in trouble with the police. This is as true today as…
11th Century…

The Virgin and the Outlaw

5 Jun 2018
By Stephen Basdeo In modern popular culture, heroes often possess some supernatural powers, or at other times they are so skilled at what they do that their superiority often appears…

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