June 26, 2017
THE LONDON GARROTTING PANIC OF THE MID-19TH CENTURY June 24, 2015 Karl Smallwood Although crime in England’s capital was on the decline in the mid-19th century, thanks in part to the relatively recent formation of the London Metropolitan Police Force Read more…
June 19, 2017
The Golden Crown The first known use of forensics to solve a crime. In the first century BC the Roman architect Vitruvius related a story of how Archimedes uncovered a fraud in the manufacture of a Read more…
June 13, 2017
Forensic Ballistics: Who Did The Shooting? A real treat for fans of early forensics. An actual piece written by one of the early giants in the field of Forensic Ballistics. By Calvin H. Goddard (1927) In a county Read more…
June 9, 2017
For 10 years, ‘Jolly Jane’ poured her poison By Jennifer Myers, “ANGEL OF DEATH”: After her arrest in 1901, Jane Toppan admitted to 31 killings. She later said it may have over 100. The picnic along the Cape Cod Read more…
June 4, 2017
8 Unusual Deaths From the Victorian Era BY LUKE SPENCER A VIEW OF GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY CIRCA 1870S, GREEN-WOOD INSTAGRAM The Victorians found many unusual ways to meet their demise. Consider Jane Goodwin, a 22-year-old who died in Read more…
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