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News of the Times - Unlocking the vaults of historical crime

Welcome to News of the Times!Step into the shadowed alleyways and gaslit parlours of the 18th and 19th centuries with News of the Times — a meticulously curated journey through historical crime. Each episode draws from authentic reports and court records, bringing you the darkly fascinating tales that gripped Georgian, Victorian, and Edwardian Britain.With over 500 episodes and counting, we explore true accounts of mischief, murder, and mayhem from days gone by — all delivered with a wry nod and a

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01:03:17

The Office Murder That Shocked Edwardian Britain —...

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2026/01/09

The Office Murder That Shocked Edwardian Britain — And the Detective Who Died Investigating It | True Crime 1911News of the Times | Episode 602 | 1911On a quiet September afternoon in 1911, a respected Hastings building society manager sat down to continue his paperwork. Minutes later, gunshots echoed through the office — and one of the town’s most trusted citizens lay dying on the floor. What followed was one of the most baffling cases in Edwardian true crime history: a double tragedy involving

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00:44:12

The Last Aristocrat Hanged: The Shocking Case of Earl...

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2026/01/07

What happens when privilege, violence, and the full weight of Georgian justice collide?In today’s episode, we uncover one of the most extraordinary moments in British criminal history: the 1760 execution of Laurence, Earl Ferrers — the last aristocrat ever hanged at TyburnThis astonishing case has everything that captivates lovers of historical true crime:• a nobleman whose violent temper shook his household,• a murder that shocked Georgian society,• a sensational trial before the House of Lords,

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00:49:15

Catherine Wilson: Britain’s Female Borgia — The Last...

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2026/01/05

Catherine Wilson: Britain’s Female Borgia — The Last Woman Publicly Hanged in LondonNews of the Times | Episode 600 | 1862A quiet lodger. A trail of unexplained deaths. And the last woman ever publicly hanged in London.In this episode, we investigate Catherine Wilson — the Victorian poisoner newspapers called “Britain’s Female Borgia.” Her story begins with a near-fatal “soothing draught” in a Kennington sickroom and unfolds into one of the most disturbing murder investigations of the 19th

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00:57:07

The Wheelbarrow Murder: The Case That Led to...

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2026/01/02

The Wheelbarrow Murder: The Case That Led to Hereford’s Last Execution (1903)News of the Times | Episode 599 | 1903#HistoricalTrueCrime #VictorianCrime #EdwardianHistory #TrueCrimeUK #NewsOfTheTimesTonight’s episode opens our Firsts and Lasts of January series with a case that shook rural Herefordshire — and ended with the final execution ever carried out at Hereford Gaol.In July 1903, a quiet quarry near Aymestrey became the scene of one of the most unsettling crimes in Edwardian England. A

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00:53:49

The Arsenic Exhumation: How Mary Bailey’s Body...

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2025/12/31

The Arsenic Exhumation: How Mary Bailey’s Body Exposed a Killer | True Crime 1863News of the Times | Episode 598 1863In 1863, a quiet Stockport household became the centre of one of Victorian Britain’s most chilling poisoning investigations.When Mary Bailey died after days of violent sickness, her daughter insisted it was illness… but a newly taken life-insurance policy, two purchases of arsenic, and growing neighbourhood whispers told a very different story.What followed was extraordinary:a rare

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The Workhouse Path Murder — South Wales, 1902 | A...

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2025/12/29

The Workhouse Path Murder — South Wales, 1902 | A Fatal December EveningNews of the Times | Episode 597 | 1902Southeast Wales, 1902.A woman runs bleeding down a narrow workhouse path, four children behind her screaming “Murder!” into the cold December air.Moments earlier, she was walking with the man who had vowed she would never have another home.Today we uncover one of the most chilling and deeply human domestic murder cases of Edwardian South Wales — a tragedy witnessed entirely by children,

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37:02

Stalked by Her Brother-in-Law: The Christmas Murder...

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2025/12/26

Stalked by Her Brother-in-Law: The Christmas Murder That Shook Post-War Britain | Liverpool, 1918News of the Times | Episode 595 |1918As Britain celebrated the end of the Great War, one young Liverpool widow was facing a danger far closer to home.This week, we step into December 1918, a moment when church bells rang for peace, soldiers returned to broken households, and thousands of war widows tried to rebuild lives reshaped by loss.But for Mary Ellen Rooney, a 32-year-old widow raising four

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46:03

Murder on the Winter Road: A Christmas Killing in...

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2025/12/24

Murder on the Winter Road: A Christmas Killing in Ballinrobe | True Crime 1880News of the Times | Episode 594 | 1880A Christmas walk home… a dark boreen outside Ballinrobe… and two figures lying in wait.Tonight we return to County Mayo, Ireland, 1880, for a chilling winter murder that stunned a rural community and left questions hanging over the snow-covered road for generations.This is the story of Peter Mullen, a small farmer whose final journey took him through family quarrels, a mysterious

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47:17

THE WHITELEY MURDER (1907) — The Crime That Shook...

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2025/12/22

THE WHITELEY MURDER (1907) — The Crime That Shook Edwardian BritainNews of the Times | Episode 593 | 1907In January 1907, William Whiteley — London’s famous “Universal Provider” and the man who transformed British shopping — was shot dead inside his own department store.The killer? A well-dressed young man who calmly announced he was Whiteley’s illegitimate son.What followed was one of the most sensational murder trials of the Edwardian age: a story of hidden relationships, vast wealth,

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The Wardrobe Murder: The Grim Discovery in 1889 Bury

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2025/12/19

The Wardrobe Murder: The Grim Discovery in 1889 BuryNews of the Times | Episode 592| 1889A missing businessman. A manager with too many stories. A wardrobe that no one was meant to open.In 1889 Bury, Lancashire, a routine visit to a bustling Bolton Street furniture shop ended in one of the most shocking Victorian murder discoveries ever recorded. Behind drawn blinds, shifted furniture, and a locked cupboard with a missing key, police found a scene that stunned even seasoned detectives.This is the

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48:38

The Christmas Execution No One Tried to Stop | True...

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2025/12/17

The Christmas Execution No One Tried to Stop | True Crime 1898News of the Times | Episode 591 | 1898In today’s episode, we travel to Bugsworth, Derbyshire, where the brutal murder of Hannah Cotton shocked Victorian reporters… but what stunned them even more was this:When her husband John Cotton was sentenced to hang — just four days before Christmas — no one asked for clemency.No neighbours.No friends.No anti-capital-punishment campaigners.Not even the canal community who had known him for

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57:18

The Clergyman Who Hid His Wife’s Murder: The Shocking...

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2025/12/15

The Clergyman Who Hid His Wife’s Murder: The Shocking Case of Rev. Selby Watson | True Crime 1871News of the Times | Episode 590 |1871 London 1871A quiet Stockwell street.A respected clergyman.A locked room… and a truth no one wished to imagine.In October 1871, Reverend John Selby Watson — scholar, headmaster, and a man thought incapable of violence — calmly told his servant that his wife had “gone out of town.” What followed was one of the most chilling domestic murders of the Victorian era: a

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63:48

Two Killers, One Scaffold: The December Double...

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2025/12/12

Two Killers, One Scaffold: The December Double Hanging of 1911News of the Times | Episode 589 | 1911On a cold December morning in 1911, the bell at Strangeways Gaol tolled across Manchester.Inside, two very different men walked the same final corridor — strangers in life, now bound together by the narrow platform of a double scaffold. One was a jealous, violent husband; the other a quiet young labourer who claimed he never meant to kill. Their crimes were months apart, their tempers and histories

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67:25

The Ivy Inn Murder: A Single Wound and a Vanishing...

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2025/12/10

The Ivy Inn Murder: A Single Wound and a Vanishing Killer | True Crime 1891 News of the Times | Episode 588 | 1891 A shocking Victorian crime in which a trusted 16-year-old servant was killed in broad daylight… and her killer vanished into the hills of Huddersfield. What followed was a frantic manhunt, a wrongful arrest, mass public hysteria, and finally, a confession overheard in a prison infirmary.This episode unravels the full story — from the moment Catherine Dennis was found on the landing, to

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56:28

The Essex Poisoner: Mary May & the Five-Year Hunt for...

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2025/12/08

The Essex Poisoner: Mary May & the Five-Year Hunt for Britain’s Husband KillersNews of the Times | Episode 587 | 1848One quiet Essex village. One determined woman. And a trail of death so shocking it forced Victorian police to investigate an entire county.Today we uncover the chilling case of Mary May, the Essex wife whose actions in 1848 sparked Britain’s first major hunt for domestic poisoners. What began as a single suspicious death soon expanded into rumours of a murder ring, burial-club

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71:03

The Sheffield Poisoning Case – The Artist, the...

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2025/12/05

The Sheffield Poisoning Case – The Artist, the Housekeeper and the Fatal Fowl (1881)News of the Times | Episode 586 |1881A quiet December dinner in Victorian Sheffield ends in horror — and a respected artist whispers his final words: “I am poisoned.”In today’s investigation, we unravel the 1881 case of Thomas Skinner, a brilliant Sheffield craftsman and etcher whose sudden collapse after a simple meal of fowl and onion stuffing sparked one of the most controversial poisoning mysteries of the

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32:23

The Abergavenny Christmas Massacre (1175) — The True...

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2025/12/03

The Abergavenny Christmas Massacre (1175) — The True Story Behind a Medieval BetrayalNews of the Times | Episode 585 | 1175Step into the frozen winter of 1175, when a Christmas peace gathering at Abergavenny Castle turned into one of the most shocking betrayals in medieval Britain.This is the real story behind a massacre so infamous that historians believe it helped inspire Game of Thrones’ Red Wedding.In this episode, we uncover:• William de Braose, the marcher lord with a score to settle• Seisyll

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38:27

The Wife Killer of Watchfield: The Brutal Case of...

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2025/12/01

The Wife Killer of Watchfield: The Brutal Case of John Carter (1893)News of the Times | Episode 584 | 1893In 1893, the quiet Berkshire hamlet of Watchfield discovered a horror hiding in plain sight.Rhoda Carter — a young wife with no reason to run — vanished overnight. Her husband, John Carter, insisted she’d gone to tend her pregnant sister. But every part of his story began to crumble.A locked washhouse.A fire burning far too hot for a July night.A nine-year-old boy woken by thuds, cries, and

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61:13

The Kidsgrove Tragedy: Murder, Madness, and the Man...

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2025/11/29

The Kidsgrove Tragedy: Murder, Madness & the Vanished Mind | Staffordshire, 1911News of the Times | Episode 582 |1911 In October 1911, the quiet mining town of Kidsgrove was shaken to its core.Inside a secluded villa, three people — a widow, her four-year-old daughter, and their 16-year-old servant — were found brutally murdered. No forced entry. No screams. Just silence… until an eight-year-old child came running for help.The prime suspect? Karl Kramer — a German labourer with a forged

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53:55

Yarmouth’s Darkest Day Since the Plague | The 1845...

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2025/11/26

Yarmouth’s Darkest Day Since the Plague | The 1845 Bridge Disaster News of the Times | Episode 581 | 1845What began as a light-hearted Victorian spectacle — a clown in a tub drawn by four geese — became one of the worst civilian disasters in British history.In 1845, hundreds gathered on Great Yarmouth’s suspension bridge to witness a novelty act. Within minutes, the bridge collapsed, sending a crowd — mostly women and children — plunging into the River Bure. Nearly 100 people lost their lives in a

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