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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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36:40

Terrible Theodore Gardelle: a Dismembering Artist

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2023/11/27

Terrible Theodore Gardelle - Murderous MondaysNews of the Times Episode 53 | 1840 It is 1761 London, and Theodore Gazelle, a Swiss painter drawing inspiration from his visit to England, is slighted by his landlady’s non-appreciation of his work. Words are exchanged leading up to a violent incident.Gazelle’s actions after the event drenches a room in blood and takes workmen hired by the police to find the various body parts sprinkled around the house. Art detractors beware! A murder and

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27:08

The Inn of Death: Kill Count 50+

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2023/11/25

The Inn of Death - Serial Killer SaturdaysNews of the Times Episode 207 | 1831It is 1831 and we are in France. Travellers in the Ardeche passing the Red Inn are vanishing along their way. Neighbours complain of terrible smells being regularly emitted from the Red Inn chimney. Under breath mutterings speak of body parts being used in stews and pates.The isolated Red Inn run by the Martin family became legend as 109 witnesses attested to diabolical events surrounding visitors to the Inn and the

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28:50

Scandal and Murder on Merseyside

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2023/11/24

News of the Times Episode 206 | 1882A seemingly average Victorian family in 1882 is anything but! The scandal filled family, with the genteel façade, holds dark secrets between the various family members with behaviour from all parties that would raise eyebrows even in today’s more jaded society.The case, with its various permutations shocked the Victorian public at the time as once again, it would seem it is the poor housemaid who ends up as the victim in the volatile family dynamics. Scandalous

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31:09

The Dark Side of Lighthouses

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2023/11/22

The Dark Side of Lighthouses - Wicked WednesdaysNews of the Times Episode 205 | 1755-1933In today’s episode we look at some of the dark history surrounding lighthouses. Madness, fatal accidents, fire and poisoning are only some of the many ways to die in a lighthouse. We start with the conundrum – what to do with a dead body in a remote lighthouse? Throwing it into the sea may very well have other believe it was murder once the relief boat came. In the famous case of 1801, Thomas Howells come up

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35:36

Mr Dove and The Wizard

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2023/11/20

Mr Dove and The Wizard - Murderous MondaysNews of the Times Episode 204 | 1855In 1855, William Dove, a troubled man, is convinced that the wizard he had been seeing for some two years is authentic and can help him to improve his life. When the wizard proclaims that William’s future holds a new wife – an attractive, auburn haired beauty with money, William sees the likely prospect in his neighbourhood and gets to work. The only stumbling block – he has a current wife standing in his way.This story,

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35:50

Uncovering England's Worst Serial Killer: Jonathan Balls

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2023/11/18

Jonathan Balls : Kill Count: 22News of the Times Episode 203 | 1846Today’s episode of serial killer Saturdays reviews the case of Jonathan Balls from a small seaside village in 1846. Jonathan is not particularly liked within the small village, but he seems close with his family. Sadly though, a long list of unfortunate deaths dating back 20 years seems to blight his family in their village of no more than 300 people.As death after death occurs, pressure from the small community insist on and

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36:12

Scandal, Murder and the Duke of Cumberland

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2023/11/17

Scandal, Murder and the Duke of CumberlandNews of the Times Episode 202 | 1810 & 1833Ernest Augustus, The Duke of Cumberland, had a spectacular chequered life. In the time of King George III, The Duke of Cumberland was generally reviled by press and public, and some would say his own royal family. He had many a scandal including an alleged attack in the dead of night with a cutlas by a supposed disgruntled valet who then allegedly improbably killed himself so deeply he nearly severed his own

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38:14

Unexplained Vanishings: Accidents or Something Sinister?

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2023/11/15

The MissingNews of the Times Episode 53 | 1840 Today’s episode looks at three cases where people have gone missing.Our first case with the Reverend Speke from 1868 investigates this notorious vanishing of the good Reverend. His disappearance made national and international headlines at the time. How he is discovered is almost a twist of fate.Our second story quickly reviews the terrible missing children of West ham.Our third story takes a look at the famous case of the vanishing lighthouse keepers

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41:32

The Mysterious Murder of Georgina Moore

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2023/11/13

The Mysterious Murder of Georgie MooreMurderous MondaysNews of the Times Episode 200 | 1881This death of seven-year-old Georgie Moore in 1881, found strangled and thrown into the river some distance from her home, is tragic in its own right. But as we delve into the case, the back story of the possible motive for her killing gains in horror. Was this a revenge killing against a family from a dumped mistress? Was the father with the complicated love life involved? And why was her body found in a

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28:30

The Plumstead Poisoner

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2023/11/11

The Plumstead Poisoner - Serial Killer SaturdaysNews of the Times Episode 199 | 1833In today’s episode, it is 1833 Plumstead and wealthy and hale George Bodle has his usual morning breakfast of coffee and toast. His wife, still in bed, has a cup of coffee brought up to her. The servants boil the coffee grinds a second time for their allotted coffee. Then the charwoman takes the coffee grounds to boil a third time for her daughter and 7 children, who did not like the look of them, so did not boil

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29:34

Murderous Stories From Suffolk

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2023/11/10

Murderous Stories from Suffolk - Frightful FridaysNews of the Times Episode 198 | 1851 & 1920In today’s episode, we are in Suffolk investigating two grisly murders that took place there. In our first story, it is 1851 and pretty milk maid Mary Baker has been stabbed openly at a county fair, by her master, well to do farmer John Mickleburgh. We take a look at the antecedents to the crime and the reason why she was so violently murdered.Our second story from 1920 is both disturbing and

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44:45

Spectral Sleuths - Ghost Quest for Justice

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2023/11/08

Spectral Sleuths - Ghost Quest for JusticeNews of the Times Episode 197 | 1749 & 1828 In today’s episode we look at two cases of spectral sleuths – ghosts who come back to help solve their own murder – from 1749 and 1828.Our first case of a haunting to solve a murder takes place in Aberdeenshire when a farmer’s servant is visited by a ghost informing hm of the location of his bones and requesting to be interred properly so he can rest. The farmer’s servant was unrelated and did not know the

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35:52

The New Cross Murder Mystery

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2023/11/06

The New Cross Murder MysteryNews of the Times Episode 196 | 1890The New Cross Mystery was one of the names given in the papers of the finding of Emma Townsend, and her particular friend, William De la Motte, in her bedroom, dead by prussic poisoning. Emma’s husband, Dr Townsend is away. Was it a suicide pact? Or was this something more sinister? And what of the strange injury and death at the Townsend residence of a dear friend 5 weeks prior?The intriguing case of the New Cross Mystery if

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30:46

Helen Jegado - The Serial Killer Nun

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2023/11/04

Helen Jegado - The Serial Killer NunNews of the Times Episode 195 | 1852Join us on a chilling journey through the life of Helen Jagard, the deadly nun who left a trail of murder and theft wherever she went. From her humble beginnings as a peasant orphan to her twisted life as a serial killer, By the time Helene was finally caught, it is believed she had killed 42 people with estimates of up to 60 murdered by Helene.Helene Jegado, the serial killer Nun, is today’s episode of Serial Killer

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27:54

Scandal and Murder Stories from the Stage

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2023/11/03

Scandal and Murder Stories from the StageNews of the Times Episode 194 | 1825 & 1895Scandal and murder stories from the world of the theatre consumed the masses in Victorian Times. Today we look at two stories of the day.Edmund Kean, within England, is still remembered as one of the premier actors of his day, most notably for his performances of Shakespeare. Kean’s private life seems to have been equally turbulent. A very public scandal with a married woman - his best friend’s wife – ensured

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37:38

Housemaid Stories of Betrayal and Murder

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2023/11/01

Housemaid Stories of Betrayal and MurderNews of the Times Episode 193 | 1824 - 1893 Housemaids made up almost 40% of the female workforce at one point. Today’s episode looks at the unsuspecting dangers lurking in being a housemaid. From deciding to receive or not receive the attentions from members of the household, or going up in flames – a regular Victorian horror, or being murdered as an eye witness to the primary crime – being a housemaid was filled with potential danger.Covering stories

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24:46

Georgian Ghosts, Apparitions and Witches

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2023/10/30

Georgian Ghosts, Apparitions and WitchesNews of the Times Episode 192 | 1711 - 1739Today’s episode of ghosts, apparitions, and witches recount stories from the newspapers of over 300 years ago. As England was being governed by a series of George’s (I and II), sky spectral battles indicating doom, talking dogs, hauntings by dead children and the occasional witch were making the news in the papers. Oh yes and let’s not forget the very loud ghost in parliament whose manifestations interfered with

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28:28

Families Who Kill Families

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2023/10/28

Families Who Kill FamiliesNews of the Times Episode 53 | 1840 in today’s episode we look at two stories of families attempting to kill another family, reminiscent of the American saga of the Hatfields and McCoys,.In 1825 England, The Neal family are beholden to the Hales family. The work relationship between the two families is fractured and the mother of the Neal family owes money to the Hales family but is unable to pay. The Neal family plan a way out of their troubles.In 1823, in County Cork

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30:38

Murderous Stories from Cheshire

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2023/10/27

Murderous Stories from CheshireNews of the Times Episode 190 | 1844 - 1864Today’s episode looks at three murderous stories form Cheshire between 1844 and 1863.In our first story from 1844, Mary Gallop is in love with a young man who has invited her to Liverpool for Christmas. Her stern pious father says no. Mary does not take no for an answer.In our second story from 1856 homeless William Jackson has had two of his young children arrive unexpectedly. They are without shelter, stockings and shoes

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39:10

Unsolved Cold Cases: Shocking Historical Crimes

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2023/10/25

News of the Times Episode 53 | 1840 Historical Crime EnigmasIn today’s episode we look at 2 shocking historical crimes of their day – one which remains unsolved and the other which becomes resolved 41 years later.In 1843, Harriet Monckton, a pious and steady young lady of 23, is found dead in the church privy. Her body is saturated with prussic acid – more than 30 times the amount needed to kill - but there is no vial found near her, thereby ruling out possible suicide.In 1919, attractive newly

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