I’ve been writing murders on my substack all year, but they don’t come up on Google searches. So, here is a linked list, an index. They’re all free to read.
I deliberately name the victim, not the killer. Some of these murders ended in execution, some in acquittal, some in laughably brief prison sentences (and I’ve indicated which in the list).
But my focus is, and always will be, on the people who died.
Laura Georgina Gray, Lewisham, 1901. No criminal charges.
Henry Barratt, Peterborough, 1864. No criminal charges.
Jane and Emma Baum, Syston, 1864. Found insane.
Alice Eliff, Deeping St James, 1884. No criminal charges.
Katherine Mabel Quatermass, Hemel Hempstead, 1896. Acquittal in magistrate’s court.
Mary Addington, Holcot, 1871. Executed.
Ann Cosford, Northampton, 1871. Fifteen months hard labour.
William Cox Newitt, Wood Burcote, 1873. Executed.
Elizabeth Robinson, Leeds, 1853. One year in prison.
George Cornish, Wells, 1868. Death sentence respited on grounds of insanity.
Olive Beasley, Dudley, 1872. Acquitted at assizes.
Harriet Baker, Burslem, 1877. Life imprisonment.
Eliza Frances Newton, Tunstall, 1878. Twenty years in prison.
Jane Mountfield, Crewe, 1875. Life imprisonment.
William Cooch, Kingsthorpe, 1877. Six months in prison with hard labour.
Maria Steggles, Bacton, 1853. Executed.
David Thompson Myers, Stamford, 1812. Executed.
Martha and Elizabeth Garlick, Astcote, 1875 and 1879. Acquitted at the assizes on the first count, six months hard labour for the second.
Harriet Elizabeth Hibbs, Glatton, 1879. Acquitted at the assizes.
An Abortion Special, England, 1855-1902.
Charlotte Hilton, Parson Drove, 1861. Executed.
Elizabeth Brookes, Aston, 1861. Life imprisonment.
Ann Walker, Birmingham, 1861. Executed.
Betsy and Emily Beamish, Coventry, 1861. Executed.
Stephen Coleman, Devizes, 1881. Executed.
Anastasia Trowbridge, Tollard Royal, 1860. Executed.
Hannah Cox, Steeple Ashton, 1859. One week in prison.
Ellen Wall, Birkenhead, 1876. Life imprisonment.
Rebecca Bannister, Hyde, 1876. Executed.
Emily Pimm, Birmingham, 1898. Six years in prison.
Ada Shephard, Acton, 1880. Executed.
Elizabeth Parker, Kettering, 1854. No true bill at assizes.
Ruth Sampson, Sheffield, 1881. Found insane.
Catherine Quinn, Manchester, 1887. Executed.
Felicitous McLavey, Wakefield, 1870. Acquitted at assizes.
Benjamin Black, Barton Bendish, 1867. Executed.
Sophie Michell 