I’ve been very quiet on here this year because I’ve been working exceptionally hard on my PhD and lawd, it takes up the time. I have a few public events booked in next year, and will share more information closer to the time.
However, 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, and if you’d like a little murder every other Friday in term time, subscribe!
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.
Ann Mason, Godmanchester, 1891. Murderer died on remand.
Joseph Leatherdale, Salcott, 1890. Death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
Jeremiah Preston, Lyddington, 1878. Six weeks in prison for gross negligence.
Elizabeth White, alias Bess Knox, Berwick, 1871. No criminal charges.
Elizabeth Fallon, Bradford, 1909. Six months imprisonment for manslaughter.
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Thomas French, Castor, 1816. No criminal charges.
Emily Ann Bignall and her unborn child, Shenley, 1888. Death sentence commuted on account of insanity.
Hannah Maria Whittley, Halifax, 1908. Executed.
Catherine Ellis, Ardwick, 1871. Death sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
Sarah Ann Insole, Grimsby, 1887. Executed.
Jane Smith, Antony Plow and Hilda Plow, Todmorden, 1868. Executed.
Jessie and Walter Black, Hove, 1893. Murderer died at scene.
The 23 Victims of the Clayton Tunnel Accident, Brighton, 1861. No criminal charges.
Margaret Ann Baxter, Ryton, 1856. Discharged by magistrates.
John Gill, Manningham, 1888. No criminal charges.
Emily Joy, Godalming, 1889. Executed.
Charles Spencer, Walkeringham, 1860. Executed.
Ann, James, Mary, Harriet and Thomas Saville, Nottingham, 1844. Executed.
The Victims of William Saville’s Execution, Nottingham, 1844. No criminal charges.
Mary Wild, Bilston, 1843. Eighteen months for attempted rape.
Lilian Alice Lyons Meek, Ipswich, 1883. Executed.
Charlotte Farmer, Gosport, 1883. Murderer predeceased victim.
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