It’s Christmas and I have a full thesis draft. That’s right, after five years and nearly four months, it’s finished. I will be handing it in on New Year’s Eve.
Next year, I’ll be doing my viva, doing a lot of talks to get the word out about my thesis, maybe writing a book and – very importantly – looking for a job! I will be taking commissions from February, so if you want a family tree… hit me up!
For the past few years, I have been publishing the Friday Murder Club on Substack. I am trying to figure out how to host it locally so nobody has to give money to Substack anymore, but until then, you can find it here.
This is a list of all the murders I’ve written about this year. Some are free, if you fancy a gander. A huge thank you if you have subscribed to the newsletter, or if you’ve read and shared my work on social media. It really does make all the difference.
Merry Christmas, I hope you have a peaceful break x
I’ve published twenty-one stories of murder this year, with thirty-six victims. These are their names:
Frances Smaller, Boston, 1818 [Free]
Mary Alice Attenborough, Boston, 1818 [Free]
Lucy Wilson, Chesterfield, 1907 [Free]
William Martin, John Lacey, John Thomas Colman, Alfred Ebbage, Norwich, 1875/1876.
Mary Ann Sarah Cook, Agnes Josephine Cook, Eugenie Cook, Louisa Elizabeth Cook, Windsor, 1864.
An International Women’s Day special [Free]
William Langley, Northampton, 1892.
Annie Pritchard and Percy Anderson, Northampton, 1892
Nathaniel Bacon, Ann Bacon, Edwin Fuller Bacon and Sarah Ann Bacon, Stamford and London, 1854-1856.
Elizabeth Gardner and her unborn child, London, 1862. [Free]
Jane Lewis and her unborn child, Ystrad, 1862.
Amelia Litchfield, Northampton, 1880.
Susannah Hutton, Liverpool, 1883.
Sarah Millson, London, 1862.
A special on legal defence in the nineteenth century [Free]
William Bushby, George Bushby and John Bushby, Ponteland, 1866.
Jane Mary Lovett, Costessey, 1845.
Annie Rebecca Brownsell, Butleigh, 1898.
John Thomas Cooper, Thornaby, 1883.
William Woollard, Saffron Walden, 1898. [Free]
Hannah Hamshaw, Liverpool, 1883.
Henry Gilbert Colburt, Hail Weston, 1878.
Isabella Crosby Taylor, Sunderland, 1889.
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