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When Innocence Ends: The Case of Mary Bell and the Scotswood Murders
In the summer of 1968, as children ran barefoot through the derelict streets of Scotswood, a working-class neighbourhood in Newcastle...
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Oscar Wilde on Trial: Wit, Scandal and the Fall of a Victorian Icon
It began with a calling card, scrawled with a misspelled insult, and ended in a prison cell. The most celebrated playwright in London,...
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The Photographer Who Might Have Been a Serial Killer: The Chilling Case of William Bradford
When police raided William Bradford’s Los Angeles apartment in 1984, they weren’t just looking for evidence of two murders. What they...
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Madame Abomah: The Towering Life and Legacy of Ella Williams, the African Giantess
In an age when spectacle was king and public fascination with “human curiosities” filled theatre seats from New York to New Zealand, one...
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The Eviction of Mary Filan: When The Trump Organisation Ousted a Widow from Her Home
For more than 30 years, Mary Filan — a widowed 74-year-old woman semi-paralysed from a recent stroke — had lived in Apartment 6B, 143-15...
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The Summer the Sharks Came: Beach Haven and the 1916 Jersey Shore Attacks
At the dawn of the 20th century, Beach Haven had the feel of a seaside postcard come to life. Situated at the southern tip of Long Beach...
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