Category: Crime

Charlotte Bryant was an illiterate 33 year old Mother of 5 children who poisoned her husband. She had met her husband, Fredrick Bryant, while he was serving as a Corporal in the Military Police in Ireland during the period known as ‘The Troubles’; which referred to the guerrilla warfare which occurred in 1920-21. After being… Continue reading Charlotte Bryant

The Wigwam Case gained its infamous nickname as the case involved a Canadian soldier of North American Indian ethnic origin and the residence of the murder victim. The case also involved the famous British Pathologist Professor Keith Simpson. On 7 October 1942, two soldiers were strolling on Hankley Common (near Godalming, Surrey) when they noticed… Continue reading August Sangret

Alec de Antiquis was a man of 31 years old, the Father of 6 children, the owner of a prosperous little motorcycle repair shop in South London, and a one-time Corporal Instructor in the Home Guard. He was shot dead in London attempting to stop the escape of some robbers from a jewellery shop in… Continue reading Alec de Antiquis

Herbert Rowse Armstrong is the only solicitor hanged for murder in the UK. As with the case of Hawley Harvey Crippen, Armstrong poisoned his wife, he was dominated by his wife and was very slight in build. If Armstrong had not attempted the poisoning of a business rival, then the murder of his wife may… Continue reading Herbert Armstrong

Louis Voisin was a French butcher who worked in London. It was his poor English spelling which provided damming evidence against him at his trial for the murder of a former mistress. In the early morning of 2 November 1917, a roadman known as Jack the Sweeper found a bundle in Regent Square, in Bloomsbury.… Continue reading Louis Voisin

The case of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen is one of the most famous British criminal cases. This was the first major case that Bernard Spilsbury, the famous pathologist, was called in to investigate. The case also involved the major use of radio in tracking down the suspects. CRIPPEN IN THE USA After Crippen’s first visit… Continue reading Hawley Harvey Crippen

Spencer Perceval was born on 1 November 1762, in London, the second son of the 2nd Earl of Egmont. After being educated at Harrow and Trinity College Cambridge, Perceval was called to the bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 1786, becoming a King’s Counsel (KC) in 1796. Later that year, Perceval entered Parliament, where his rise… Continue reading Spencer Perceval

This article is about four people who were tried, convicted and executed for murder and later received a posthumous pardon: Mahmood Mattan, Derek Bentley, George Kelly and Timothy Evans. TIMOTHY EVANS and JOHN REGINALD HALLIDAY CHRISTIE Mahmood Hussein Mattan was born in Somalia. He met his wife, Laura, in the late 1940s. At this time,… Continue reading Posthumous Pardons