If it happened, it was in the news.
Morning Advertiser – Monday 23 March 1868 THE ALLEGED MURDER ON A RAILWAY. The Surrey coroner was on Saturday night occupied for three hours at the “Railway” Tavern, Surbiton, respecting the supposed murder of James Randel, aged twenty years. The case excited great interest, it having been stated that the deceased had been murdered and […]
Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper, 22 June 1879 The Murder at Rotherhithe (From our later editions of last week.) The adjourned inquest on the body of Robert Collins, a telegraph messenger, who was found stabbed about the body under a railway arch at Rotherhithe, and who died in Guy’s Hospital, was resumed on Friday at the latter […]
North Cumberland Reformer – Saturday 24 December 1898 THE HEXHAM MURDER.THE ACCUSED MAN ACQUITTED. At the Hexham Police Court on Monday, George Dodd was brought up on remand charged with causing the death of George Schollick, gamekeeper, whose dead body was found in Yarridge Lane on Thursday, the 8th inst. Mr W. Pruddah, solicitor, Hexham, appeared for […]
Nottingham Journal (Nottingham Daily Express) – Tuesday 30 May 1899 SHOCKING TRAGEDY AT COALVILLE ATTEMPTED MURDER & SUICIDE A sensation was caused in Coalville yesterday morning by the news that a man named William Evans had attempted to murder his wife and then to commit suicide. Inquiries proved that the rumour was too true. Evans […]
Much like today, news media has always demonstrated its sensational side. The Illustrated Police News was a highly popular newspaper especially during the Victorian and Edwardian era, full horror and shock. Here is a classic case from 1909 reporting a murder in North London with sensational images on the front page with limited editorial buried […]
