News of the Times - Unlocking the vaults of historical crime
Welcome to News of the Times!
Step into the shadowed alleyways and gaslit parlours of the 18th and 19th centuries with News of the Times — a meticulously curated journey through historical crime. Each episode draws from authentic reports and court records, bringing you the darkly fascinating tales that gripped Georgian, Victorian, and Edwardian Britain.
With over 500 episodes and counting, we explore true accounts of mischief, murder, and mayhem from days gone by — all delivered with a wry nod and a love for the curious corners of the past.
🕵️ For those with a taste for the peculiar, you may also enjoy our new side project: Volume 1: Slightly Unreliable Memoirs — a whimsical collection inspired by the lives (and occasional misadventures) of our research team. Think cravats, crumpets, and the occasional cactus on the lam. Intrigued? Find it here:
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Episodes
692 episodes
The Woman in the Water Tub: The 1915 Murder of Carrie Jubb
The Woman in the Water Tub: The 1915 Murder of Carrie JubbNews of the Times | Episode 534 | 1915At 6 a.m. on a cold February morning, a young stable hand in Huddersfield made a horrifying discovery: a woman’s body, bruised and bloodied,...
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The Inheritance Scandal of Lady Gooch: Fake Pregnancy, Stolen Baby, and a £3.8 Million Estate
The Inheritance Scandal of Lady Gooch: Fake Pregnancy, Stolen Baby, and a £3.8 Million EstateNews of the Times | Episode 533 | 1893🎩 Victorian Deception at Its Finest — Fake pregnancies, hidden heirs, and one very determined Lady......
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The French Student Who Tried to Hire a Murderer — or Did He?
The French Student Who Tried to Hire a Murderer — or Did He?News of the Times | Episode 532 | 1876 In this true crime case from 1876, a young French student in Hertford is accused of hiring a drifter to murder his own parents with an ai...
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The Policeman Who Saw Jack the Ripper — Then Was Murdered in Whitechapel
The Policeman Who Saw Jack the Ripper — Then Was Murdered in WhitechapelNews of the Times | Episode 531 |1900 Was Frances Coles the Ripper’s final victim?In 1892, PC Ernest Thompson discovered her body still warm and bleeding in a d...
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The Shocking Case of James Tucker Who Brought a Gun to His Own Arrest
The Shocking Case of James Tucker Who Brought a Gun to His Own ArrestNews of the Times | Episode 530 |1854 London, 1854. A disgraced salesman. A loaded pistol. A police station.In this astonishing News of the Times episode, ...
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Pushed to Her Death: Murder on London Bridge
Pushed to Her Death: Murder on London BridgeNews of the Times | Episode 529 | 1872 London, 1871. A woman lies crushed beneath a brewer’s dray on one of the city’s busiest bridges. Her final words? “My husband pushed me.”In...
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The Body in the Cupboard: A Mystery That Baffled Victorian London
The Body in the Cupboard: A Mystery That Baffled Victorian LondonNews of the Times | Episode 528 |1868 In this chilling Victorian true crime, a decomposing body is discovered hidden in a cupboard beneath the stairs of a half-built ...
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The Baffling Case of Margaret Ball
The Baffling Case of Margaret BallNews of the Times | Episode 527 | 1874A woman found hanged.A confession shouted in the street.And a trial that left more questions than answers...In this curious case from Victorian Hack...
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The Butler, the Gun, and the Judge: A Shocking Welsh Murder in 1876
The Butler, the Gun, and the Judge: A Shocking Welsh Murder in 1876News of the Times | Episode 526 | 1876A trusted servant.A quiet estate.A double-barrelled gun.And a judge who would not survive the day...When th...
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Insane or Evil? The 1901 Murder of Emily Chapman at Hindhead
Insane or Evil? The 1901 Murder of Emily Chapman at HindheadNews of the Times | Episode 524 | 1901Was it madness — or murder?In the summer of 1901, the quiet village of Grayshott awoke to a scene of unimaginable horror. Emily Ch...
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The Horfield Horror: A Victorian Murder That Shook Bristol
The Horfield Horror: A Victorian Murder That Shook BristolNews of the Times | Episode 523 | 1841🕯️ A Brutal Victorian Murder. A Teenage Suspect. A Trial Gripped by Doubt.In 1841, the quiet village of Horfield near Bristol was shatte...
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Murder by Fire: The Notting Hill Tragedy of 1881
🔥 Murder by Fire: The Notting Hill Tragedy of 1881 | Ep522 | News of the TimesIn Victorian London, fire could be a constant threat—but what if the flames were no accident?On a quiet night in May 1881, a Notting Hill lodging hous...
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Our First-Ever Q&A Special | Arsenic, Pirates & Victorian Mayhem
Our First-Ever Q&A Special | Arsenic, Pirates & Victorian MayhemNews of the Times | Episode 521s | 2025You had questions. We had… tea, notes, and an unwise amount of confidence.In this special episode, Robin fe...
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The Goatfell Murder | Victorian Sociopath or Calculated Climber?
The Goatfell Murder | Victorian Sociopath or Calculated Climber? News of the Times | Episode 521 1889In this gripping true crime tale from 1889, we follow mild-mannered London clerk Edwin Rose on what should have been a peaceful s...
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The Murder of Mr Blight: A Betrayal Most Foul
A Respectable Gentleman. A Sudden Shot. A Suspect in the PrivyNews of the Times | Episode 520 | 1806When a beloved dockyard figure is murdered in his own parlour, the streets of Rotherhithe whisper of robbery. But what unfolds is fa...
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The Woolston Tragedy – Double Murder and Vanishing Man
The Woolston Tragedy – Double Murder and Vanishing ManNews of the Times | Episode 519 | 1922 A quiet Edwardian home. A respected family. A horror no one could have imagined.When a devoted mother and her young daughter are found ...
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Terror at Bank Farm: The Tragic Case of Dennis O’Neill
Terror at Bank Farm: The Tragic Case of Dennis O’NeillNews of the Times | Episode 518 | 1945In 1945, 13-year-old Dennis O’Neill was found dead on a remote farm in Shropshire. Starved, beaten, and neglected — by foster parents approved b...
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The Servant Who Shocked London: Sarah Malcolm’s Fatal Crime
The Servant Who Shocked London: Sarah Malcolm’s Fatal CrimeNews of the Times | Episode 517 | 1733🕯 Step into the shadowy alleys of Georgian London...In 1733, a laundress named Sarah Malcolm stood accused of one of the most shocking ...
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Murder or Mercy? The Witney Shooting That Shocked 1884
Murder or Mercy? The Witney Shooting That Shocked 1884 News of the Times | Episode 516 [1884In the quiet town of Witney, Oxfordshire, 1884, a desperate son pulls the trigger—and Victorian England must decide whether he is a murderer… or...
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Bridget Durgan: The Maid, The Murder, and the Smile That Haunted 1867
Bridget Durgan: The Maid, The Murder, and the Smile That Haunted 1867News of the Times | Episode 515 | 1867Domestic Servant or Cold-Blooded Killer? The Gruesome Case That Shocked 1867In a quiet New Jersey town in 1867, a p...
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The Murder of Emma Hunt: Cold Case or Victorian Injustice?
The Murder of Emma Hunt: Cold Case or Victorian Injustice?News of the Times | Episode514 | 1896Step into the shadows of 1893, where a quiet Essex town is shaken to its core by the brutal murder of a respected widow, Emma Hunt. Her body ...
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Murder in the Woods: The Forgotten Case of the Wigwam Girl
Murder in the Woods: The Forgotten Case of the Wigwam GirlNews of the Times | Episode 513 | 1942[In one of wartime Britain’s most haunting and tragically overlooked murder cases, 19-year-old Joan Pearl Wolfe—forever remembered as the "W...
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The Regent’s Park Murder of 1888
The Regent’s Park Murder of 1888News of the Times | Episode 511 | 1888While all eyes were fixed on the shadowy lanes of Whitechapel, murder found its way into the genteel heart of London.In this gripping episode, we unravel the ...
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The Man Who Vanished: Whitechapel’s Other Attacker
The Man Who Vanished: Whitechapel’s Other AttackerNews of the Times | Episode 510 | 1888Before Jack the Ripper cast his long shadow over London, Whitechapel was already soaked in fear. In this gripping episode, we follow the shocking ca...
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The Chilling Walthamstow Mystery That Shocked Victorian London 1888
The Chilling Walthamstow Mystery That Shocked Victorian London 1888News of the Times | Episode 509| 1888London, 1888 — the Ripper loomed large in the East End’s imagination… but just a few miles away, another case was unfolding. One wit...
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