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News of The Times
Your gateway to a captivating journey through the darker pages of history. Join us as we dive deep into the annals of crime, unearthing forgotten stories, unsolved mysteries, and notorious criminals from the past. We upload 4 days a week:
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550 episodes
The Case of the Body in the Sack - An Irish Murder Story
The Case of the Body in the Sack - An Irish Murder Story News of the Times Episode 382 | 1928 1927 County Louth Ireland. The good Reverend M’Keone has two staff within his house who sadly do not get along. 28 year old Mary C...
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The Case of the Prussian Serial Killer
The Case of the Prussian Serial KillerNews of the Times Episode 381 | 18621862 saw two major figures whose crimes went beyond nightmare: France’s Martin Dumollard and Prussia’s Karl Masch.Prussia’s Karl Masch admitted to k...
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The Canadian Monster - Joseph LaPage
The Canadian Monster - Joseph LaPageNews of the Times Episode 390 | 1870 1874 Vermont and an absolutely horrific crime has been perpetuated on a district schoolteacher. She is nude and has been violently assaulted and outraged pos...
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The Case of Serial Killer Count De Tourville
The Case of Serial Killer Count De TourvilleNews of the Times Episode 379 | 18771877 London and all of London society is agog with the incredible news that prominent member of esteemed social circles, Count de Tourville, has been placed...
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The Curious Case of the Harvard Murder
The Curious Case of the Harvard MurderNews of the Times Episode 378 | 1849It is 1849 at Harvard University and Professor John Webster is a man under pressure. Possessing little financial abilities, and with a penchant for living w...
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The Case of the Murderous Mother Daughter Love Triangle
The Case of the Murderous Mother Daughter Love TriangleNews of the Times Episode 377 | 1877In today’s episode it is 1877 France and sadly, a wealthy middle-aged man has died leaving all his wealth to his 15 year old daughter who h...
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Crimes Tales from the Raj
Crimes Tales from the RajNews of the Times Episode 376 | 1873 - 1889In today’s episode, we are exploring three murder cases from India during the British occupation – otherwise known as the period of the Raj.Our first case invol...
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The Case of the Murder in Edinburgh
The Case of the Murder in EdinburghNews of the Times Episode 375 | 1878It is 1878 in Edinburgh and a young 24 old mother of 4 is dying. Doctors are called and she is taken to hospital, but she never recovers. Her husband, a ...
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The Victorian International Serial Killer
The Victorian International Serial KillerNews of the Times Episode 374 | 1892It is 1892 Melbourne Australia, and a prospective tenant is looking at a house that has been uninhabited for roughly 1 month. There is a peculiar smell e...
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Shocking Dark Crime Tales of Britain
Shocking Dark Crime Tales of BritainNews of the Times Episode 373 | 1766 - 1848In today’s episode we are exploring shocking crimes of their time across Britian spanning between 1766 to 1848.What is deemed shocking in one e...
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The Case of the Althorp Murder
The Case of the Althorp Murder News of the Times Episode 372 | 1892 1892 Northampton and married with two children husband and father, Andrew McRae, has a plan.His mistress of some two years has become pregnant – a complicatio...
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The Murderous Case of the River Packages
The Murderous Case of the River PackagesNews of the Times Episode 371 | 1877In today’s episode, it is 1877 in a small village in Wales. In the early morning as people begin their day, a hand, with arm attached is found drifting do...
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Guilty from Beyond the Grave
Guilty from Beyond the GraveNews of the Times Episode 369 | 1629 & 1735On today’s episode we look at two cases – carefully recorded in their day – where the alleged murderer(s) are named from beyond the grave.Our first case from...
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The Mystery of the Hansom Cab Murder
The Mystery of the Hansom Cab MurderNews of the Times Episode 368 | 1889Manchester 1889 and in the foggy cold gloom of a damp and windy February, a cabbie roams the streets hoping for a fare. A gentleman calls out, requesting taki...
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The Case of the Murder on Battersea Bridge
The Case of the Murder on Battersea BridgeNews of the Times Episode 367 | 18448444 Battersea bridge London, and an attractive middle aged woman staggers towards the toll booth, clutching a handkerchief to her neck. Helped gently t...
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The Mystery of the Woman in the Woods - Scotland Yard Casebook
The Mystery of the Woman in the Woods - Scotland Yard CasebookNews of the Times Episode 366 | 19081908 in a small upscale village in Kent. Retired Major General Charles Luard, and his wife, Caroline, have gone on their daily walk,...
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Deadly Relations: Shocking In-Law Murders
Deadly Relations: Shocking In-Law MurdersNews of the Times Episode 365 | 1816 & 1898In-laws – a potential subject of contention throughout time.In today’s episode we look at two cases where a member of the family has decided tha...
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The Case of the Discovered Teeth
The Case of the Discovered TeethNews of the Times Episode 364 | 1913In today’s episode it is 1913 and we are in a small village in Dorset with a population of 160.A 24 year old cook who works in the manner house has gone missi...
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The London Oven Horror
The London Oven HorrorNews of the Times Episode 363 | 1898This story from 1898 London captivated the press and the public for the sheer gruesomeness of the crime.An out of work baker assistant, 36, whose place had been taken by ...
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The Camberley Outrage - Scotland Yard Casebook
The Camberley Outrage - Scotland Yard CasebookNews of the Times Episode 362 | 1906It is 1906 Camberley, Surrey and independently wealthy, eccentric, senior spinsters, the Hogg sisters, are going about their usual tasks on a June afterno...
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Love, Jealousy, and Murder
Love, Jealousy, and MurderNews of the Times Episode 361 | 1884 In today’s episode it is 1884. Mr and Mrs Gibbons have, with tremendous hard work, built their lives up from common labourer and factory girl, to owning their own busi...
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The Shocking Case of Miss Maclean
The Shocking Case of Miss MacleanNews of the Times Episode 360 | 1880 Evil manifests itself in many ways, but this case from 1880 utterly shocked everyone at the time. With echoes of the Staunton and Seddon cases, young, vulnerabl...
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The Mysterious Case of Sarah Duckett
The Mysterious Case of Sarah DuckettNews of the Times Episode 359 | 1881 March 1874 in the quiet village of Stretton Church. Sarah Duckett arrives back to her home town by train with two, broken and dilapidated boxes. And th...
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The Many Crimes of Marcel Petiot - Serial Killer
The Many Crimes of Marcel Petiot - Serial KillerNews of the Times Episode 358 | 1946It is 1944 France, and a house in a better quarter of Paris has been chugging out a black acrid smoke with a terrible stench for days.Finally, n...
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