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  1. 6 hours ago

    OTD in 1939 - Charles Sberna and Salvatore Gati are executed at Sing Sing for the 1937 killing of Patrolman John Wilson. Sberna (see pic), with family ties to and , is widely believed to be innocent.

  2. 1 Aug 2018

    He is one of the U.S.'s most infamous gangsters, and one of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners. But, how much do you really know about Al Capone?

  3. 13 Jun 2018

    The FBI's first big case was the Osage murders. More than two dozen members of the Osage tribe had been shot, stabbed, beaten and bombed in one of the bloodiest crime sprees in American history.

  4. 13 Jan 2018

    We've strayed just over the border. Anyone guess what happened here in 1963? 410562/2760

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  5. 30 Apr 2018

    Very happy that myself, , and have had our panel proposal 'Changing Perspectives of Crime and Punishment Institutions' accepted for ! I've wanted to speak at this conference since starting my PhD.

  6. 1 Sep 2018

    For anyone interested in youth criminality in a German context, Dr David Meeres provides a very rich and nuanced analysis, straddling the supposed caesura of 1945. Can be read alongside on the meanings of crime and punishment.

  7. 27 Nov 2018

    Come to my talk tomorrow at the for an evening of tales about 18 and 19c housebreaking, arson, infanticide, and execution! And also how all of these topics are displayed in museums today!

  8. 8 Feb 2018

    Delighted to have been awarded some funding from the Tomlin Bequest Fund . Looking forward to a fruitful trip to in April to research fraud and the navy

  9. 4 Jul 2018

    There's only a week to go until our conference on historicising crime fiction alongside crime history. If you are around, do consider coming along to hear some of our wonderful speakers.

  10. 17 Oct 2017

    Great day searching for records with ! Also looked through a book of 'notorious Leeds criminals'

  11. 19 Nov 2018

    Woo-Hoo!!! A BIG Thank You to everybody out there!! hit 1000 downloads, we love you people! Thank you thank you thank you all! Now let’s a another comma! Woo

  12. 22 Nov 2017

    Can anyone point me to a source about the percentages/ratio of male and female prisoners in or nineteenth-century prisons in Britain or England?

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  14. 31 Mar 2018

    There's still some time to submit to our conference taking place in July. Shaping up to be a good one, send your abstracts to crimefictionorfact@gmail.com! Thanks to all who have sent us abstracts so far!

  15. 30 Dec 2018

    Pearl Hart 'The Bandit Queen' died in Arizona on December 30, 1955, at the age of 84. Today you can take a self-guided tour of the Yuma Territorial Prison where Pearl Hart was a prisoner. See:

  16. 6 Nov 2018

    Today I'm researching regional detectives who testified at the Old Bailey. Investigating officers from Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham were involved in cases of theft, forgery, fraud, murder and attempts to depose the queen.

  17. 12 Jul 2018

    An absolutely enormous thank you to everyone who came along to our conference yesterday! It was such a wonderful day, with some great speakers and excellent discussions. There should also be some news soon, so stay tuned.

  18. 25 Apr 2018

    Sharing our criminal finds is a fantastic idea and I'm sure this website will grow into a valuable resource

  19. 8 Feb 2018

    Can anyone recommend any reading on the general role/significance of mens rea prior to the 19th century?

  20. 5 Oct 2018

    Do you like , , the and/or crime thrillers? Of course you do! Well then, here’s your free lunchtime reading courtesy of 🐕

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