Victoria’s most wanted

Strange murder mysterie s from times gone by

After Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth were brutally murdered, the hunt was on for the man responsible…

DIGGING UP THE TRUTH ABOUT THE MAN WHO CLAIMED HE MURDERED DOZENS OF PEOPLE

Samuel Pepys is England’s most celebrated diarist. Between 1 January 1660 and 31 May 1669, he recorded his day-to-day life in fascinating and illuminating detail. He wrote about his relationship with

The statistics are terrifying. The burial entries in most parish registers from the 18th and 19th centuries show an appallingly high rate of infant and child mortality. Looking at some registers recen

It was Friday 13 December – Luca Day in Hungary. The village of Nagyrév, steeped in customs and superstitions, viewed Luca Day as an opportunity to ward off evil forces and manifest plentiful crops. O