The New Newgate Calendar

Criminal Historian

delving into the dark side of life

c18th, c19th, gender

An Edwardian trial used legislation from larceny to witchcraft to prosecute a husband and wife palm-reading team…... • posted 7 days ago

‘Merry’ female students at Oxford, in The Sphere, 28 October 1922 (from British Newspaper Archive) Today, I should... • posted 24 days ago

There’s something about the violent deaths of police officers that grabs our attention. These are men and women who... • posted 27 days ago

The city of Cork formerly had a gaol at Northgate Bridge, but this old site had, by the start of the 19th century, become... • posted 46 days ago