The New Newgate Calendar

Criminal Historian

delving into the dark side of life

c18th, c19th, gender

Regular readers of this blog will already know of Lucy Williams’ work – she has been kind enough to write guest... • posted 6 days ago

The City of Waterford today ( © Nell Darby) John Power was a respectable and respected man in his home community... • posted 12 days ago

Pen & Sword is putting an increased emphasis on the history of crime at the moment, which in my mind is obviously a good... • posted 17 days ago

As with so many of the cases I research that involve a male perpetrator, this story involves domestic violence – in... • posted 20 days ago