The New Newgate Calendar

Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the... read more »

I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not... read more »

Sri Lankan national Sanjaya Rowan Kumara was hanged on this date in 2006 at Kuwait’s Central Prison for murdering a woman while robbing her house. He... read more »

A later 19th century thief (courtesy of Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums). Daniel Morrison was just 17 years old, but he had a bad reputation. He... read more »

From A Peep Into the Past: Brighton in the Olden Time, with Glances at the Present, by John George Bishop In 1802 an event, at which “all the world... read more »

In 1943, punishing Allied bombing had chased Germany’s brilliant rocket scientist Wernher von Braun and his team away from the Baltic port of Peenemünde... read more »

On this date in 1730, Patrona Halil, the virtual ruler of the Ottoman capital at the head of a popular rabble, was lured to Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace... read more »

On this date in 1964, Glen Sabre Valance became the last person hanged in Western Australia. Born Paul Fraser, he jazzed up the handle by cribbing the... read more »

*This is a new post in the long-running series addressing the provocative issue of Crime, Insanity and Sex(see post  dated 24th September 2014 for... read more »

Today is St. Clement’s Day, the feast day of the first century Pope Clement I — who, tradition has it, was martyred by the Romans under Trajan... read more »

On this date in 2011, China executed a karaoke bar proprietor in Zhejiang province for a rape spree. Not to be confused with his documentary filmmaker... read more »

It’s always nice to see a bit of compassion evident in the verdicts of 19th century jurors – after all, it wasn’t always displayed, and... read more »

(Thanks to Meaghan Good of the Charley Project for the guest post. -ed.) The story of Christiana Bell’s execution in Gloucester County in modern-day... read more »

On this date in 1936, the Spanish Republicans shot Don José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 1st Duke of Primo de Rivera, 3rd Marquis of Estella,... read more »

For those infected with the historical research bug, there are few more satisfying experiences than delving into the original records held in private,... read more »

I have had the privilege to visit Australia for the past two months on a research trip thanks to the generous funding of the Menzies Centre for Australian... read more »

On this date in 1895, two outlaws hanged publicly at Las Vegas, Nevada, for killing a rancher during a raid on his cattle earlier that year. We will come... read more »

On this date in 1329, Italian condottiero Alberghettino II Manfredi was beheaded in Bologna. Fruit of the Manfredi family, the lords of Faenza. Posterity... read more »

On this date in 1326, Edmund FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel was beheaded at Hereford for his support of King Edward II, during the rebellion of Queen Isabella... read more »

   Over the centuries society has placed a great deal of importance on a woman's chastity, therefore, rape has been seen in terms of an... read more »

The legendary Highlands freebooter Jamie Macpherson was hanged on this date in 1700 in Banff. Macpherson is said to be an illegitimate half-Gypsy child... read more »

On this date in 1591, the summary execution of Barnabe Brisson and two other French doctors of law signaled the beginning of the end of France’s... read more »

On this date in 1864, German tailor Franz Muller hanged before an unruly London mob estimated near 50,000 angry souls. Muller was among Britain’s... read more »

“I have long said, that if a paragraph in a newspaper contains a word of truth, it is sure to be accompanied with two or three blunders; yet, who... read more »

We are balefully excited to announce the release of our custom build of Execution Playing Cards — a beautiful, play-ready poker deck featuring 13... read more »

On this date in 1795, Donald McCraw was hanged in Perth, Scotland. A weaver by trade, McGraw joined the great human migrations the Industrial Revolution... read more »

On this date in 1964, the last two members of a noble and doomed rebel movement against Papa Doc Duvalier were shot in a repellent carnival outside the... read more »

The ARC LIEF program has granted funding for the Australian Legal History Libraries Stage II for 2015. The Australasian legal history libraries stage... read more »

The early religion of Sikhism was led by a succession of 10 Gurus.* The Mughals executed the ninth of those Gurus on this date in 1674. Guru Tegh Bahadur... read more »

During a recent trip to Portugal I took the chance to visit the fortress of Peniche, situated on the rocky coast in the homonymous village, approximately... read more »

On this date in 1939, Nelson Charles hanged for stabbing his mother-in-law to death in a drunken altercation. Charles, an indigenous man and World War... read more »

In March 1735 Mary Ormand appeared before Sir William Thompson kt., and Henry Wood esq., at the assizes for the City of York, where Ormand was charged... read more »

On this date in 2011, China’s “land granny” was executed for plundering 145 million yuan ($23 million) from China’s swelling bubble... read more »

(Thanks to Amelia Fedo, a graduate student in French literature, for the guest post.) On this date in 1793, Manon Roland (née Phlipon)* was guillotined... read more »

Three Sierra Leone natives whose November 7, 1898 hanging we recall here might have had their fate written in the stars before time itself began, but a... read more »

A year in to the Digital Panopticon project we have begun record linkage with some of our key sources relating to Transportation. With several innovative... read more »

On this date in 1964, anti-apartheid fighters Vuyisile Mini, Zinakile Mkaba and Wilson Khayingo went to the gallows of Pretoria Central Prison —... read more »

The Martyrs Monument of Midway, Ky., honors four Confederates publicly executed by the Union one hundred fifty years ago today. A brutally contested frontier... read more »

I was intrigued to see Justin Pollard‘s feature on the history of Bonfire Night on the BBC History website – and, more particularly, his mention... read more »

The first of a two-part documentary about twenty-first century Broadmoor will be aired on ITV tonight and there has been much press over the past few days... read more »

Proving the Rule or Squaring the Circle?David J. Vaughan The Science of History in Victorian Britain:Making the Past SpeakScience and Culture in the Nineteenth... read more »

Three murderers’ coincidental hanging dates on November 4, 1881, were reported by the next day’s issue of the New York Herald. We reproduce... read more »

One of my favorite books to teach is John Lewis Gaddis’ read more »

Linking offenders to the fragments that their lives and offences have left behind has never been easier than it is now, in the digital age. Criminal records,... read more »

On this date in 1697, nine men hanged at Tyburn — all for property crimes. Three were highway robbers. A fourth was a coiner. A fifth was a pickpocket.... read more »

  Before I began The Carceral Archipelago project, my research was loosely centred on the history of Indian Ocean penal settlements and colonies,... read more »

On November 1 of 82 BCE, the Roman general Sulla clinched victory in his running civil war against the liberal populares by smashing them at a decisive... read more »

The headline story from Wimbledon in July of 1938 ought to have been the conquet of its renowned tennis championship by Don Budge. The American great didn’t... read more »