The New Newgate Calendar

On this date in 1985, North Korean Major Zin Mo was hanged in Buma’s Insein prison. Eighteen months earlier nearly to the day, a huge bomb ripped... read more »

In the 1730s, an inventory of items in the care of gaolers Richard Hoey and Thomas Manning was taken at Wicklow Gaol. Amongst the items recorded were 11... read more »

On this date in 1356, the French King John II — John the Good, to history — avenged himself on his cousin and rival, Charles the Bad. This... read more »

To mark the submission of Mad or Bad? A History of Crime and Insanity in Victorian Britain - and ahead of a planned re-launch of this ongoing blog - here... read more »

As part of a recent research trip to Ireland, I visited the 18th century gaol in Wicklow town, to look at how prisoners were treated here. This week, I’ll... read more »

Jackson’s Oxford Journal, April 1, 1809: ASSIZES. — At Surry [sic] assizes, the following capital convicts received sentence of death: —... read more »

The foundation stone of the church was laid in 1836 by Lieutenant Governor George Arthur on his final visit to Port Arthur. The building was constructed... read more »

(Thanks to Meaghan Good of the Charley Project for the guest post. -ed.) On this date in 1721, 22-year-old Martin Grat was executed on the gallows for... read more »

(Thanks to Meaghan Good of the Charley Project for the guest post. -ed.) On this date in 1954, 52-year-old Henry Frank Decaillet met his death in the gas... read more »

The last witch executed in the Saxon city of Braunschweig — Brunswick, in English — burned on this date in 1698. Hers was a distinction that... read more »