Ethel Major was the only woman to be hanged at Hull Prison, but she was so close to getting away with the murder of her husband had it not been for an anonymous letter delivered to the coroner. 

1931 saw Del Fontaine travel to the United Kingdom to further his boxing career.  He had travelled the US and Canada fighting, winning the Canadian Middleweight Boxing Championship twice.  The UK was a place full of potential for the young fighter.  By 1935 he was established and in love.  A love that would end with a crime of passion leaving one woman dead and another seriously injured.  His defence, Del was Punch Drunk.  So what is it to be punch drunk and was that the cause of Del’s rage? And why in 2022, 87 years after this crime is the link between violence and head injury a very relevant conversation to have.For more information or to purchase The Case of the Silenced Songbird Click here 

This case takes us back to Victorian London, 1879.  The body of a woman is found in the coal cellar of a lodging house.  She had laid undiscovered for some time.  Who is she? how did she die? And who has hidden her in the cellar? This is a case that leaves you with more questions than answers because despite 2 trials no one has been brought to justice for this crime.  So let’s examine the facts in this still-unsolved case and see if someone got away with murderThe Case of The Silenced Songbird - Crime Mystery Game with a Historial Twist Available HERE 

When a woman's body is found on a secluded street in 1890 following a savage attack, fear ran high that Jack the Ripper was back.The murderer was Mary Pearcey, the victim her love rival but then speculation began could Jack the Ripper really be Jill and Ripper and if so was it Mary Pearcey who was responsible for the Whitechapel murder spree just 2 years previous.The Case of the Silenced Songbird - The Crime Mystery Game with a Historical Twist.Available Here www.crimesthroughtime.co.uk/shop

In this episode, we are travelling back to 1923, to the Savoy Hotel London. On the night of a thunderous storm that rocked the city, following a loud and raucous argument, a wife shoots her husband dead. She is discovered with the gun in her hand and admitted to the murder immediately. She committed the crime, no doubt about it. Then how was she found not guilty at trial? This case has it all, privilege, money, royalty and affairs.

Hello and welcome to Crimes Through Time, where I talk about snapshots of crime history.  In this episode, we are travelling back to 1870’s Brighton on the English coast.Christiana Edmunds was in love.  The object of her desire Dr Charles Beard is tall, handsome and “extremely prepossessing of demeanour” - which is 19th century English for very attractive. But when Dr Beard ended their friendship Christiana made a plan.  A plan that would leave an innocent 4-year-old boy dead.

1944 London was a scene of devastation, after years of being bombarded from the air as World War 2 raged.  The people though were standing strong, united in fighting the common enemy.  This backdrop makes the crime spree which culminated in the murder of George Edward Heath - the man with the cleft chin even more cowardly and selfish.  It rightly outraging the nation.  

The 3rd January 1946 should have been a normal workday for Loans Manager Bernard Phillips and it started out that way.  Until George Wood entered the office requesting a £60 loan.A snapshot in crime history, where one man's greed and infidelity not only cost a life but made it harder for people in post-war Britain to obtain loan's to rebuild their lives. 

Crimes Through Time Podcast Trailer