Author: Ben A
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The murder of Emma Jackson 1863 – St Giles, London
9th April 1863 the body of Emma Jackson was found in a brothel located on George Street, St Giles. She had been brutally murdered but this case remains unsolved even though there are witnesses who saw Emma just before her death. What happened in 1863? Emma Jackson aged 28 lived with her father an out…
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Cesare Lombroso – Identify a criminal by the way they look.
About Cesare Lombroso Cesare Lombroso was born in November 1835 in Italy and became known as the founder of Criminology as a field of study. Lombroso became a Criminologist amongst other things and also founded the Italian School of Criminology. His work covers a lot of ground when discussing Criminology but in this post, I…
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UK Unsolved murder cases: “Fred the Head”
March 1971 an off-duty police officer is enjoying a walk in Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire, not knowing he would discover and open a case that would leave police baffled even to this day known as “Fred the head”. March 1971 March 1971 an off-duty police officer is enjoying a walk in Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire. He comes across something…
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UK unsolved murder cases: Janet Rogers
In this series, we are going to be looking at some of the United Kingdom’s murder cases that have been left unsolved. Now the purpose of this isn’t to cast my own view, although I will share some of my own views of what may have occurred, but most importantly it gives the case exposure…
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3 reasons why people find True crime so interesting
True crime has always been a huge interest of mine, It all started when I first watched Crimewatch when I was younger since then I have been hooked on stories, motives and everything related to true crime. In this blog post, I am going to be delving into why true crime is so interesting and…