by Tony Schumacher | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog Article, True Crime
Back when I was a beat cop working 999 Response (911 calls) in Liverpool, England, I had a partner named Jimmy. Jimmy was one of those old school cops who had joined the job as a cadet aged 16, and was coming up to having over thirty years in the uniform. We hit it...
by Gillian OBrien | May 22, 2015 | Blog Article, True Crime
Top Ten Mysterious Disappearances Dr Patrick Henry Cronin I have to start with this one, for it was an account of Cronin’s disappearance that led me to investigate the story behind his kidnap and murder in Chicago in 1889, which has recently been published as Blood...
by Daniel L Friedman,M.D. and Eugene B Friedman, M.D. | Apr 7, 2015 | Blog Article, True Crime
Bow Street: Birthplace of the London Metropolitan Police Force by Daniel L. Friedman, M.D. and Eugene B. Friedman, M.D. Central London’s Bow Street was the birthplace of what was to evolve into the Metropolitan Police Force. Its Magistrates’ Court was a glowing...
by Angela Buckley | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog Article, Sherlock, True Crime
The Real Sherlock Holmes On a cold winter’s evening in December 1886, Arthur Foster left the Queen’s Theatre, Manchester, England, with a pocket full of gold and a bejeweled lady on his arm. Stepping carefully through the throngs of hawkers and street sellers, the...
by Robert E. Murphy | Mar 17, 2015 | Blog Article, True Crime
Poe’s Inspiration for Marie Roget Seldom does one hear or read of an 18th-century murder mystery. No, it’s clear that that the private commission of and public fascination with homicide flourished in the 19th century— the homicides increasing, the journalistic and...
by Daniel L Friedman,M.D. and Eugene B Friedman, M.D. | Mar 3, 2015 | Blog Article, True Crime
Jack the Ripper: The Plot Thickens The city of London in Great Britain would never be the same after the late summer and early autumn of 1888. That was the time when the infamous “Jack the Ripper” killer exploded onto the scene with a series of brutal murders. This...
