News of the Times - Unlocking the vaults of historical crime

 | News of the Times Short 31    | The Time: 1790    | The Story: The amazing story of Captain Bligh    | The Captain Bligh of Mutiny on the Bounty story as recorded in papers of the day.  A very remarkable achievement.     | This is a news story extract from our ongoing full podcasts in Series 1. These news stories will be updated daily.    | You can find more stories from this time in our Series...

 | News of the Times Short 46    | The Time: 1861    | The Story: An Execution for Murder    | A bit of a twist to our normal stories.  This story focuses on the actual lead up to execution to give a flavour as to what this was like in Virctorian England..    | This is a news story extract from our ongoing full podcasts in Series 1. These news stories will be updated daily.    | You can find more...

 | News of the Times Short 55    | The Time: 1841    | The Story: Where to emigrate to in the United States    | An English reporter visits the United States to give his best advice and recommendations to British citizens considering emigrating to the United States..    | This is a news story extract from our ongoing full podcasts in Series 1. These news stories will be updated daily.    | You can...

 | News of the Times Short 34     | The Time: 1831     | The Story: Execution of a murderous boy    | A huge trial of the time, this tells the story of 1, possibly 2, young boys who plan and murder another young boy.  It was considered highly shocking in its day.  |   | This is a news story extract from our ongoing full podcasts in Series 1. These news stories will be updated daily.  | You can fin...

 | News of the Times Short 58     | The Time: 1749     | The Story: Extorting money from sodomy accusations     | This was so much the thing at the tme that they had to make a law against it.  Basically, someone would accuse a wealthier person of sodomy and attempt to extory money from the accusation.  Interesting news story,       | You can find more stories from this time in our Series 1.  We up...

News of the Times Short 19   The Time: 1911   The Story: What the law allows women in 1911    | Women's rights in the UK in 1911. "Few" would be the word that sums it up. It is hard to appreciate this now comparatively, This news piece outlines exactly what rights women have and have not legally in 1911.     |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episode...

 News of the Times Short 74 The Time: 1831 The Story: Murder and dismemberment of his pregnant wife  | This was a really huge case in its day. Yes, there is an evil mistress also involved in this who apparently helped.    |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday (Series 1 and 3).    | All of our stories come from historical newspapers...

News of the Times Short 27 The Time: 1870 The Story: The baby farmer serial murderess  | Quite a famous case still in the UK. For those unfamiliar with the term "Baby Farmer". This was siilar to childcare except that the baby would be left with the baby farmer in exchange for money. Often times the baby / child was never seen by the parent again. This case regards what happened to the ba...

The Time:1869 to 1871 Headline stories and events that give a flavour of 1869 to 1871 You can find the complete podcast from this time period  in our Series 1 / Episode18.  Individual stories from this time period can be found in our Series 2. All of our stories come from historical news archives. Series 1: In depth review of historical times Series 2: Short historical news stories of everyday peo...

THE TIME: 1869 TO 1871 Some of the highlights in this edition covering news items between 1869 to 1871 include:   The execution of Margaret Waters, infamous baby farmer and murderer,   The child whipped and dragged by a Baronet,   The brutal mutilation of a girl,   The cruelty inflicted to farm animals,   A wealthy lady sent to prison and hard labour   And so much more! Hosted by Robin Coles Produ...

News of the Times Short 61 The Time: 1713 The Story: Charged for cursing Queen Anne  | Unlike the freedom of speech enjoyed in many countries now, any kind of slander of royalty could lead to whipping, prison, high fines or transportation. This is a story from the papers of just such a case.    |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday...

News of the Times Short 68 The Time: 1889 The Story: Starving a baby  | A common theme during this time was the number of babies and small children murdered either through starvation or just a lack of care. This story is just one of many found during this time in news archives.     |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday (Series 1 an...

News of the Times Short 54 The Time: 1840 The Story: Trolling a funeral  | A true story of a man who, on his death bed, tries to clear his soul which also involves naming his fellow conspirators. The corresponding impact at his funeral.      |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday (Series 1 and 3).    | All of our stories come from h...

News of the Times Short 51 The Time: 1766 The Story: The incredible story of Captain Glass  | Before there was Jack Sparrow, there was Captain Glass! This is one of our favourites!     |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday (Series 1 and 3).    | All of our stories come from historical newspapers and publications.    |   | Series 1:...

News of the Times Short 69 The Time: 1894 The Story: Stalking obsession leading to murder  | A sad case of stalking with the often times murderous outcome.    |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday (Series 1 and 3).    | All of our stories come from historical newspapers and publications.    |   | Series 1: In depth review of histor...

News of the Times Short 22 The Time: 1919 The Story: A confession of murder   | There was a lot of discussion at the time regarding the after effects on soldiers from World War 1 who had been exposed to mustard gas. This is one of those stories.    |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday (Series 1 and 3).    | All of our stories come...

News of the Times Short 23 The Time: 1731 The Story: Caught in the act by the fiddler  | Considered a funny story in its day, a couple in a haystack caught by a resting fiddler and the prank he pulls on them.     |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday (Series 1 and 3).    | All of our stories come from historical newspapers and publ...

THE TIME: 1712 to 1731 THE NEWS: EVERYDAY PEOPLE Some of the highlights in this edition of news items between 1716 to 1739 include: A change of heart at the alter,   Numerous suicides of male teens,   The insistence to be killed by his friend,   The sad case of the woman killed by her husband in a drunken stupor,   The courting couple who believed they were caught by the devil,   And so much more!...

News of the Times Short 25 The Time: 1726 The Story: The failed attempt to avoid having children  | Another amusing story of the day about a woman who avoids marraige and men until she believes she is safe from having children.    |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday (Series 1 and 3).    | All of our stories come from historical n...

News of the Times Short 49 The Time: 1726 The Story: The story of the woman giving birth to live rabbits  | Reportedly gave birth to live rabbits which was confirmed by eminent doctors of the day. This was THE news story of the time and had a lasting impact on the role and qualifications of physicians. Quite a fun story this.   |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller ep...

News of the Times Short 56 The Time: 1888 The Story: The Whitechapel Sensation - The first Jack the Ripper attack?  | There have been arguments that this was the first of the Jack the Ripper murders. A trial run so to speak. This is one of the many stories related to the murder string that ocurred in Whitechappel within the time period.     |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series...

News of the Times Short 71 The Time: 1896 The Story: Saving the local dipsomaniac  | We chose this story for two reasons. Firstly, it shows the inter community care for each other that was prevalent but perhaps did not always make the news. Secondly, being named a dipsomaniac in public papers - not sure how anyone would feel about this.    |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2...

News of the Times Short 65   The Time: 1750   The Story: A very public suicide    | In 1750, reputation was everything. This very public suicide destroyed the reputation of the partner. A rather extreme form of revenge.    |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday (Series 1 and 3).    | All of our stories come from historical newspaper...

News of the Times Short 53   The Time: 1840   The Story: The killer cordial killing a child    | Cordial - a type of syrup one adds to water - in Victorian times could contain opium extracts such as laudanum. This is the story of what heppens when given to small children to keep them quiet.    |  We upload short historical news stories daily (Series 2), fuller episodes and headlines every Tuesday...

THE TIME: 1919 TO 1921 Some of the highlights in this edition covering news items between 1919 to 1921 include: The impact of the 1918 flu pandemic The exceedingly high cost of living from the war The fight against prohibition Australia’s land offer to British ex-servicemen Germany’s complaints of British food And so much more! Hosted by Robin Coles Produced by Wendy Scotchmer Stock Picture kindly...