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The suspicions of Mr. Whicher
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Kate Summerscale |
In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironicall… |
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The wicked boy
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Kate Summerscale |
In East London in the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age thirteen) and his brother Nattie (age twelve) were arrested for matricide and sent for trial at the Old Bailey. Robert confessed to having st… |
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The Queen of Whale Cay
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Kate Summerscale |
Summerscale presents a biography of 'Joe' Carstairs, the woman champion motorboat racer of the 1920s who, in the 30s, bought and became 'ruler' of the island Whale Cay, in the British West Indies, be… |
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