I wrote a history of the seaside town of Great Yarmouth in Norfolk
A blog about history and true crime. Historical trivia and stories about true crime.
Monday, 8 April 2024
Tamar the Great
Tamar the Great was ruler of Georgia from 1184 to 1213. She was a powerful ruler and during her reign, the kingdom flourished.
Sunday, 7 April 2024
Museum of Women in the Arts
On 7 April 1987, the National Museum of Women in the Arts opened in Washington DC, USA.
Saturday, 6 April 2024
Life on the Moon
In 1835 a newspaper called the New York Sun claimed that, using a new powerful telescope people could see plants and animals on the Moon. They could also see 'people' who were half man and half bat. I always think it's a pity it was a hoax. It would be nice if there was life on the Moon.
Friday, 5 April 2024
Bermondsey
I wrote a history of Bermondsey. For centuries it was a village before it became a district of London.
The last woman to be sentenced to death in Britain
Most people know that the last woman to be hanged in Britain was Ruth Ellis in 1955. However, the last woman to be sentenced to death in Britain was Mary Wilson in 1958.
Wilson was convicted of poisoning two of her husbands with phosphorous. She was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. The remains of two other husbands were exhumed and found to contain poison but it was felt there was no point in having another trial. Wilson died in prison in 1963.