We're still in the researching and exploration writing stage of the historical fiction slasher REDSTONE, or, the 'Bloody Beach' Murders, by Two Persons Intimately Acquainted With The Case, and I'm still finding lots of snippets that I don't know if we can use or not. Little details like the poor missing lad who was found… Continue reading Murder Will Out! Death of the Landlord (1730)
I went looking for something less depressing than the horrific murders in the last two posts, so I hoped I'd find something that would at least make me laugh. I searched for 'naked highwayman' to see what I'd get. I didn't get an actual naked highwayman (boo), but I did get this pair of disaster-bastards… Continue reading Highwaymen Beset by Naked Victims! (1721)
Having discovered the case due to a throwaway line at the end of a report on the murderous mitten-knitter, Sarah Metyard, and her daughter Sarah Morgan Metyard, I decided to look for the case of Mrs and Miss Branch. It's not in any of the newspapers, but there is a whole pamphlet on the case… Continue reading Inhumanity and Barbarity! Monstrous Mrs and Miss Branch of Hemmington, Somerset (1740)
Inspired by Our Flag Means Death, I thought I'd see what piracy was reported on in the 18thC newspapers. I wasn't disappointed. I've chosen a small selection that had some interesting details, all from the Stamford Mercury 1716-17. I've included a glossary after each snippet for anyone not familiar with the terminology or variant spellings,… Continue reading Golden Age of Piracy ~ Snippets of News
In looking for events from the 18thC to play with in our co-written HistFic Slasher, REDSTONE, I came across this longer report of a break-in near Chester and thought this would be a good story to share on here. I chose this one because:(1) it's wild - how did anyone survive the 18thC, good grief(2)… Continue reading Panic! At the Farmhouse (1752)
C. M. Rosens 