I got some interest on Bluesky for doing a series of videos on Welsh folklore, fables and folktales, so I thought as it’s Bi Visibility Month I’d start with an 18thC fable that Iolo Morgannwg recorded in his infamous manuscripts called Einion and the Lady of the Wood. I’ll do a video on who Iolo… Continue reading Bisexual Panic! In the Greenwood
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
