On August 4, 1892, Fall River was wrapped in one of those heavy New England summers — thick with light and silence. In the streets, the air smelled of coal and wet linen; in the wealthier districts, curtains were drawn to keep out both the heat and the gossip. The …
During the second half of the nineteenth century, a phenomenon known as baby farming emerged in England, closely linked to the profound social inequalities of the period. Within this context lies the case of Amelia Dyer, a figure who became central to the history of Victorian crime due to her …
On March 6, 1981, a controversial episode in postwar German justice took place at the Lübeck Regional Court. Marianne Bachmeier, the mother of a six-year-old girl, illegally brought a handgun into the courtroom and fired seven shots at Klaus Grabowski, who was on trial for the murder of her daughter, …
