Richard Rose – London chef boiled!
Richard Rose was a chef boiled to death in Tudor England for trying to poison his master Bishop John Fisher as Tony McMahon discovers
October 2014
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Dryden funeral disrupted by thugs
The funeral of John Dryden was turned into a farce when aristocratic thugs stole his coffin as Tony McMahon investigates a London scandal
Teenage Londoner whose dress caught on fire!
The tragic story of an 18th century teenager Isabella Courtenay whose expansive dress caught on fire and soon turned her into a human fireball
Teenagers hanged in London – our brutal past!
Up until and including the 19th century, teenagers were hanged in London for all kinds of crimes including theft and counterfeiting
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