Crime and punishment

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Alice Mitchell stabs her lover, Freda Ward, to death, shown in a contemporary illustration. A court declared that the killing was an act of insanity.

Victorian murder scandals What six killings tell us about women's lives in the 19th century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A black and white engraving showing three rows of girls with dresses and white caps, sitting and working at desks, looked over by some women.

Reading, writing and retribution: inside Victorian prison schools . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcast Marshal Pétain: Vichy France in the dock . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lord Lucan with his future wife Veronica Duncan. He is in a suit and she's wearing a smart outfit.

Lord Lucan’s disappearance

Jesse Plemons as lawman Tom White

Who was Tom White in Killers of the Flower Moon?

Actor Lily Gladstone (left) plays Mollie Burkhart

The real history behind Killers of the Flower Moon: author explains true story of Osage Nation

Ships in battle on the sea

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When pirates ruled Asia’s waves

A purported portrait of Elizabeth Báthory as a young woman

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Elizabeth Báthory: a 17th-century ‘serial killer’

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A ring of poisoners: Hungary’s most notorious murders . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The newly-completed Central Criminal Court in the City of London, known as the Old Bailey.

Historical Cold Cases The Murder Of ‘Madame X’ . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of a crow chasing a silhouette of a man running away in the distance

The supernatural signs that unmasked murderers in early modern England

Athénaïs de Montespan, one of the official mistresses of Louis XIV, was a suspect in a scandalous plot to murder the French king (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The Affair of the Poisons: who plotted to kill King Louis XIV?

Juneteenth celebrations, also known as Emancipation Day, in Texas, 1900

Juneteenth What is it, historians on its relevance, and 9 articles you should read

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Penal transportation to Australia: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, fleeing from battle after attempting to unseat his Catholic uncle, King James II and VII, from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland (Photo by De Luan/Alamy Stock Photo)

The Monmouth Rebellion of 1685: your guide to the a duke’s failed bid to overthrow his uncle, James II and VI