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“THE NAPOLEON OF CRIME”
Adam Worth, sometimes given the same epithet as the fictional villian who challenged Sherlock Holmes, “The Napoleon of Crime”, was a German-born criminal mastermind. Worth was born in Germany in 1844, the first child of a poor Jewish family; his … Continue reading
Posted in Sherlock Holmes, victorian crime
Tagged Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Victorian murders
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What would you gamble for a better life?
Many people of the British Empire were ready to risk anything for a better future. People emigrating to India endured a three-month voyage on ships that were tossed about like corks. Then, they had to cope with conditions so foreign … Continue reading
Posted in British Raj, Charles Dickens, Downton Abbey, the bibighar, the Indian Mutiny, The Lucknow Courtesans: Indian Queens of a Golden Age, The Memorial Well, The Music of Lucknow After the 1857 Rebellion, The Music of Lucknow after the 1857 Rebellion, The princely states of India
Tagged Azimullah Khan, British Raj, Confessions of a Thug, the cult of murder
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The great photographic adventurers of 19th Century India
I recently attended a meeting of the Historical Photographic Society and had the pleasure of seeing an image by one of my favourite Victorian adventurer-photographers. Samuel Bourne dragged his heavy wooden camera and tripod across rivers, deserts, up and down … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century India, 19th century photography and photographic techniques, spiritualism, spiritualistic phenomena, spirit photography, Rajphoto.com, Uncategorized, victorian India
Tagged british photographs, British Raj, download indian images, indian photography art, murder mystery books, photography photographs, sam bourne, samuel bourne photography
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Murder Mysteries
Do you know who Svengali was, or Count Fosco, or Lydia Gwilt? All were famous villians of nineteenth century murder mysteries. All three raised issues about the society of the time 1860s to 1890s. After the discovery of “mesmerism” in … Continue reading
Posted in Jack the Ripper, victorian crime, Victorian forensic science
Tagged Count Fosco, crime detection, crime novels, forensics, Jack the Ripper, Lydia Gwilt, murder, murder mysteries, mystery books, mystery novels, Svengali, the Hanging of Jack the Ripper, the Ripper murders, victorian crime, victorian forensics, Victorian murders, Who was Jack the Ripper, Wilkie Collins
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We’ve Moved!
HudsonHouseMysteriesBlog has moved. Click HERE to visit the new site location. All Future updates will be made at the new location. See you there!
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Will Downton Abbey Raise the Bar for an Appreciation of History and Historical Fiction?
The phenomenon of the immensely popular Downton Abbey is the result of one man’s life long interest in history and the lives of the upper classes in Britain. I am speaking, of course, of the tv show’s creator and main … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century London, 19th century women's rights, British royalty, Downton Abbey, Edwardian history in England, the "Great Game"
Tagged Downton Abbey, impact of Downton Abbey, impact of history on modern events, importance of history, lives of royalty, servants in great houses, social history of England, the Buccaneers, the value of Downton Abbey
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Shadows of Empire
Posted in 19th century India, 19th century Lucknow, memorial to women and children at Cawnpore, the "Great Game", the bibighar, the British Raj, the Indian Mutiny, The Lucknow Courtesans: Indian Queens of a Golden Age, The Lucknow Courtesans: Indian Queens of a Golden Age, The Music of Lucknow After the 1857 Rebellion, The Music of Lucknow After the 1857 Rebellion, Uncategorized
Tagged Azimullah Khan, British Raj, Lucknow courtesans, The 1857 Indian Rebellion, the Seige of Lucknow
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Who was “the great London Minotaur”?
“…not even the great London Minotaur himself—that portentous incarnation of lust and wealth—fill us with such sorrow and shame….”W.T. Stead in the Pall Mall Gazette July 8, 1885 In his epoch making series of articles on the Victorian business of … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century child prostitution, 19th century Indian prostituion, 19th Century London, 19th century women's rights, Jack the Ripper, victorian London, victorian trade in children, victorian women's rights, victorian, 19th century, Jack the Ripper, the Raj, victorian child prostitution, 19th century virtuosi, The National Railway Museum, Josephine Butler,, women's rights, suffragettes, 19th century industry
Tagged child prostituion, famous Victorian legislation, famous victorian moral crusaders, Mrs. Jeffries, muckraking editor, notorious madame, politics, society, The mainden tribute of modern babylon, victorian prostitution, W.T. Stead
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The most bizarre method of detection used to trace Jack the Ripper
So desperate were the police to track the mysterious killer known today as “Jack the Ripper,” they resorted to some unusual methods of detection. A letter to Sir Charles Warren, Commisioner of Police, was written by J.H. Ashforth of Nottingham … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century British Journal of Photography, 19th century photography and photographic techniques, spiritualism, spiritualistic phenomena, spirit photography, Jack the Ripper
Tagged different forms of investigation used by police, evidence, evidence from newspaper articles in the Ripper case, Jack the Ripper, the use of dogs in the ripper investigation
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