Murder Collection

Assassination of Sir Curzon Wyllie
The assassination of Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie (1848-1909), an official of the British Indian government, at the Imperial Institute, South Kensington, London

Portrait of Ethel Le Neve
Ethel Le Neve, Dr Crippens mistress. Dr Crippen, an American citizen, lived at 39 Hilldrop Cresent, Camden, London. He was accused of murdering his wife when she disappeared under suspicious

Sketches at the Crippen trial
The Most Sensational Trial for Many Years. Sketches in court at the trial of Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen, accused of (and later hanged for) the murder of his wife Cora

Souvenir of the Tottenham Outrage. January 23rd 1909. The Tottenham outrage was an armed robbery and double murder which took place in Tottenham, North London and Walthamstow, Essex

The Banner Cross Murder
View near Darnall, the scene of the escape and recapture of the prisoner, Charles Peace. Charles Peace was an infamous cat burglar

Police Reward Poster
Metropolitan Police reward poster for Peter Piatkow, aka Peter the Painter, who was accused of murdering police officers in London

Four Wheatley Books
The four dossiers by J G Links and Dennis Wheatley, each containing documents and clues for the reader to solve a murder mystery : they were extremely popular at the time

Scene of the murder of Mr Bourke and Corporal Wallace
Mr Walter Bourke and Corporal Robert Wallace were murdered at Ardrahan, near Gort, in Galway in Ireland. The image shows the spot where Mr Bourkes body was found

Norwegian actress Greta Nissen
The famous Norwegian actress Greta Nissen, from the Columbia film The Circus Queen Murder (1933) - appearing in the stage show Why Not Tonight

Rosalind Russell in a lame coat designed by Dolly Tree
Rosalind Russell in this exquisite long, lame coat designed by Dolly Tree from The Casino Murder Case (MGM 1935). Buttoned at the back from waist to the floor

Louise Henry (seated left) in The Casino Murder Case (1935), wearing a Dolly Tree negligee with huge white fur collar and cuffs. Date: 1935

Madge Evans in Moonlight Murder (1936)
White crepe and fringe fashioned this smart formal gown designed by Dolly Tree for Madge Evans in Moonlight Murder (1936). Date: 1936

Rosalind Russell (right) in Casino Murder Case (1935)
An ultra-elegant white evening gown designed by Dolly Tree for Rosalind Russell in Casino Murder Case (1935). A short tunic over the dress had folded straps forming a cross at the bodice

Costume of the late 15th century, from a scene of murder
Costume of the late 15th century from a scene of murder: men in skrimp doublets, padded shoulders, tight sleeves, hats with a single feather and high boots

Paris in danger from communards

One more unfortunate 1870
Policeman beaming a torch over the body of a woman found at the side of a canel in the streets of London. Date: 1870

A son shot before the eyes of his mother: the murder of James Lockhart at Lisdrumliska in South Armagh, where two families were lined up outside their burning houses. Date: 1922

Signpost to Murder, Cambridge Theatre, London
Signpost to Murder, a new play by Monte Doyle, at the Cambridge Theatre, London, with Margaret Lockwood, Derek Farr and Cyril Raymond. (1 of 2) circa 1962

The Ringer, Grand Theatre, Swansea
The Ringer, at the Grand Theatre, Swansea - wanted on a charge of murder, 500 reward. circa 1927

David R Collin who found body of murdered lighthouse keeper
Historian and author, David R Collin, sailing his boat in Kirkcudbright Bay, SW Scotland. In 1960, David and his father discovered the body of lighthouse keeper Hugh Clark on Little Ross Island at

Ilford murders - personalities in the case
Personalities at the time of the trial of Frederick Bywaters and Mrs. Edith Thompson, who were accused and later hung for the murder of Thompsons husband, Percy Thompson

John Francis, would- be assassin of Queen Victoria
While riding along the mall, Queen Victoria was shot at by John Francis, a carpenter from Covent Garden. He was reprimanded and charged with high treason, receiving a life-sentece for his crime

The Murder of the Young Princes in the Tower. 1483

Attack on Otto von Bismarck
Otto von Bismarck, Prime Minister of Prussia from 18621890 is almost assassinated by Ferdinand Cohen-Blind, a democrat who hoped to prevent a war among the German states

Lewis Thornton Powell aka Lewis Payne
Lewis Payne was implicated in the plot to kidnap President Abraham Lincoln in 1865. The group also included John Wilkes Booth, David Herold, Samuel Bland Arnold, Michael O Laughlen and John Surratt

Max Hodel, the German would-be assassin of Kaiser Wilhelm I Date: 1878

Murder Hole, Rosapenna, Co Donegall - cliff cave looking out to sea. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Rosapenna). Date: circa early 1900s

Cheeky Cockney man quizzes a London Policeman
The wit of the Classic London Cockney - cheekily enquiring of a Policeman (leading home a small lost child): - " Whats e done, Guvnor?" !!! Date: 1892

The Expiation of an uncertain Murder - Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy Chapter 21:Verses 1-9. Expiation of Uncertain Murder. circa late 19th century

Spain (706). War of the Spanish Succession. Murder
" Spain (706). War of the Spanish Succession. Murder of Francesc Nicol᳠ de Sant Joan, " conseller en cap" (fisrt counsellor), in the bell tower of the cathedral of Barcelona

Murder of Henry IV of France by Fran篩s de Ravaillac in Ferroniere street (May 14, 1610). Etching. FRANCE. Paris. Mus饠 Carnavalet (Carnavalet Museum)

Murder of the Patriots on August 2nd, 1810. Anonymous. Oil on canvas. ECUADOR. Quito. Aurelio Espinosa Polit Ecuadorian Library

Spain (1868). Glorious Revolution. Murder of
" Spain (1868). Glorious Revolution. Murder of the secretary of the civil governor in Tarragona. Image published in " L Illustration. Journal Universel". Etching."

CASTELLANO, Manuel (1826-1880). Murder of Count of Villamediana, 21st August 1622. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Museo de Historia

10 Rillington Place
John Reginald Halliday Christie. Map of garden of 10 Rillington Place Skeletons of Ruth Fuerst and Muriel Eddy, colour coded to show location of each bone Date: 1949

Bainbridge on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons. Engraving by T. Cook after Hogarth. Date 1803

Bambridge on trial for murder by a committee of the House of Commons. Published 1 June 1803

Lady Ancaster with Josslyn Hay
The Hon. Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll (1901 - 1941), British peer famed for the unsolved case surrounding his murder in Kenya (he was immortalised in the film, White Mischief )

Assassination attempt on Napoleon Bonaparte
Royalist plotters attempt to assassinate Bonaparte by placing a bomb in a horse and wagon and lighting the fuse just as he draws near. Whilst Bonaparte survived, 52 people died in the blast

Jacques Cl魥nt, assassin of King Henri III
The fanatical Dominican friar, Jacques ClÚ¡Ñnt, who with the encouragement of the Catholic League, stabbed and killed King Henri III, thus bringing to an end the ruling Valois dynasty of France

Male Child found dead -- reward poster

Assassination of Henri IV
King Henri IV was assassinated by a Catholic fanatic, Fran

John Bellingham, assassin of the British Prime Minister, Spencer Perceval, in the lobby of the House of Commons on 11th May 1812. Date: 1812

Assassination attempt on Queen Victoria
Attempted assassination of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by the eighteen year old Edward Oxford, on Constitution Hill, London

MacLeans assassination attempt on Queen Victoria
Roderick MacLean aims his pistol at Queen Victoria as she passes through Windsor in her carriage but is arrested and spends the rest of the days in Broadmoor Asylum. Date: 2nd March 1882

Edward the Martyr is murdered
King Edward is murdered at Corfe Castle while visiting his stepmother Aelfthryth. Some say the act was committed on her orders

Margaret Nicholson attempts to assassinate the king
The Englishwoman, Margaret Nicholson, attempted to assassinate King George III on 2nd August 1786. She approached the King as he alighted from his carriage at St

Edmund I stabbed by Leofa
Edmund I, King of England from 939, is stabbed to death by Leofa, an exiled thief, while celebrating St Augustines Mass day in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire Date: 946

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