The story of ‘Man in Chains’, Arthur Henry Wagstaff who became a symbol for the plight of demobilized soldiers in Britain.
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The Enchanting Secret Behind the Monocled Mutineer
Unhappy is the land that needs a hero. What makes the legend of the Monocled Mutineer such a compelling mystery?
Harry Fallows – Police Statement
Harry Fallows was the only witness who was able to place Toplis at the scene of the Andover murder. Read his 5,000 word Police Statement.
7 Oakley Square – J.W. Kolckmann & Family
Before we moving on, I think it should be remembered that the homes and contacts used by Vladimir Lenin and other political exiles during the early 1900s were critical to their safety. Trusted sources and associations were key to their survival and so when it came to lodgings when travelling abroad, the exiles were careful…
James Cullen – The Scottish Mutineer
The extraordinary story of Etaples Mutineer, James Cullen, who went on to led the Hunger Marches of the 1920s.
The Avengers – London Evening News, Saturday, May 19, 1888
Given the Fenian associates of Ripper suspect Francis Tumblety and the fact that the Whitechapel murders ran parallel with the explosive Parnell Commission, it‘s hard to overlook that news of American and Irish Fenian Avengers in London coincided with Tumblety’s arrival in Britain around June 1888. This sensational article, likely to have been greatly exaggerated,…
Florence Nightingale Shore and the Truth of Her Murder
Toplis may be the most famous suspect in the case, but an unseen interview with Ernest C. Brown reveals another possibility.
Hilda Porter and the Georgian House Mystery (Bury Street, London)
In September 1920, former Colne Valley MP and self-styled Socialist revolutionary Victor Grayson walked out of his plush apartment at the Georgian House in London’s St James’s, never to be seen again. Or at least that’s how the story goes. And we have two people to thank for that: 24-year old hotel manageress, Hilda Seager…
Toplis Victim Spicer Had Killed A Man
Was taxi-driver Sidney Spicer the victim of a revenge killing and not Toplis
The Mutiny at Etaples: Manchester Guardian 1930
One of the first full eyewitness accounts of the Mutiny at Etaples published anywhere in the British Press.