Regency Crime and Punishment: The Murder of Mr. Weare

Radlett in Hertfordshire would come into the spotlight in 1823 for the salacious murder of Mr. Weare. Mr. Weare was a solicitor and gambler who Continue

Regency Villains: The Duke of Cumberland and His Valet

  CW: Suicide, murder, assault, violence A Minute Detail of the Attempt to assassinate … the Duke of Cumberland … in a letter to W. Continue

Regency Crime and Punishment: Hangers On At Inns

plate of children snatching a regency era ladies purse

The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard Against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets (1818) describes any manner of criminals and criminal activity a visitor to Town Continue