For centuries, some of Europe’s most shocking killings survived only as whispers in parchment and bone, their victims reduced to nameless skulls and half-told chronicles. Now, a new generation of ...

A letter from a medieval archbishop that researchers say reveals the motive behind a six century-old assassination. (Courthouse News via Hampshire Archives) (CN) — As sunset approached after evening ...

LONDON — A saddlemaker ambushed outside a brewhouse. A man stabbed to death after he stumbled over a heap of dung while trying to flee a fight. And a priest killed by three knife-wielding assailants, ...

The London Archives. Inquest number 15 on 1336-7 City of London Coroner’s Rolls (in CLA/041/IQ/01/006) A Cambridge criminologist has uncovered new evidence in the killing of a priest, John Forde, who ...

A new murder map has shown how the streets of the West Midlands are some of the most dangerous in the country. Our region's challenges with crime are well documented but the new map has laid bare the ...