Botched Executions in History

John 'Babbacombe' Lee - The Man They Couldn't Hang

Crime buffs with a good knowledge of English criminal history will not have missed resonances between the Tennessee death penalty case of Christa Pike and an old English case of a botched execution. Pike survived two attempts at lethal injection and is at the time of writing still recovering (if she ever does fully or partially).… Read more “Botched Executions in History”

Gift Ideas: Crime in Fact and Fiction

Gift ideas - crime in fact

For people interested in crime writing we suggest some serious factual books. Some of these have already been adapted for the screen, and we have some historical fiction ripe for dramatisation.

Readable Crime (in Fact)

Michael O’Brien has spent years watching how miscarriages of justice happen and why.… Read more “Gift Ideas: Crime in Fact and Fiction”