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‘A Form of Society So Crude’: Death in The Cariboo
In this post, we are looking at five murders committed in the Cariboo region from 1862 to 1864. Starting with the killing of Averena Rice Aka: ’The Scotch Lassie’ After 1861, musicians, magicians, actors and touring minstrel troupes from San Francisco began to spend time in the Cariboo goldfields entertaining the ‘settlers so wild, Continue reading
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‘A Ruffian and a Brute!’ The Life and Death of Jerry Abershawe
The crowds thronging Kennington Common on a Monday early in August 1795 had gathered to watch as Jerry Abershawe swung from the gallows and into history as the last highwayman gibbeted in England. Louis (or Lewis) Jeremiah Abershawe was born at Kingston upon Thames in 1772 or 1773. His father worked as a dyer at Continue reading
Hellish Fiends, and Brutish Men 