Dr Angela Buckley

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Crime historian and author. Victorian murder and police detective history. Next book: The Bermondsey Murder 🔎 Rep Past Preservers

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New today in my Sleuthing Adventures newsletter is an intriguing real-life poison pen letters case from the Isle of Wight in the 1930s. Free for all subscribers, you can follow my investigation into the mystery of More Wicked Little Letters here: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/more-wicke...

More wicked little lettersdrangelabuckley.substack.com A real-life village mystery

am delighted to announce that I’ve joined Graham Bartlett and his team as a crime fiction expert. I’ll be advising on Victorian crime and police history – I can’t wait to get started! policeadvisor.co.uk/experts/dr-a...

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This week’s post in my sleuthing adventures newsletter (for all subscribers) is the iconic case of Daniel Good, whose murderous act and subsequent flight from justice, in 1842, led to the creation of Scotland Yard: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/the-hunt-f...

The search for Daniel Gooddrangelabuckley.substack.com The murder that created Scotland Yard

This month’s posts in my sleuthing adventures newsletter include an iconic London homicide which led to the creation of Scotland Yard, dog detectives, an insidious poison pen letter campaign and an exploration of rural crimes. Read here on Substack: drangelabuckley.substack.com

Sleuthing Adventures with Dr Angela Buckley | Substackdrangelabuckley.substack.com Investigations of a crime historian. Click to read Sleuthing Adventures with Dr Angela Buckley, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

This week’s post in my sleuthing adventures newsletter (for all subscribers) is about how I (accidentally) came across a mysterious 18th century murder, which has left its mark on the place where the violent act was committed 👉 drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/a-dangerou...

A 'dangerous' walkdrangelabuckley.substack.com A mysterious 18th century murder

If you’re interested in true crime, you are warmly invited to join Sarah Bax-Horton, Robin Jarossi, Dan Smith and me for a lively discussion of our favourite real-crime reads, in celebration of National Crime Reading Month. You can register for free here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

We are very fortunate to have a fabulous indie bookshop here in Cowes, and I’m delighted that Medina Bookshop are hosting a local launch for my new book, The Bermondsey Murder, on 8 August at 6pm. Do join us for a celebration with wine – all welcome! 📚🍷 medinabookshop.com/event/book-l...

BOOK LAUNCH: 'THE BERMONDSEY MURDER' by Angela Buckley - Medina Book Shopmedinabookshop.com Join us for a drink or two to celebrate the launch of Cowes based author Angela Buckley's new book, an exploration of the crime that became Scotland Yard’s first great challenge and an inspiration for...

This week’s post on my Sleuthing Adventures newsletter (for paid subscribers) is about the history of the Thames River Police, with a glimpse into their crime-busting work on the ‘black highway’, as experienced by Charles Dickens: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/on-board-w...

On board with the Thames River Policedrangelabuckley.substack.com A night out with Charles Dickens

I’m absolutely thrilled to have been appointed as a trustee of Brading Roman Villa, IOW. It is a fabulous heritage site and I’m looking forward to contributing to its ongoing history. bradingromanvilla.org.uk

Brading Roman Villa - Discover unique insights into Roman life in Britain...bradingromanvilla.org.uk Situated overlooking Sandown Bay on the Isle of Wight, Brading Roman Villa is one of the finest Roman sites in the UK.

This week’s post in my crime history newsletter (for all subscribers) is the sensational French case of Marie Lafarge who was tried for her husband’s murder by arsenic poisoning in 1840, and which features early forensic toxicology: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/laffaire-l...

L'Affaire Lafargedrangelabuckley.substack.com A groundbreaking French poisoning case

Today I’ve been writing about historical rural crimes for my crime history newsletter, featuring poaching, theft, sheep rustling, arson and murder. drangelabuckley.substack.com

I’m very excited to announce that London Metropolitan Archives, one of my favourite archives, are very kindly hosting a launch event for my new book, The Bermondsey Murder, on 2 October at 5.30pm. All welcome! 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Book Launch - The Bermondsey Murder: Scotland Yard’s First Great Challengewww.eventbrite.co.uk Come and listen to acclaimed historian and author Dr Angela Buckley introduce her new book!

📣Today I’m working on my promotional plans for my new book, The Bermondsey Murder, and there’s currently £3 off preorders at Pen and Sword Books : www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Bermonds...

The Bermondsey Murderwww.pen-and-sword.co.uk When Patrick O’Connor went missing in August 1849, his friends were suspicious. The London dock worker was last seen in the company of Swiss-born Maria…

Out today on my crime history newsletter (for paid subscribers) is a new post on the history of fingerprinting: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/the-advent...

The advent of fingerprintingdrangelabuckley.substack.com The race to identify criminals

Happy May Day! This month in my Sleuthing Adventures weekly crime history newsletter will be the first murder solved by fingerprints, a notorious French poisoning case and an exploration of the ‘black highway’ of the Thames. You can sign up here: drangelabuckley.substack.com

This week on my Sleuthing Adventures newsletter is the sinister case of Amelia Dyer, the notorious Victorian baby farmer and one of Britain’s most prolific serial killers: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/in-the-ste...

This weekend I’m really looking forward to attending The Crime Writers' Association annual conference in Brighton for the first time. Hopefully I’ll live to tell the tale…📚🗡️🩸

’m preparing next month’s posts for my crime history newsletter, Sleuthing Adventures, which will feature a notorious poisoning case, the history of fingerprinting and a ‘murderous’ walk in the countryside. If you’d like to know more, you can sign up here: drangelabuckley.substack.com

Out now in my Sleuthing Adventures newsletter for all subscribers: The Hunt for Dr and Cora Crippen – a mysterious disappearance, some trailblazing early forensic science and an exciting transatlantic chase 👉 drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/the-hunt-f... #crimehistory

⁦‪My latest article, on Victorian crime and punishment, is now available in Who Do You Think You Are? magazine‬⁩ 👉 www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/magazine/

Out now for all subscribers, in my Sleuthing Adventures newsletter, an iconic Victorian murder case, The Manchester Cab Mystery, and Detective Caminada’s greatest challenge 👉 drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/the-manche...

On 26 Feb 1889 ‘Manchester’s Sherlock Holmes’, Detective Jerome Caminada faced his most challenging case: The Manchester Cab Mystery. I’ll be sharing this story on my Sleuthing Adventures newsletter this Friday for all subscribers. You can sign up here: drangelabuckley.substack.com

Today on my Sleuthing Adventures newsletter is a brief history of the art of foot printing, one of the earliest forensic techniques: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/the-art-of... (for paid subs only)

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New on my Sleuthing Adventures blog today, for all subscribers, is a cautionary real-life case of love and deception: A Dangerous Liaison drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/a-dangerou... 💔 #crimehistory #fraud

I’ve been reorganising my study, and my collection of poison bottles is now on display ☠️

This week’s post (for paid subscribers) on my Sleuthing Adventures blog is about the notorious Victorian criminal, Charlie Peace: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/charles-pe...

Free on my Sleuthing Adventures newsletter today is the tragic case of the murder of PC Nicholas Cock in Manchester in 1876, a real-life historical crime with an astonishing twist: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/who-killed...

I’m really looking forward to returning to Oxford Brookes Uni this week where I’ll be teaching on the first year undergrad history module, Bloody Histories: Crime and Violence in the West, for this semester. It’ll be great to be back!

This week on my Sleuthing Adventures newsletter (for paid subs) is a glimpse into the fascinating crime museum at the Préfecture de Police in Paris, which is a treasure trove of French crime and policing artefacts: drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/inside-par...