Crime and punishment

A purported portrait of Elizabeth Báthory as a young woman

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Elizabeth Báthory: a 17th-century ‘serial killer’

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A ring of poisoners: Hungary’s most notorious murders . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The newly-completed Central Criminal Court in the City of London, known as the Old Bailey.

Historical Cold Cases The Murder Of ‘Madame X’

An illustration of a crow chasing a silhouette of a man running away in the distance

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The supernatural signs that unmasked murderers in early modern England

Athénaïs de Montespan, one of the official mistresses of Louis XIV, was a suspect in a scandalous plot to murder the French king (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The Affair of the Poisons: who plotted to kill King Louis XIV?

Juneteenth celebrations, also known as Emancipation Day, in Texas, 1900

Juneteenth What is it, historians on its relevance, and 9 articles you should read

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Penal transportation to Australia: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, fleeing from battle after attempting to unseat his Catholic uncle, King James II and VII, from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland (Photo by De Luan/Alamy Stock Photo)

The Monmouth Rebellion of 1685: your guide to the a duke’s failed bid to overthrow his uncle, James II and VI

The Duke of Cumberland leans awat from two ghostly men, wearing white robes and wielding razor blades, as smoke rises around them

Royals on the stand: how Queen Charlotte’s son the Duke of Cumberland faced down a libel scandal

(l-r): Thomas Turgoose, Charlotte Ockelton, Sophie McShera and Michael Socha star as members of the Hartley clan in BBC Two series The Gallows Pole (Photo by BBC Pictures)

The Gallows Pole The true story of the Cragg Vale Coiners

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Nell Darby's historical cold cases The Hoxton Horror

Illustration by Rose Wilkinson

William Douglas: infamous bushranger, prize-fighter and reader of skulls

The debtors’ exercise grounds at Newgate prison in 1809. The debtors’ prison was a feature of everyday life in 18th-century England (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Inside debtors’ prisons: what life was like for people jailed in Georgian Britain

A painting depicts Frederica, the bride- to-be of Frederick, Duke of York, meeting in-laws George III and Queen Charlotte for the first time

The scandals that rocked Queen Charlotte’s court

A report about the murder from an edition of the Daily News and Westminster Gazette. Despite gaining national press coverage, the case is largely forgotten today.

Nell Darby's historical cold cases The parents who never recovered