TRUE CRIME TALES

A wide range of historic true crime cases, from the internationally well known to local cases, including but not limited to:

THE TRUTH ABOUT JACK THE RIPPER (the real story of the Whitechapel murders of 1888)

THE WATCHMAKER’S REVENGE (1880 case of a Coventry watchmaker who shot six people in a jealous rampage)

CASE OF THE PAINTED BICYCLE LAMP (1906 unsolved double murder in Coventry)

WARWICK’S TRUE CRIME TALES (selection of true crime in Warwickshire in the Victorian era)

KENILWORTH’S TRUE CRIME TALES (selection of true crime in Kenilworth in the Victorian era)

LEAMINGTON SPA’S TRUE CRIME TALES (selection of true crime in Leamington Spa in the Victorian era)

EARLSDON’S TRUE CRIME TALES (selection of true crime in Earlsdon in the Victorian era)

WITCHCRAFT MURDER ON MEON HILL (the 1945 slaying of Charles Walton at Lower Quinton is Warwickshire’s oldest unsolved murder)

DEADLY WITNESS: SIR BERNARD SPILSBURY (life of the pathologist, born in Leamington Spa, who worked on many famous cases including Dr Crippen and the Brides in the Bath murders

COVENTRY UNDER FIRE: THE 1939 IRA BOMB IN BROADGATE (telling the story from the victims’ viewpoints)

Personalised true crime talks – I am able to research and prepare a talk on a local historic true crime case, if possible, to tailor a talk to your local. To be confirmed following initial contact!

For 2025 I am working on trials for famous cases, in which I will describe the background, the crime, suspect, witnesses and weapon, and ask the audience to vote on whether they are innocent or guilty.

All talks are illustrated with powerpoint presentations.