Category Archives: death hunters

Chapter 9 Locked Up Part 1 (First Draft)

Posted on November 4, 2013 by

William Saville was incarcerated in a cell deep below County Hall. It was carved out of the sandstone on which the Hall was built. His cell was roughly six feet wide and four feet across . All the walls had … Continue reading →

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Chapter 3 Relic Hunters (first draft) Part 2 of 2

Posted on August 19, 2013 by

Chapter 3 Continued…..  The Mayor then cautioned the prisoner in a manner which was so grave and serious a charge warranted that what he might say would be taken down and perhaps produced against him and told him he was … Continue reading →

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Signs of Evil…another weird dream!

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

Hello again readers. Today I should have been attending a writing course. Sadly  the course had to be cancelled. The English lady running the course was unable to attend as she could not arrange house-sitters in time. I will tell … Continue reading →

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The Next Big Thing Blog Chain

Posted on November 22, 2012 by

I was hugely surprised but very grateful to Emma McCoy for nominating me for the Next Big Thing Blog Event. Emma has been following my blog from the outset. In turn I have been following her work and progress with interest, not … Continue reading →

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Sally Arsenic

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

Hello again readers. I recently posted a blog about ballad sellers and death hunters, who made their living by selling printed accounts of the life, crimes, trial and execution of murderers . I promised a follow-up blog. Here it is! … Continue reading →

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Death Hunters, Ballad Sellers and Execution Broadsides….

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

Hello again Readers. Still busily researching my historical crime novel. Its amazing how research can easily take you away into a wonderful journey back into very very different times. Just recently I stumbled upon some amazing information about people who were variously called … Continue reading →

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