Tales from the Grave

What makes a person so crazed that they would want to harm a family member? This is the question that may have been asked by May Kathleen Lees when she came home from work on the evening of 6th December, 1944. As May stepped into the Enfield home she shared with her mother and elderly aunt, after 6pm on that fateful day, she had no idea of the scene that would greet her. When she entered the laundry or washroom, she discovered her mother, Clara Evelyn Lees (nee Shepherd), 63,

Saintly or evil, everyone has a story to tell and this is a sad one. When George Henry Biggs lost his wife, Ethel Martha (nee Mills) in...

They ruled the retail trade

An evening out turns to tragedy for elderly couple.

From stocking thief to wealthy landowner.

All odds were against him, but William Murdock had the luck of the Irish.

Chasing some counterfeiters soon turned deadly.