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The History Inquiry

·19 hours ago

Money, Sex and Madness: The story of corruption at Hanover Park Asylum

On December 14th, 1816, a trial opened at the Court of Common Pleas in Dublin. The action, brought by one Mr. J. Hinds, alleged that Dr. Philip Middleton had engaged in “criminal conversation” with his wife, Hester Hinds. The consequence of the “conversation” was that Hester Hinds had delivered a…

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Money, Sex and Madness: The story of corruption at Hanover Park Asylum
Money, Sex and Madness: The story of corruption at Hanover Park Asylum
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·Nov 26

The Deluded Judge: His Memoirs changed everything.

The Man Daniel Paul Schreber was a remarkable man. Born in Saxony in 1842, highly educated and very intelligent, he trained as a lawyer and was made a judge in the High Court at Dresden, North Germany, by the time he was 25 years old. In 1884 he sought election…

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The Deluded Judge: His Memoirs changed everything.
The Deluded Judge: His Memoirs changed everything.
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·Oct 24

Sorrow, Grief, and Woe: The Poetic Lament of Granville Medhurst, who murdered his wife.

It was on the eleventh day of May With tears I now lament and say My bosom friend and loving wife I cut her tender thread of life Granville William Wheeler Medhurst was everyone’s idea of the country gentleman. Well educated, prosperous, happily married, surrounded by children he loved, socially…

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Sorrow, Grief and Woe: The Poetic Lament of Granville Medhurst, who murdered his wife.
Sorrow, Grief and Woe: The Poetic Lament of Granville Medhurst, who murdered his wife.
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·Aug 30

From Fanatic to Lunatic: Jonathon Martin, the man who burned York Minster.

After the ending of the regular Sunday worship at York Minster, on Sunday February 1st, 1829, worshippers left for their homes and the heavy church doors were shut and locked. Yet, one person remained. A hooded figure lurking in the cold, dark shadows. When all was completely quiet, the phantom-like…

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From Fanatic to Lunatic: Jonathon Martin, the man who burned York Minster.
From Fanatic to Lunatic: Jonathon Martin, the man who burned York Minster.
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·Jul 27

The Bizarre end of James Pattle — “the greatest liar in India”

The events you are about to read are true. They may not have happened as set out here, but they surely did happen.

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The Bizarre end of James Pattle — “the greatest liar in India”
The Bizarre end of James Pattle — “the greatest liar in India”
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·Jul 13

Love, Jealousy, Insanity, and Abuse: A Torrid Tale of Victorian Life

How the tale began… In the year 1845, in the town of Bebington, which is on the Wirral near Liverpool, the marriage of Charles Turner with his bride, Mary Ann, was celebrated. It was reported that the marriage was not a happy one, with disagreements from the outset…

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Love, Jealousy, Insanity and Abuse: A Torrid Tale of Victorian Life
Love, Jealousy, Insanity and Abuse: A Torrid Tale of Victorian Life
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·Jun 13

The Suicide of Robert Clive of India: A strange end to a glorious life?

On the afternoon of November 22nd, 1774, Robert Clive — Lord Clive of India as he was commonly known — was found dead in the bathroom of his grand home at Walcot…

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The Suicide of Robert Clive of India: A strange end to a glorious life?
The Suicide of Robert Clive of India: A strange end to a glorious life?
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·Mar 26

The Attempted Seduction of Richard Paternoster

Richard Paternoster sat on his bed in the small cell-room allocated to him. He wanted to disturb no-one. He simply wanted to read quietly and educate himself. Eliza Lush, a woman who — in Paternosters’ elegant words — had “the remains of some personal attraction”, came and sat with him…

History Of Mental Illness

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The Attempted Seduction of Richard Paternoster
The Attempted Seduction of Richard Paternoster
History Of Mental Illness

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Jan 13

The Poisonous career of Mary Ann Cotton

The date is March 24th, 1873. The place is Durham Gaol. The scene is the hanging gallery. From above, out of sight of the gallows, members of the Press are gathered. For weeks they have been pulsating with stories of the lady about…

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The Poisonous career of Mary Ann Cotton
The Poisonous career of Mary Ann Cotton
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Nov 3, 2022

The Day that Lunatics were encouraged to take over the Asylum.

Ballinasloe, in the Irish province of Connacht, is a town in the mid–western part of Ireland. Historically the area had high levels of poverty, population decline from potato famines, and from large scale emigration. Local unrest including riots and killings occurred over land reforms at the turn of the twentieth…

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The Day that Lunatics were encouraged to take over the Asylum.
The Day that Lunatics were encouraged to take over the Asylum.
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