Graphic images depicting brutal crimes often accompanied murder stories in 19th Century publications. In the early years, the already old tr...

This recently acquired carte de visite of playboy, Edward S. “Ned” Stokes, completes the set of principals in the 1872 murder of Jim Fisk ...

Here are some murder related cartes de visite I recently acquired. They were produced at the time of the murders and sold as souvenirs . ...

After a recent post about the Nicely Brothers , who were hanged for the coldblooded murder of Herman Umberger in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania ...

On November 22, 1868, the body of Mrs. Mary E. Hill was found on the ground outside of her Philadelphia residence. It did not take the polic...

Luminous-Lint, a website devoted to history, evolution and analysis of photography has a great on-line exhibition of 19th century British a...

On April 22, 1874, the body of four-year-old Horace Millen was found in a clambake pit on Savin Hill Beach in the Dorchester neighborhood...

The 1857 stabbing of Dr. Harvey Burdell, one of New York City’s most sensational murders, occurred just in time to save Frank Leslie’s Ill...

Illustrations from the 1872 book Life, Adventures, Strange Career and Assassination of Col. James Fisk, Jr. provide a good graphic prese...

Haley Dock and Homestead. The murder occurred in the third house from the left. An article in the October 1874 issue of Harper’s Magazin...