Eliza explores the cut-throat world of Victorian theater ... So you will be taken from here and held at Newgate Prison pending further investigation. ♪ ♪ (breathes deeply) Can I help you?

The attack from all sides was so general, that they were almost instantaneously covered with mud.” These angry scenes took place outside the Middlesex Sessions House in Clerkenwell on 15 January 1819.

To mark Valentine’s Day here are some love-themed stories from Essex history, some with happy endings, some with bloody ones.

In past centuries, you might have given your valentine a bent coin, jewelry made out of hair, or a carved whale tooth instead ...

Virginia Feito’s relentlessly gory novel “Victorian Psycho” announces its narrator’s grisly intentions from the start. By Jac Jemc Jac Jemc is the author, most recently, of the novel ...

The Victorian era inspires diverse manga, from supernatural mysteries to dark comedies. Manga titles draw inspiration from iconic literary characters and popular literature. Stories often ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - A big rally Saturday outside Vermont’s only women’s prison. State officials are looking to build a new facility but some believe prison’s are not the answer.

Every month, I comb through Netflix’s slate of new movies and TV shows and in February, I was greeted with a surprise: “Prison Cell 211.” To anybody who has seen the excellent 2009 movie ...

The second-look bill would allow people serving prison terms of 10 years or longer to apply to judges and ask them to re-evaluate their sentences. The aim is to “address the harms caused by New ...

Scotland Yard’s Victorian history is a captivating tale of law enforcement evolution and forensic science breakthroughs. Simon Read, author of Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force ...

Brad Battin has expressed his enthusiasm and optimism about his new role as Victorian opposition leader, despite the daunting task of trying to fix the issues plaguing the state. “I don't think ...