Unsolved Putney Murder: John Gibbons

Retired engineer John Gibbons, 49, was found stabbed to death at his home on 17 March 1985. Mr Gibbons, originally from British Guiana, had been stabbed through the heart and his throat was slashed. His body was discovered by his 16 year-old daughter Dawn at the flat in Huntingford House, Horne Way, Putney. A 28-year-old man was …

Murder at the Priory: Charles Bravo

The Priory, a crenellated white mansion in Balham, south London, was the setting for a scandalous 19th Century murder which remains unsolved to this day. It was the home of 31 year-old barrister Charles Bravo and his new wife Florence, who had one previous marriage and a scandalous affair with… You must be a paid …

Year of the Ripper: Clarence Longman Jnr

On 11 October 1889, a young soldier in the 29th Steel Battery of the Royal Artillery at Newbridge Barracks in Ireland made a sudden confession. “I wish to give myself up,” Private Edwin Shuttleworth told his sergeant-major.  ‘What for?’, came the reply. Shuttleworth was in already in trouble for leaving… You must be a paid …