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Weird Woman
POLICE COURT.—THIS DAY. AUCKLAND STAR, VOLUME IX, ISSUE 2442, 19 JANUARY 1878 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18780119.2.13 With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand
The Head of William Jarvey, Murderer
This plaster death mask of William Jarvey was taken after his execution at Dunedin Gaol, 1865 THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES MONDAY MAY 8, 1899. OTAGO DAILY TIMES, ISSUE 11417, 8 MAY 1899 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18990508.2.30?query=executed%20skull&sort_by=byDA&items_per_page=100&page=2&start_date=01-01-1862&end_date=31-12-1903&snippet=true&title=EP,ODT An account of Jarvey’s execution. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, FolkLore
Tagged Crime, Dunedin, Ghost, Murder, Necromancy, New Zealand, NZ
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MOTOR CRIME GANG.
A rare case of gang crime in inter-war New Zealand NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME LXIV, ISSUE 19818, 13 DECEMBER 1927 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19271213.2.129?query=mcgregor%20barnett With thanks to the National Library of New Zealand
Superstitions of Criminals
These generalised recountings of superstition and folklore, presumably from Britain but not clearly marked as such (for example in this article where only the first incident, which states it’s location, in clearly labelled as having come from an overseas source) … Continue reading
Cold Blooded Murder
A further story from John Wilson’s ‘Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago‘. The context suggests this story takes place in the 1860s. A report of a double murder at Switzers reached Blatch at Clutha. Two brothers, named Tibbetts. had a station at Switzers. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Uncategorized
Tagged Crime, Murder, New Zealand, New Zealand Social History, NZ, Otago
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Suicide Bombing at Murchison, 1905
Murchison suicide bombing a world first Forget Islamic extremists or anything to do with the Middle East, the world’s first strapped-on suicide bombing happened in Murchison. Joseph Sewell was a 57-year-old farmer from Longford when he strapped himself with sticks … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Uncategorized
Tagged Crime, Murder, New Zealand, New Zealand Social History, NZ, West Coast
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Some pieces relating to blackbirding from New Zealand papers
At first relatively small ships – cutters, and ketches, and schooners – from New Zealand’s more northerly ports made up the bulk of the Kiwi blackbirding fleet, but as time went on, and the profits to be made from the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Politics
Tagged Crime, Murder, Nautical, New Zealand Social History, NZ, Poetry, Politics, Prose, Prussians of the South Seas
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Pirates in New Zealand
Taken from Wikipedia: Charlotte Badger Charlotte Badger (1778 – in or after 1818) is widely considered to be the first Australian female pirate. She was also one of the first two white female settlers in New Zealand. Badger was born … Continue reading
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Tagged Crime, International, Nautical, New Zealand, New Zealand Social History, NZ
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“The Silver Skulls” -A Society to Murder Mothers.
” The Silver Skulls”-A Society to Murder Mothers. Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 100, 1 May 1886, Page 5 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18860501.2.82&srpos=3&e=——-100–1—-0cursed+cave– This incident lead to an article decrying the pernicious effects of penny dreadfuls
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