Beyond the Man in the Iron Mask: by request, I post all three parts that I wrote as guest posts for other bloggers here for readability. ___________________________________ I like to read about old unsolved cases. We usually refer to them as historical mysteries. One of them is the story of the unknown prisoner or the man [...]
Tags: Cruelty, Evidence, France, Historical Mystery, Identification, Prisons, the Man in the Iron MaskKing Richard III: Ruthless Ruler? Yes. Regicide? No. After I posted my take on the historical mystery of the Man in the Iron Mask, Suzie suggested that I look into the case of the Princes in the Tower. King Richard III is in general regarded as their murderer and the play by Shakespeare has done [...]
Tags: A. Weir, Autopsy, Book Reviews, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, Croyland Chronicles, Cruelty, DNA, Dr. Lawrence E. Tanner, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Woodville, Evidence, Faulty Evidence, fibre-optic camera, Forensics, Henry Tudor, Historical Mystery, Identification, J. Tey, Mary of York, Miscarriage of Justice, Missing Person, Plantagenet family, prejudice, Princes in the Tower, Professor William Wright, Queen Elizabeth, regicide, Richard III, Richard III Society, Richard of York, scoliosis, Shakespeare, Sir Robert Brackenbury, Sir Thomas More, the Battle of Bosworth, the Tower of London, the War of the Roses, UK, WitnessesIn April, Vidster will post his thoughts about a historical mystery. Three bloggers have generously agreed to host me. The first one is in the United Kingdom. The second and third are in the United States of America. Details? Gary Lee Walters over at www.StretLaw.co.uk will host part I during the weekend of April 14-15. Gary’s [...]
Tags: David Swinson, Historical Mystery, Joe GiacaloneDavid V. Neily by Sue Carney David Neily at his daughter’s wedding, July 2005 “Love has no boundaries of time or space. It survives forever without nourishment or encouragement to flow forth as the pure water from the blossom of the Earth’s Heart.” David Neily This poem was written by David Neily, a creative and [...]
Tags: DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Historical Mystery, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Police, VictimThe Lost King of France by Deborah Cadbury This book combines Vidocq’s passion for historical mysteries, cold cases, and forensics! My interest was peaked after watching the movie “the Scarlet Pimpernel” with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour. The book by Baroness Emmuska Orczy was tedious and less amusing than the movie. Vidocq’s attraction to “the Scarlet Pimpernel” is easily [...]
Tags: Anastasia Romanov, Anthony Andrews, Austria, Book Reviews, Burial, Child Abuse, Cruelty, Deborah Cadbury, DNA, Execution, Forensics, France, Historical Mystery, Louis-Charles, Marie-Therese, Maternal Line, Mitochondrial DNA, Prince, Princess, Public Execution, Queen, Robespierre, Royalist, Saint-Denis, Scarlet Pimpernel, the Dauphin
