The Agony Column of the Times was full of stories that fascinated the public, but which were never resolved.
DEAREST H. — Am in great distress. Pray write at once to same address as last; it will be quite safe. Loving little wife. (10 May 1881)
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DEAREST H. — Am in great distress. Pray write at once to same address as last; it will be quite safe. Loving little wife. (10 May 1881)
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"Little Wife" and Other Stories
The Agony Column of The Times in 1881
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July 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM
The Agony Column of the Times was full of stories that fascinated the public, but which were never resolved.
DEAREST H. — Am in great distress. Pray write at once to same address as last; it will be quite safe. Loving little wife. (10 May 1881)
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DEAREST H. — Am in great distress. Pray write at once to same address as last; it will be quite safe. Loving little wife. (10 May 1881)
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Kate Hudson was the daughter of an optician. After the death of her father in 1895, her husband took her for a break in Helmsley. And he murdered her. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Optician's Daughter
The Murder of Kate Hudson
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June 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Kate Hudson was the daughter of an optician. After the death of her father in 1895, her husband took her for a break in Helmsley. And he murdered her. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
In 1913, an 18-year-old called Dorothy Vause disappeared from Whitby without explanation. When her family received letters and telegrams from her days later, she said that she had been kidnapped. But the truth was almost certainly very different.
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The Stationmaster's Daughter
The Escape of Dorothy Vause
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May 30, 2026 at 12:52 PM
In 1913, an 18-year-old called Dorothy Vause disappeared from Whitby without explanation. When her family received letters and telegrams from her days later, she said that she had been kidnapped. But the truth was almost certainly very different.
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In 1904, in a boarding house at the heart of Liverpool’s Chinese community, a man called Pong Lun shot dead his friend John Go Hing. But no-one in the story proved quite as straightforward as the press claimed, not least the widow of John Go Hing. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Murder of John Go Hing
And the Many Lives of His Widow
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May 16, 2026 at 11:21 AM
In 1904, in a boarding house at the heart of Liverpool’s Chinese community, a man called Pong Lun shot dead his friend John Go Hing. But no-one in the story proved quite as straightforward as the press claimed, not least the widow of John Go Hing. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
On Wednesday 3 September 1879, a young woman alighted from an omnibus in the centre of Liverpool. Several people noticed her but lost sight of her as she turned down a side street. It took 47 days to find out what had happened to Elizabeth Mary Edwards. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Disappearance of Miss Edwards
The Liverpool Mystery of 1879
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May 2, 2026 at 12:49 PM
On Wednesday 3 September 1879, a young woman alighted from an omnibus in the centre of Liverpool. Several people noticed her but lost sight of her as she turned down a side street. It took 47 days to find out what had happened to Elizabeth Mary Edwards. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
In 1898, the six-year-old Richard Henry Abbott ran away from home in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, and spent months in a Newcastle workhouse without revealing who he was. Instead he proved a talented teller of "untruths", a skill he carried forward into adulthood open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Plausible Gardener
The Wanderings of Richard Henry Abbott
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April 18, 2026 at 9:59 AM
In 1898, the six-year-old Richard Henry Abbott ran away from home in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, and spent months in a Newcastle workhouse without revealing who he was. Instead he proved a talented teller of "untruths", a skill he carried forward into adulthood open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
When an actress, Ellen Augusta Rogers, died suddenly in Bradford in 1890 after a miscarriage, many would have passed judgement on the immorality of life on stage. But the real story was far more complicated both for Rogers and many like her. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Actress at Houghton Place
The Story of Ellen Augusta Rogers
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April 4, 2026 at 12:51 PM
When an actress, Ellen Augusta Rogers, died suddenly in Bradford in 1890 after a miscarriage, many would have passed judgement on the immorality of life on stage. But the real story was far more complicated both for Rogers and many like her. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
In January 1899, £60,000 disappeared from a drawer in Parr's Bank, London. It was a huge sum and, apparently, a brilliantly audacious crime. But something was not quite right, not least when much of the money was returned a few days later…
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The Robbery at Parr's Bank
"Rarely Surpassed in the Annals of Crime"
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March 14, 2026 at 5:31 PM
In January 1899, £60,000 disappeared from a drawer in Parr's Bank, London. It was a huge sum and, apparently, a brilliantly audacious crime. But something was not quite right, not least when much of the money was returned a few days later…
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A unexplained double death in Fulham in 1892: a young actress and a man calling himself her husband. A tragic accident? Or a murder-suicide?
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The Doctor and the Actress
Morphia, Suspicion and a Double Death in London
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February 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
A unexplained double death in Fulham in 1892: a young actress and a man calling himself her husband. A tragic accident? Or a murder-suicide?
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In 1892, an independently wealthy man called William Stiles died in faintly murky circumstances. There were questions whether he had been held against his wishes, and whether he had been forced to change his will in favour of his possible captors.
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The Lonely Death of William Stiles
Unanswered — and Unasked — Questions at an Inquest
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February 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM
In 1892, an independently wealthy man called William Stiles died in faintly murky circumstances. There were questions whether he had been held against his wishes, and whether he had been forced to change his will in favour of his possible captors.
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No-one ever knew who Mabel Grey was nor where she came from. Was she a courtesan or an invention? All attempts to define her failed before she vanished as mysteriously as she arrived. She was notorious and scandalous. And the press couldn't get enough
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The Legend of Mabel Grey
Queen of the Demimonde
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January 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
No-one ever knew who Mabel Grey was nor where she came from. Was she a courtesan or an invention? All attempts to define her failed before she vanished as mysteriously as she arrived. She was notorious and scandalous. And the press couldn't get enough
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Fifteen years after the mysterious disappearance of the bank manager William Lidderdale, a friend began the process of having him declared legally dead. But rather than settling the matter, it renewed fascination in the baffling case open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Application to Presume Death
The Matter of Mr Lidderdale — Part Two
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November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Fifteen years after the mysterious disappearance of the bank manager William Lidderdale, a friend began the process of having him declared legally dead. But rather than settling the matter, it renewed fascination in the baffling case open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
On 8 January 1892, a bank manager called William Lidderdale vanished without trace. But a fairly straightforward story was soon complicated by the publication of a death notice full of impossibilities…
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The Matter of Mr Lidderdale
Part One: The Missing Bank Manager
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November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
On 8 January 1892, a bank manager called William Lidderdale vanished without trace. But a fairly straightforward story was soon complicated by the publication of a death notice full of impossibilities…
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In 1883, a body was found hidden in the old boiler of a ruined mill. How did the woman came to be there, and how could she have been failed by literally everyone in her life? #history #biography #asylums
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The Lost Weaver
The Life and Death of Mrs Hannah Haigh
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November 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In 1883, a body was found hidden in the old boiler of a ruined mill. How did the woman came to be there, and how could she have been failed by literally everyone in her life? #history #biography #asylums
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In 1890, a Liverpool docker called Samuel McKay disappeared during a works outing to Matlock Bath in Derbyshire. And almost no-one seemed to notice. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Vanished Docker
The Disappearance of Samuel McKay
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October 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In 1890, a Liverpool docker called Samuel McKay disappeared during a works outing to Matlock Bath in Derbyshire. And almost no-one seemed to notice. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
Lily Woodcock was a barmaid in Limehouse who twice escaped throwing herself in front of a train. But she was not quite the hysterical woman portrayed in the press, nor was her story quite as straightforward as it seemed
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#history #Limehouse #biography #asylums open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Limehouse Barmaid
The Trials of Lily Woodcock
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October 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Lily Woodcock was a barmaid in Limehouse who twice escaped throwing herself in front of a train. But she was not quite the hysterical woman portrayed in the press, nor was her story quite as straightforward as it seemed
#history #Limehouse #biography #asylums open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
#history #Limehouse #biography #asylums open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
Leonard Peart was found in his photography studio after having shot himself. But like something out of the Strand Magazine, before he died, he had also shot one of his own photographs: a portrait of a woman called Miss Dempster
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The Heartbroken Photographer
The Suicide of Leonard Peart
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October 12, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Leonard Peart was found in his photography studio after having shot himself. But like something out of the Strand Magazine, before he died, he had also shot one of his own photographs: a portrait of a woman called Miss Dempster
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The story of her tragic death made the newspapers in 1934, published with a touch of sensationalism and no little implied moralising. But Toni Corazza was far more than just a journalistic cliche. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Dancer of Radnor Street
The Life and Death of Toni Corazza
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October 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The story of her tragic death made the newspapers in 1934, published with a touch of sensationalism and no little implied moralising. But Toni Corazza was far more than just a journalistic cliche. open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
In 1908, a bookseller from Suffolk, who had been suffering from depression, disappeared in London, prompting a frantic search from his wife. He reappeared almost a month later having been living in the streets with no memory of his former life
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The Amnesiac Bookseller
The Adventures of Harry Edward Harmer
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September 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
In 1908, a bookseller from Suffolk, who had been suffering from depression, disappeared in London, prompting a frantic search from his wife. He reappeared almost a month later having been living in the streets with no memory of his former life
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In 1891, just a few days after the census, two men died at a mill in the Lancashire town of Tyldesley. Philip Hill shot Thomas Syms dead and then turned the gun on himself. What led to the events of the Tyldesley Tragedy? open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Tyldesley Tragedy
A murder-suicide in a Lancashire cotton mill
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September 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
In 1891, just a few days after the census, two men died at a mill in the Lancashire town of Tyldesley. Philip Hill shot Thomas Syms dead and then turned the gun on himself. What led to the events of the Tyldesley Tragedy? open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
I often stumble across stories with no link to cricket which are extremely compelling. So I'm trying something different (not about the sport!). If you like stories from the past and finding out about lost lives, please have a look and maybe subscribe open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
The Tyldesley Tragedy
A murder-suicide in a Lancashire cotton mill
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September 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I often stumble across stories with no link to cricket which are extremely compelling. So I'm trying something different (not about the sport!). If you like stories from the past and finding out about lost lives, please have a look and maybe subscribe open.substack.com/pub/lostlive...
🧭 Lost Live!
We're doing more space adventures on the train and DnD fun times!!!
Crazy behaviour on a Tuesday evening!
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We're doing more space adventures on the train and DnD fun times!!!
Crazy behaviour on a Tuesday evening!
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Adventuring in space and maybe in D&D!! [Honkai: Star Rail & D&D]
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🧭 Lost Live!
We're doing more space adventures on the train and DnD fun times!!!
Crazy behaviour on a Tuesday evening!
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We're doing more space adventures on the train and DnD fun times!!!
Crazy behaviour on a Tuesday evening!
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🧭 Lost Live!
It's Sylus' birthday!!! You gotta see this and the event!!!
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It's Sylus' birthday!!! You gotta see this and the event!!!
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🧭 Lost Live!
It's Sylus' birthday!!! You gotta see this and the event!!!
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It's Sylus' birthday!!! You gotta see this and the event!!!
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🧭 Lost Live!
Adam's down! Where's Eve? He's next 😤
Fighting more robots and androids!
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Adam's down. Bring it on Eve! You're next! [NieR: Automata]
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Adam's down! Where's Eve? He's next 😤
Fighting more robots and androids!
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Adam's down! Where's Eve? He's next 😤
Fighting more robots and androids!
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🧭 Lost Live!
Party on the space train!!
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Party on the space train!!
Excited to see the events!!
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