Product Description: The Georgian era was perhaps one of the most shocking, gory, vice-ridden, and downright surprising in the capital's history. From an anaconda attack at the Tower of London to a ghost in Regent’s Park, a murder at the House of Commons, a body-snatching case which horrified all of London, a murderer who advertised for a new wife in The Times, and a decapitated head in the churchyard of St Margaret’s in Westminster, it will terrify, disgust and delight residents and visitors alike...read more

Product Description: Inspired by the gory and sensational publications of the Victorian era, these tales collected by Charles Dickens and his staff between 1850 and 1855 features a beautifully engraved heading for every month In among the pages of Dickens' monthly supplement to Household Words lurks a very strange history...read more

Product Description: Sure to delight all lovers of a good scare, this selection contains all the finest ghost stories from this 185-year-old publication. With countless reports of apparitions and premonitions of all kinds, extraordinary instances of second sight, and visitations from spirits predicting fortunes, deaths, and dreadful disasters, it will chill all but the sturdiest of hearts...read more

Product Description: The Terrific Register thrilled its readers with tales of Turkish princes and wicked thieves, black-hearted murderers, wicked massacres, and the boldest criminals ever to menace the traveler by land or sea. This selection contains the most graphic tales of highway thefts and dark deeds on the high seas...read more

Product Description: From strange medical afflictions such as crumbling skeletons and "mortifying" limbs, to miraculous escapes and singular preservations, wonderful beasts such as the vast guardian snake of Nurrah, and all manner of plagues, earthquakes, and disasters, the Terrific Register was an essential purchase for lovers of strange tales across England...read more

Product Description: Residents, tourists, and historians alike will enjoy these many tales of London life, sure to startle the modern reader. Including gripping stories of fires, floods, and disasters; "eye-witness" accounts of the great plague; and the "the last moment of Lord Balmerino, executed on Tower Hill, 1746," it is a fascinating read for anyone who loves the city...read more