Arrested for Palmistry at St John's College
3 July 2021
St John's College, St. Giles, Oxford
In 1893 a woman was fined 10 shillings for practicing 'unlawful and subtle craft' in the gardens of St. John's College.
Highwaymen of Shotover
25 May 2021
Old Road, Shotover Country Park
The old road through Shotover Forest was in the past notorious as a haunt of highwaymen looking to steal from unwary travellers.
Duck Prank Leads to Murder at Wolvercote
24 May 2021
Wolvercote, Oxford
When accused of stealing a duck Thomas Beesley denied it, but 'He was proved a liar by the loud quacking coming from his coat pocket'!
The Despicable Dunsdons of Fulbrook
3 March 2021
Fulbrook, Burford
The Dunsdon brothers were once the most feared criminals in all of Wychwood, but they met their end due to a bungled burglary that resulted in a severed arm!