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Percy Andreae (1858–1924) was an English-American brewer and influential anti-prohibitionist during the early part of the 20th century. He was born in Clapham,  London to a German fath …

When the paths of the beautiful French heiress, the ‘Mistress of Carcassonne’ and the neurotic genius and Hollywood movie writer-producer Xob S’ardnap, cross, they soon find themselves deep in a myst …

An artist’s work is vindictively vandalized, and the artist is found murdered in his smoking room. Gold bullion totaling 10, 000 pounds mysteriously vanishes from the ill-fated steamship Nicobar as i …

For more than a century, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was a potential Jack The Ripper suspect. He was a sinister character, preying on the unfortunate souls who were forced to make a living as streetwalker …

Tales of Terror and Mystery is a volume collecting 12 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1922 by John Murray. The collection is divided in two parts : Tales of Terror with …

John Gillum arrives in London from Australia apparently a wealthy man and then proceeds to cheerfully gamble his entire fortune away. During this period he cultivates the friendship of Mortimer, the …

‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’ is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham’s Magazine in 1841. It has been recognized as the first modern detective story; Poe referred to it as one of hi …

Dan Wheeler has been condemned to live his life outside of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as a result of his conviction for forgery. Murder will happen … …

Tony ‘Pocket’ Upton is almost seventeen-years-old, a student at a resident school in England, and has suffered from asthma as long as he can remember. Pocket makes regular overnight trips into London …

Fingerprints. A single print, being unique – not even identical twins have the same fingerprints – that single print found in the right place at the right time is sufficient to disclose the perpetrat …