by admin | Jun 7, 2026 | Shootings
“Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened”. Thomas Hardy – Poet and Novelist 1840 -1928 On the 13th December 2005 Bradley John Murdoch, 46 was found guilty by jury in the Supreme Court of the Northern...
by admin | Jun 7, 2026 | Shootings
A brutal gun murder took place alongside the Australian Stuart Highway on the 5th December 1957, forty four years before the circumstances that befell the UK travellers, Peter Falconio and Joanne Lees in 2001. This 1957 event draws a close comparison to the 2001...
by admin | Jun 3, 2026 | Person Profiles
I have been fortunate enough to have books and articles published about the use of firearms in crime and conflict. My latest project which I hope will be eventually published is a book called ‘Bullet Path’. This is a close study of over 25 shootings and...
by admin | Apr 26, 2026 | Shootings
The world has seen firearm assassinations and attempted assassinations prosecuted against political leaders, politicians, influencers and activists for a very long time. The recent attempt, 25 March 2026 on President Donald Trump and senior members of his...
by admin | Apr 12, 2026 | Shootings
In the early hours of the 05 August 1952 three members of a British family on a visit and camping holiday in what is now the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region of south east France were brutally murdered on the side of a rural road. The location was on the north and south...
by admin | Mar 28, 2026 | Shootings
On the 22 August 1962 an organised attempt was made to assassinate President Charles De Gaulle of France and it almost succeeded. Much has been written about this particular assassination effort and a good deal is inaccurate and purely speculative. My aim here is to...
by admin | Mar 13, 2026 | Shootings
Shooting murders are rare in the UK and that is a result of the limited access to firearms. Criminal shootings are generally perpetrated with illegally procured weapons. Domestic murders and mass shootings have often been prosecuted with licensed guns. These are...
by admin | Mar 12, 2026 | Shootings
Dunblane – we have reached the 30th anniversary. On 13 March 1996 Thomas Hamilton, 43, entered Dunblane Primary School near Stirling in Scotland and committed the worst ever recorded murderous act on children in the UK. It brought about the controversial hand...
by admin | Mar 9, 2026 | Shootings
Much has been written and debated about the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife Sophie on June 28th 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The event has been considered to be the “Spark that ignited the...
by admin | Mar 9, 2026 | Shootings
If you are interested in the JFK assassination, and whatever your view, I hope you will find this feature interesting. In this post I want to leave you with a simple photo gallery. My personal contributing images were taken in September 2022 and November 2024. I have...
