# The Detective's Notebook

Historical true crime, Victorian and Edwardian detectives, and the history of forensic science.

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## [The first Metropolitan Police murders](https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/the-first-metropolitan-police-murders)

_2026-08-19 · Dr Angela Buckley_

Four unsolved historical homicides

## [How to uncover a murder](https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/how-to-uncover-a-murder)

_2026-08-12 · Dr Angela Buckley_

When crime history meets local history...

## [Who Killed Constable Cock?](https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/who-killed-constable-cock)

_2026-08-05 · Dr Angela Buckley_

A historical murder with a shocking twist

## [Inside The Detective’s Notebook](https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/inside-the-detectives-notebook-ea8)

_2026-07-31 · Dr Angela Buckley_

Monthly briefing for founding members

## [Pickpocketing in paradise](https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/pickpocketing-in-paradise)

_2026-07-24 · Dr Angela Buckley_

Detective adventures at the pleasure grounds

## [Belfast’s infamous prison](https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/belfasts-infamous-prison)

_2026-07-20 · Dr Angela Buckley_

The Crumlin Road Gaol experience

## [Introducing Detective James McLevy](https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/introducing-detective-james-mclevy)

_2026-07-10 · Dr Angela Buckley_

Edinburgh’s Sherlock Holmes

## [The Burke and Hare murders](https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/the-burke-and-hare-murders)

_2026-07-06 · Dr Angela Buckley_

Although they were not technically 'bodysnatchers', the serial killings of William Burke and William Hare, in Scotland in the late 1820s, were closely linked to the nefarious trade in corpses. It is a dark and complex history.

## [Inside The Detective’s Notebook](https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/inside-the-detectives-notebook-716)

_2026-06-26 · Dr Angela Buckley_

Monthly briefing for founding members

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## [Death by antimony](https://drangelabuckley.substack.com/p/death-by-antimony)

_2026-06-19 · Dr Angela Buckley_

Was antimony an everyday Victorian murder weapon? Here are three cases in which the poison was used to kill (or attempt to), including a very famous poisoner, and a senior police officer who gave away the evidence as souvenirs.