crime – Page 3 – Manchester Historian

John Downey, accused Hyde Park bomber, recently walked free from the Old Bailey. Ben Beach looks at the ongoing and sometimes controversial process of pacification in Ireland.

After both the chairman of the Co-operative Bank and the mayor of Toronto recently fell from grace due to their extra-curricular activities, Vivienne Dellious-Daly examines some of the more corrupt political or powerful figures of the past.

The security of Selfridges was breached in June in a large (and embarrassing) smash and grab raid. James Brannan explores other audacious heists throughout history.

The Cornerhouse and MGM have ushered in the autumn with Film Noir. Alex Hulmes explores this dark genre, past and present.

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was the infamous Colombian drug lord who’s violent power dominated the cocaine industry for two decades, making him billions of dollars and leading to the murder of hundreds of people. Pablo Escobar was born in the city of Envigado, Colombia in 1949 and his criminal inclinations can be seen from his Continue Reading