22 June

A sermon at St Paul's Cross declares Edward IV's children illegitimate.

Princes in the Tower Unsolved

In 1483 a twelve-year-old king and his brother vanished inside the Tower of London and their uncle took the crown. What became of them is still debated.

His trial for the murder of Bessie Mundy opens at the Old Bailey.

George Joseph Smith Executed

Three newly married women drowned in small baths in three towns. A grieving father's newspaper cutting exposed the bigamist behind all of them.

The Federal Kidnapping Act, the 'Lindbergh Law', becomes law.

Lindbergh baby kidnapping Executed

A ladder, a misspelled note and $50,000 in gold certificates: how the Lindbergh baby case ended in the electric chair, and why doubts still linger.