A Bigg Market Execution
A soldier was executed after being made to play a game of dice to decide his fate.
The Human Fly
America’s most-wanted cat burglar carried out a daring robbery on a jewellery shop in Newcastle.
The Acid House
The old Crystal Fountain pub on the corner of Cross Street and Fenkle Street has a tragic and violent
past.
A quacking day out
A huge crowd gathered in 1845 to watch a clown sail down the River Tyne in a wash tub pulled by four geese.
The Quayside treasure trove
It was finders keepers when a hoard of treasure was found in rubbish taken from the Grey Horse on the Quayside.
Exotic beasts in the Haymarket
Menageries were a popular and cruel entertainment, but sometimes the animals got their revenge.
The unluckiest pub in town
The Burnt House caught fire three times and a lodger was sentenced to death for being gay.
Monkey business on Clayton Street
The animal dealer from Newcastle who sent half a million cats to the Western Front.
The hooss on the netty
Doric House sat on a toilet in St Nicholas Street for almost half a century.
Gallowgate Baths
Newcastle Corporation’s mission to clean up its citizens resulted in this lovely building at Gallowgate.
An old tripe shop
John Row hated working in his dad's tripe shop so he tried to murder him.
Killer dance moves
A dancing competition in a Westgate Road pub resulted in one competitor being murdered.