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Voices In Time

1888 | London

Red Ink

Jack the Ripper taunts the public. More

Voices In Time

1597 | London

Enemy of the State

Drawing a confession. More

Voices In Time

1865 | Washington, DC

Following Orders

Who jails the jailer?More

Voices In Time

1594 | Verona

Deliverance

It is not from death I request thee to deliver me, but from this terror of torment’s eternity.More

Voices In Time

1693 | London

Child Care

Sparing the rod.More

Voices In Time

c. 1775 | London

Sops for Seberus

Does the punishment fit the crime?More

Voices In Time

632 | Arabia

The Hour of Doom

Judgement day. More

Voices In Time

1797 | Mediterranean Sea

Forestalling a Mutiny

Herman Melville among the pirates. More

Voices In Time

c. 1730 | London

Jenny Diver in Change Alley

Girls gone wild. More

Voices In Time

c. 228 | Naukratis

Something Is Rotten in the Agora

Athenaeus prefers a fish out of water.More

Voices In Time

c. 1650 | Boston

Withholding Redemption

Sinners in the hands of Nathaniel Hawthorne. More

Voices In Time

1189 | England

Rules of the Road

Tarred and feathered. More

Voices In Time

1870 | San Francisco

Giving the Devil His Due

We have contemplated with considerable satisfaction the various attempts to take human life during the present week.More

Voices In Time

c. 1040 | Inverness

False Face, False Heart

What lurks inside the hearts of Scotsmen?More

Voices In Time

1651 | Paris

Order of Mischief

A philosophical hierarchy of crimes. More

Voices In Time

1917 | Arabia

Conflict Resolution

T.E. Lawrence defuses a fight. More

Voices In Time

1909 | Battersea

Empaneling a Jury

G.K. Chesterton considers morality. More

Voices In Time

1890 | Auburn

Rigor of Death

The invention of the electric chair. More

Voices In Time

c. 30 | Golgotha

Sign on the Cross

They led him away and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.More

Voices In Time

1577 | London

Setting the Crooked Straight

What is a felon?More

Voices In Time

1823 | London

The Perfect Murder

What’s the use of virtue?More

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