The Macabre Observer

The Macabre Observer is simply my observations in the world of the macabre, any topic that fires my dark curiosity will end up here....you have been warned!

Thursday, 18 June 2026

Devil Worship, Dope, and a West End Flat - A Weekly Dispatch Report from 1939.

The author John Worby on his wedding day. This is the second installment of John Worby's "British Gangsters" article in The We...

Friday, 12 June 2026

The Murder of Harriet Lane, the Wainwright Case of 1874.

The Arrest, Trial And Execution Of Henry Wainwright, from Chronicles Of Crime And Criminals by Anonymous. In the East End of London, in a bu...

Friday, 5 June 2026

The Distant Roar Of A Long Tom.

Aiming the Long Tom at Mafeking. Our Forts Need Guns! The Long Tom was a siege gun of French manufacture, made at the Schneider & Cie ...

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Gordon Stoker: Hello and welcome to my blog, I am Gordon, a strictly amateur historian. I'm originally from Northumberland, UK, but now I'm out here in Van Diemen's Land.

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