THE DOMINICI AFFAIR – France 05 August 1952

THE DOMINICI AFFAIR – France 05 August 1952

In the early hours of the 05 August 1952 three members of a British family on a visit and camping holiday in what is now the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region of south east France were brutally murdered on the side of a rural road. The location was on the north and south...
TO KILL A PRESIDENT – Charles de Gaulle 1962

TO KILL A PRESIDENT – Charles de Gaulle 1962

On the 22 August 1962 a serious attempt was made to assassinate President Charles De Gaulle of France and it almost succeeded. Much has been written about this particular assassination effort and a good deal is inaccurate and purely speculative. My aim here is to...
DOMESTIC AND MASS SHOOTING – UK

DOMESTIC AND MASS SHOOTING – UK

Shooting murders are rare in the UK and that is a result of the limited access to firearms. Criminal shootings are generally perpetrated with illegally procured weapons. Domestic murders and mass shootings have often been prosecuted with licensed guns. These are...
DUNBLANE – 1996

DUNBLANE – 1996

Dunblane – we have reached the 30th anniversary. On 13 March 1996 Thomas Hamilton, 43, entered Dunblane Primary School near Stirling in Scotland and committed the worst ever recorded murderous act on children in the UK. It brought about the controversial hand...
KILLING THE ARCHDUKE – SARAJEVO 1914

KILLING THE ARCHDUKE – SARAJEVO 1914

  Much has been written and debated about the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir apparent to the Austro-Hungarian Empire and his wife Sophie on June 28th 1914 in Sarajevo, Bosnia. The event has been considered to be the “Spark that ignited the...
THE JFK ASSASSINATION GALLERY  21 – 24 Nov 63

THE JFK ASSASSINATION GALLERY 21 – 24 Nov 63

If you are interested in the JFK assassination, and whatever your view, I hope you will find this feature interesting. In this post I want to leave you with a simple photo gallery. My personal contributing images were taken in September 2022 and November 2024. I have...
MEETING BUELL WESLEY FRAZIER – Lee Harvey Oswald 1963

MEETING BUELL WESLEY FRAZIER – Lee Harvey Oswald 1963

Meeting Buell Frazier In November 2024 I met Buell Wesley Frazier in Dallas, Texas. Buell was the work colleague who innocently brought Lee Harvey Oswald to their workplace in the TSBD, (Texas School Book Depository), on Friday 22 November 1963, the day JFK was...