Singular Discoveries
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Singular Discoveries is my free email newsletter featuring brand-new stories, personal recommendations, and extras from my notebooks. It's published about once a month.
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The Bog Body Murder - 3 September, 2026
World Cup Willies - 18 June, 2026
The Detective Who Investigated Shakespeare's Grave Robbery - 21 May, 2026
The Woman Who Haunted Shakespeare's Grave - 7 May, 2026
The Man Who Stole Shakespeare's Skull - 23 April, 2026
Music and the Microbe - 12 February, 2026
Countess as Dope Fiend - 22 January, 20262025
The Boy in the Dustbin - 11 December, 2025
Crushed by a Steam Roller - 9 October, 2025
Attacked by Weasels - 11 September, 2025
Blaming Heatwaves on Jupiter - 14 August, 2025
The Village that Forged the Working Class - 10 July, 2025
The Red Cross Murders - 12 June, 2025
Oliver Cromwell and the Vampire's Grave - 8 May, 2025
The Strange But True Story of the Witches' Circle - 10 April, 2025
Coffee Johnny and the Winlaton Wild Man - 6 March, 2025
How to be Wise, Happy, Useful, and Rich - 6 February, 2025
The Prince and the Secret Tunnel - 9 January, 20252024
Lord of the Cave - 12 December, 2024
The Belle of Shepton - 5 December, 2024
The Cedar Box - 28 November, 2024
The Mysterious Miss Vining - 21 November, 2024
The Vanishing Bank Manager - 14 November, 2024
The Great British UFO Hoax - 17 October, 2024
Edinburgh Ex-Footballer Shipwrecked - 12 September, 2024
The Many George Wilsons - 8 August, 2024
Twelve Boys Rout Fascist - 1 August, 2024
Forgotten on Death Row - 11 July, 2024
Fooling With a Whirlwind - 13 June, 2024
Is There a Man in the Moon? - 9 May, 2024
The Snowdrop: Bonus Content - 18 April, 2024
The Snowdrop: Lost in the Arctic - 11 April, 2024
Tyne Bridge Paperback - 21 March, 2024
Chasing a Monkey - 14 March, 2024
Awful Murder in Seattle - 8 February, 2024
A Tomb of Giants - 18 January, 20242023
A Christmas Singular Discovery - 14 December, 2023
Queen Victoria's Giraffe - 9 November, 2023
The Ghost of Mecklenburgh Street - 12 October, 2023
Singular Discoveries: The Podcast - 26 September, 2023
Two Starlings on a Chimney Pot - 7 September, 2023
A Child at the Bottom of a Well - 3 August, 2023
The Titanic Rescue - 13 July, 2023
Singular Discovery of Spanish Coins - 22 June, 2023
Thirty-Two Days Adrift - 11 May, 2023
The Dog and the Dinosaur: Deleted Scenes - 20 April, 2023
The Dog and the Dinosaur - 11 April, 2023
The Man Who Rode the Bear - 23 February, 2023
Death of an Angel - 19 January, 2023
Messages from the Sea - 5 January, 20232022
The Tombstone Pterodactyl - 8 December, 2022
The Plot to Blow Up the Tyne Bridge - 3 November, 2022
The World's Scariest Painting - 20 October, 2022
A London Ghost - 6 October, 2022
100ft Wave's Havoc - 29 September, 2022
The Undercover Cricketers - 1 September, 2022
Knocks from the Coffin - 18 August, 2022
The Flying Man (and Flying Donkey) - 7 July, 2022
Three or Four Hundred Mice - 26 May, 2022
Boy Falls From Tyne Bridge-Twice - 6 April, 20222021
A Ghost Story of Christmas - 16 December, 2021
A Fiery Meteor at Loch Ness - 5 August, 2021
Children in a Den of Snakes - 29 July, 2021
Oldest Man in World to Play Bowls - 22 July, 2021
Loved a Royal Freak - 15 July, 2021
Beer Versus Water - 8 July, 2021
The Gangsters Who Robbed the Wrong Bank - 1 July, 2021
Attacked by Her Python; PLUS Ed Caesar - 24 June, 2021
Saved by a Football; PLUS Erik Larson - 17 June, 2021
Rival Romeos in the Ring; PLUS Brendan I Koerner - 10 June, 2021
A Barrel Full of Boys - 3 June, 2021
Welcome to Singular Discoveries - 21 May, 2021