Louis Le Prince created some of the earliest motion pictures in the 1880s, years before Edison or the Lumière brothers. In 1890, just as he was preparing to present his work publicly, he boarded a train in France and disappeared. He was neverseen again.

Source MaterialsPaul Fischer, The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies

Nat Segnit, “Who Killed Louis Le Prince? On the Forgotten Father of Film,” Harper’s Magazine (April 2022)

“100 Years Ago, the Father of Movies Disappeared,” The New York Times, September 16, 1990

Christopher Rawlence, The Missing Reel: The Untold Story of the Lost Inventor of Moving Pictures

Stephen Herbert, “Louis Le Prince,” Who’s Who of Victorian Cinema

National Science and Media Museum (UK), archival materials on Louis Le Prince

Leeds City Council / Leeds Museums & Galleries, local historical materials on Roundhay Garden Scene and Leeds Bridge footage

PaulFischer, The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession,Murder, and the Movies

Nat Segnit,“Who Killed Louis Le Prince? On the Forgotten Father of Film,” Harper’sMagazine (April 2022)

“100 YearsAgo, the Father of Movies Disappeared,” The New York Times, September16, 1990

ChristopherRawlence, The Missing Reel: The Untold Story of the Lost Inventor of MovingPictures

StephenHerbert, “Louis Le Prince,” Who’s Who of Victorian Cinema

NationalScience and Media Museum (UK), archival materials on Louis Le Prince

Leeds CityCouncil / Leeds Museums & Galleries, local historical materials on RoundhayGarden Scene and Leeds Bridge footage

A routine Post Office investigation in 1889 led to the discovery of a male brothel on Cleveland Street, involving telegraph boys and high-profile clients linked to the royal household. As the case unfolded, key figures escaped prosecution—raising questions about power and accountability.

Source Materials

H. Montgomery Hyde, The Cleveland Street Scandal

H. Montgomery Hyde, The Love That Dared Not Speak Its Name: A Candid History of Homosexuality in Britain

Katie Hindmarch-Watson, “Male Prostitution and the London Telegraph Boys,”

Theo Aronson, Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld

British Newspaper Archive, “Unlock the Story of the Cleveland Street Scandal” https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2023/08/01/unlock-the-story-of-the-cleveland-street-scandal/

Rictor Norton, “The Cleveland Street Scandal (1889)”https://rictornorton.co.uk/eighteen/1889clev.htm

Contemporary newspaper reports from The Times (1889–1890)

Contemporary newspaper reports from The North London Press (1889–1890)

Anna Marie Hahn was a German immigrant living in Cincinnati in the 1930s. She cooked for people, spent time with them, and became part of their daily lives. And over time, the men she grew close to began to die.

Source Material

Franklin, Diana Britt. The Good-bye Door: The Incredible True Story of America’s First Female Serial Killer to Die in the Electric Chair. Kent State University Press, 2006.

Hunt, Amber. “Queen City Crime: How serial killer Anna Hahn rocked Cincinnati, made Ohio history.” The Cincinnati Enquirer, February 6, 2024.

Contemporary newspaper coverage, including:

The Cincinnati Enquirer (1937–1938)

The Cincinnati Post (1937)

The Pittsburgh Press (execution coverage, 1938)

Telfer, Tori. Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History. HarperCollins, 2017.

Vronsky, Peter. Female Serial Killers: How and Why Women Become Monsters. Berkley Books, 2007.

Queen, Chelsea. “Anna Marie Hahn: The Deadly ‘Arsenic Widow.’” Medium, 2024