by Dr Angela Buckley | Apr 4, 2026 | Charles Bravo
I am a huge fan of detective fiction and, over the last year, I’ve been reading through Agatha Christie’s iconic stories, in which she mentions several times the real-life case of Charles Bravo, who was poisoned with antimony in 1876 at his home in Balham: It reminds...
by Dr Angela Buckley | Apr 4, 2026 | Detective Caminada's Casebook
Just like his fictional counterpart, Detective Jerome Caminada had a nemesis. The two men on different sides of the law first crossed paths in 1870, when Caminada was still a beat constable. Almost twenty years later, they would meet in an armed confrontation, with...
by Dr Angela Buckley | Apr 4, 2026 | The Adventures of Detective Caminada
My favourite Victorian detective is Jerome Caminada of the Manchester City Police, a super-sleuth and a real-life Sherlock Holmes. In 1889, he faced his greatest challenge; the Manchester Cab Mystery, for which he would need all the brilliant powers of deduction of...
by Dr Angela Buckley | Apr 4, 2026 | Detective Caminada's Casebook
When I came across the pioneering detective, Jerome Caminada, whilst researching my family’s roots in Manchester, I immediately bought a copy of the first volume of his memoirs, which was published in 1895 (this was the start of my detective autobiography...
by Dr Angela Buckley | Apr 3, 2026 | Detective Caminada's Casebook
Like Sherlock Holmes, real-life detective Jerome Caminada of the Manchester City Police was a master of disguise. Carrying his clothing in a large bag when travelling by train to other parts of the country, he donned different outfits for undercover work, even using...
