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  1. 5. New Technology

    5/5 How the age's great technological advances were used to capture criminals.

  2. 4. Adelaide Bartlett

    4/5 A poisoning case shakes public faith in expert witnesses. Robert Glenister reads.

  3. 3. Red Barn Murder

    3/5 How the 1828 Red Barn Murder became a sensation of the age.

  4. 2. Origins of Modern Policing

    2/5 Why the Victorian public initially resisted an organised police force.

  5. 1. The Ratcliffe Highway Murders

    1/5 How the Victorians turned violent crime into entertainment.