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In the language of Georgian law, they called premeditated ill intent 'malice prepense.' It has a cold ring to it; as if the law itself already knows what you were thinking.

But Jane Griffin's crime is not premeditated. It is something almost worse: inevitable. Everyone who knows her sees the fault line running through her character. She is kind, charming and prosperous. She is also possessed of a rage so sudden it moves through her like a storm.

In a Smithfield inn, that storm finally breaks. Her maid is the one standing in its path.

This story comes from Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals, published nearly 300 years ago; one of the first true crime books in English.

What unsettles you more: a crime that is planned, or one that everyone saw coming but no one could stop?


https://darkstories.com.au/jane-griffin-the-mistress-who-turned-a-knife-on-her-maid

In February 1879, Ned Kelly and his gang rode into Jerilderie, New South Wales, locked up the local police, put on their uniforms, and robbed the Bank of New South Wales while parading through town as if they owned it.

During that raid, Kelly dictated the Jerilderie Letter: a passionate, sprawling manifesto against police corruption and colonial injustice. It remains one of the most extraordinary documents in Australian history.

From his impoverished childhood in Victoria to his iron-clad last stand at Glenrowan, Kelly's story is drenched in blood, defiance, and a debate that still rages 140 years on. Was he a cold-blooded killer or a rebel born of a broken system?

Drop your take below.


https://darkstories.com.au/ned-kelly-the-outlaw-who-became-australias-most-legendary-bushranger

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