A Grim Almanac of Birmingham

by Karen Evans

Discover 366 gruesome tales from Birmingham's past. With appalling accidents, frightful crimes and extraordinary deaths, there's something to surprise even the most hardened reader. Featured here is the man who deliberately swallowed his wooden walking stick, a nineteenth-century horsemeat scandal, a drunken dispute that led to a man being stabbed in the eye with a table fork, and the lightning storm which hit a fog-signalling factory, setting off 43,000 explosions. True accounts of fires, catastrophes, murders, executions and a variety of nasty goings-on in the Birmingham of yesteryear await you within.

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 15, 2015

About the author

Karen Evans is a speaker, author, and co-host of MarriageToday with Jimmy and Karen Evans, a television program reaching over 100 million households daily across more than 200 countries. Alongside her husband, Jimmy Evans, she co-founded MarriageToday Ministries, dedicated to strengthening marriages and providing guidance to couples facing challenges.
With over 40 years of marriage experience, Karen brings wisdom, insight, and a compassionate approach to relationships, helping countless couples build strong, lasting foundations. She and Jimmy have two adult children and five grandchildren, and together, they continue to inspire and support families worldwide through their ministry.

Reviews

[sandra gallagher · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very interesting book what an awful era murder assault and injuries on a daily bases.This was well written and it's very interesting to read knowing my great grandparents and grandparents lived in this environment in Birmingham it must have been extremely dangerous place to live in and even the medical attention was dangerous how the places have changed but i wonder if we are going back in time with the violence we have today on our streets

We all must have had relatives that experinced this way of living and forced to endure this all around them