Harry Pearson

Sport, travel, food, art, humour. Award winning author of 13 non-fiction books. Based in North East England. Contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveller UK. Wrote 800+ columns for the Guardian.

harrypearson.contently.com|@camsell59

CSI: Original

Dr. John Aubrey Thorndyke wasn’t just the first fictional forensic scientist, he was the first forensic scientist period. 

The Godfather of Bizarre

Everybody has heard of teleportation, alien abductions and poltergeists, but without the pioneering work of Charles Fort, it’s unlikely any of these phenomena would have entered public consciousness.

Continental Capers

Real-life European heists that will baffle and delight.

The Dark Side of London in the Swinging Sixties

True crime reads from the English capital's grooviest decade.