Diarmid MoggA Crime Scene Aberdeen then-and-nowI’ve always loved then-and-now comparisons, so I was pleased to find a photograph that’s an almost perfect match for one of the crime scene…Dec 21, 2017Dec 21, 2017
Diarmid MoggCrime Scene AberdeenAlmost no one has seen this photograph in more than 80 years.Dec 21, 20171Dec 21, 20171
Diarmid MoggThe Only Picture of the Ratho MurdererLast Friday, the crime writer E S Thomson was in the archives of the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, researching material for a…Dec 12, 20171Dec 12, 20171
Diarmid MoggDeath by Lighting — Salisbury CragsA picture taken by E S Thomson of a sketch by Dr John Smith in the archives of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. Here’s a news…Dec 12, 2017Dec 12, 2017
Diarmid MoggJoseph KerwinSomeone’s selling a great little set of mug shots of an unlucky man called Joseph Kerwin.Dec 9, 2017Dec 9, 2017
Diarmid MoggThe Illustrated Police NewsI’m working on an exhibition of old crime-scene photographs, and I want to use some illustrations to help bring the stories behind them to…Sep 2, 2017Sep 2, 2017
Diarmid MoggThomas BromageMost of my mug shots come from New Castle, PA (you can read the stories behind them over on Small Town Noir), but this mug shot of…Oct 14, 20152Oct 14, 20152
Diarmid MoggArden StreetA postcard sent from Edinburgh to Budapest in 1913, not long after Arden street was built. Below it, the Google street view image, taken…Jun 30, 2015Jun 30, 2015
Diarmid MoggFifties FacesAnonymous extras from the British film “The Extra Day” (1956), each with a perfect fifties look.Feb 15, 2015Feb 15, 2015
Diarmid Mogg“Mother Wishes Son Had Been Killed”One of the few mug shots I own that isn’t from New Castle, Pennsylvania.Nov 4, 2014Nov 4, 2014