Then and now
Newgate and the social scene
Earliest trials
St. Sepulchre's bell of doom
High treason and highwaymen
Introducing a hangman
Virtue and villainy
Chaplains as gallows birds
Reformers versus authorities
Two bad men and some others
Farewell to the "old" Old Bailey
Old Bailey tradition
The "new" Old Bailey
Some colourful imposters
Echo of the Oscar Wilde case
Goliaths of crime
Men who killed twice
The Old Bailey of the future.