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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Glasgow

Author : Paul Harrison
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-21
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781844688487

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Glasgow by Paul Harrison Pdf

The criminal cases vividly described by Paul Harrison in this gripping book take the reader on a journey into the dark secret side of Glasgow's long history. The city has been the setting for a series of horrific, bloody, sometimes bizarre incidents over the centuries. From crimes of brutal premeditation to those born of rage or despair, the whole range of human weakness and wickedness is represented here. There are tales of secret passion and betrayal, robbery, murder, gangland violence, executions, and instances of domestic cruelty and malice that ended in death. Among the fascinating and varied selection of cases Paul Harrison covers are an IRA ambush and gun battle, the policeman who murdered his lover, a Wild West-style shootout between police and a desperate robber, a sequence of horrendous serial murders including the case of Bible John, and the extraordinary acquittal of John Mitchell Henderson. The human dramas the author describes are often played out in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction. This grisly chronicle of the hidden history of Glasgow will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the dark side of human nature.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Glasgow

Author : Paul Harrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05
Category : Murder
ISBN : 1845630831

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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Glasgow by Paul Harrison Pdf

The grisly chronicle of the hidden history of Glasgow will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the dark side of human nature.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths around Portsmouth

Author : Sarah Quail
Publisher : Wharncliffe
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-17
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781845630461

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths around Portsmouth by Sarah Quail Pdf

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Portsmouth takes the reader on a sinister journey through centuries of local crime and conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way - cut-throats and poisoners, arsonists and assassins, mutineers, duellists and marauders, prostitutes and thieves, and the brawling seamen and common murderers who moved through the cruel underworld of this historic town. Sarah Quail has selected over 20 notorious episodes that give a fascinating insight into criminal acts and the criminal mind. She recalls intriguing and shocking cases dating from medieval times to the present day. In the process she uncovers an extraordinary variety of misdeeds, some motivated by brutal impulse or despair, others by malice, which taint the history of every age. Most of the cases she recounts involve ill-fated individuals who are only known to us because they were caught up in crime, but she also reconsiders more famous episodes like the murder of the Duke of Buckingham and the disappearance of the Cold War frogman Buster Crabb. The human dramas that are played out in these pages often take place in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Swansea

Author : Bernard Lewis
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783037650

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Swansea by Bernard Lewis Pdf

The criminal cases vividly described by Bernard Lewis in this gripping book take the reader on a journey into the dark secret side of Swanseas long history. The city has been the setting for a series of horrific, bloody, sometimes bizarre incidents over the centuries. From crimes of brutal premeditation to those born of rage or despair, the whole range of human weakness and wickedness is represented here. There are tales of secret passion and betrayal, robbery, murder and suicide, deadly fever and mutiny, executions, and instances of extraordinary domestic cruelty and malice that ended in death. The human dramas the author describes are often played out in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction. This grisly chronicle of the hidden history of Swansea will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the dark side of human nature.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's East End

Author : Geoffrey Howse
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783408306

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's East End by Geoffrey Howse Pdf

The author of The A-Z of London Murders investigates Jack the Ripper’s stalking grounds for even more crimes and killings in England’s capital. For centuries London’s East End has been associated with some of the worst elements of human depravity, where foul deeds and murder were commonplace; and in 1888 the area’s disrepute was added to by the horrific murders committed by Jack the Ripper. The East End was populated by people crammed together in close-knit communities. As the district grew from the ancient villages along the river, much of the village atmosphere and rivalry remained—along with some of the worst corruption and vilest slums to be found anywhere in the country. For instance the residents of Bethnal Green looked down their noses at those from Hoxton, barely half a mile away. During the 1930s, after the Depression, a government report estimated 60 percent of the children in Bethnal Green suffered from malnutrition and 85 percent of the housing was unsatisfactory. These were the times when the infamous Kray Twins were cutting their teeth. The East End’s claim to fame in the annals of crime in England is not without justification, as the pages of this book show.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Reading

Author : John J. Eddleston
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-11-19
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783037537

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Reading by John J. Eddleston Pdf

True-life tales of bloody killings and brutal crimes wind through the dark past of this historic town on the Thames. John J. Eddleston’s latest selection of notorious criminal cases takes the reader through a sequence of sensational episodes that have marred the history of Reading. His book, based on original research, recalls many grisly events and sad or unsavory individuals whose fate has hitherto been forgotten. Among the shocking crimes he reconstructs are those of the baby-farmer Amelia Dyer, the unsolved murder of Alfred Oliver, the suffocation of Beatrice Cox, the red Mini murder of June Cook, and the attempted murder of a family of five. This chronicle of the dark side of Reading’s long history will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in the town’s rich—and sometimes gruesome—past.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Southport

Author : Geoff Wright
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-21
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783408498

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Southport by Geoff Wright Pdf

“A grim catalogue of killings and suspicious deaths that have darkened 130 years of Southport history is laid bare” (Southport Visitor). Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Southport takes the reader on a sinister journey through centuries of local crime and conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way—cutthroats and poisoners, murderous lovers, baby-farmers and baby-killers, burglars, fraudsters, and the so-called “doctor of death.” The book records crime and punishment in Southport in all its shocking variety. Among the many acts of wickedness Geoff Wright describes are the unsolved murder of Nigel Bostock, the double-slaying of two friends, a fatal brawl at the Shakespeare pub, the wife-killing Dr. Clements, and the baffling murder of businessman Harry Baker. His chronicle of Southport’s hidden history—the history this Victorian seaside resort would prefer to forget—will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the dark side of human nature.

Deadly Derbyshire

Author : Scott Lomax
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781844687008

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Deadly Derbyshire by Scott Lomax Pdf

A collection of historical British true crime stories, with illustrations included. From the murder of Hannah Hewitt in 1732 to John Cotton’s killing in 1898, Deadly Derbyshire gathers dramatic, atmospheric true tales of murder and manslaughter in this county in England’s East Midlands. Read about the “fiery” circumstances of the death of John McMorrow; a farm tragedy at Stoney Houghton; and killings for pittances such as three eggs and a sixpence. You’ll also discover stories of unprovoked and wicked deeds and numerous suspicious deaths. Based on extensive research of newspaper archives, uncovering a large number of cases never previously explored, this compendium examines the darker side of this historical port city.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Newport

Author : Terry Underwood
Publisher : Wharncliffe
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2004-09-30
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781903425596

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Newport by Terry Underwood Pdf

This book contains twenty-one separate stories all based in the Newport and district area. This is a coffee table/bedtime story book for the curious. Anyone fascinated by the mindset of a murderer will enjoy this book. Whether you are a budding Miss Marple or an aspiring Morse, inside is a taste of the criminal mind, the effort of detection and the horror of motives. Please do not try this at home!

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In Bath

Author : Kirsten Elliott
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783037742

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In Bath by Kirsten Elliott Pdf

True crime tales from this ancient British city and tourist spot—photos included. Take a journey through centuries of local crime and conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way—cut-throats and poisoners, murderous lovers, assassins, prostitutes and suicides. Among the many tales of wickedness and despair the author records in this fascinating book are: Robbery and revenge in Roman times The brutal uncertainties of Bath in the dark ages The highwaymen, gamblers, and duelists of the Georgian period The Victorian underworld and its notorious cases of prostitution, infanticide, and murder Outbreaks of mob violence Political corruption Kirsten Elliott’s chronicle of the history the town would prefer to forget is compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the dark side of human nature.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In Dublin

Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008-04-22
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781844687060

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In Dublin by Stephen Wade Pdf

Tory gangs, madmen, war criminals, frauds, anarchists, duelists, kidnappers, and more scandal-makers throughout four centuries of Irish history. Dublin is a wonderful, energetic cultural center—the pride of Irish achievements in architecture, arts, and literature. But it is also a city of paradoxes and conflicts—and a long, fascinating history of crime. Stephen Wade now reveals Dublin’s “strange eventful history” in this thrilling collection of murderers, thieves, daredevil highwaymen, libelers, seducers, and bloody avengers—from eighteenth-century turncoats to Victorian-era rogues to a twentieth-century parliamentary candidate with a killer past. Amid tales of sensational investigations and infamous courtroom trials, readers will discover the truth behind the disappearance of the Crown Jewels in 1907; the bizarre motives of nineteenth-century serial killer John Delahunt; and the startling charges leveled against Oscar Wilde’s father, a revolutionary doctor embroiled in a felonious and sexual cause célèbre of his own.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in & Around Durham

Author : Maureen Anderson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003-10-30
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783037834

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in & Around Durham by Maureen Anderson Pdf

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Durham spans four centuries, with over fifty terrible tales of man's inhumanity to man, which are related in the pages of this book. In the early centuries superstition and ignorance were often the means by which justice was meted out. If it was believed that a crime had taken place, a person could be tried, condemned and hanged by the side of the road on nothing more than the statement of a neighbor. The nineteenth century saw the development of the coal industry. This brought thousands of impoverished men looking for work. Sadly , the wages were often spent on alcohol and women were often nothing more than punching bags for the drunken abusive husbands as is the case of Dorothy Wilthew who was murdered at Jarrow by her husband after years of abuse. Other cases include; Joseph Hutchinson who murdered his brother and father at Sedgefield later he was found to be insane, a child was kidnapped and later murdered by Isabella Thompson at Bishop Auckland and Maria Fitzmmons was found stabbed to death in Sunderland in 1869 it was to be 13 years before her killer, Thomas Fury, was convicted of the crime . Take a journey into the darker and unknown side of your area as you read Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Durham.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in and Around Newcastle

Author : Maureen Anderson
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2004-05-31
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783037957

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in and Around Newcastle by Maureen Anderson Pdf

A true-crime tour of this historical British coal town, with photos and illustrations. Historically, Newcastle was a town of great wealth because of the abundance of natural resources. Certainly by the eighteenth century, Newcastle and its surrounding towns made up the most important commercial center in the north of England. But alongside the wealth of the merchants and the factory owners, there was the dire poverty of the working class—and plenty of crime. A pall of dark fog would linger over the buildings, caused by the pollution spouting out from the chimneys of the ironworks and other industries. Bad housing, sanitation, overcrowding, and low wages bred superstition, ignorance, and illiteracy. Alcohol was often the only release the poorer classes had from their otherwise humdrum daily drudgery. It was not only the men who would spend all their money in the many beer houses—women also would drink themselves into oblivion, even if it meant their children went hungry. This book spans three hundred years of grisly events, beginning with the execution of so-called witches—stories that show the depraved side of humanity, and provide insight into the darker history of the area.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's West End

Author : Geoffrey Howse
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-04-06
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781781596616

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's West End by Geoffrey Howse Pdf

London's West End is associated with fashion and glamour but for centuries it has had a far darker side. Geoffrey Howse has uncovered an astonishing catalogue of sinister deeds, some of them famous but others long forgotten. Read about spying, treason, embezzlement, regicide, robbery, forgery, religious persecution, suicide, murder and mutilation; and 'witness' horrendous punishments such as drawing, hanging, disemboweling, quartering, castration, beheading and burning. Earlier cases include the execution of Scottish patriots (1305/6) and three monks who dared to question the supremacy of Henry VIII in 1535. Such events attracted great public attention, as did the extraordinary execution of Charles I in 1649 and, in 1820, the hanging and mutilation of the Cato Street Conspiritors. The foul murder of the famous actor William Terriss, by a madman, in 1897, is featured as are several notable cases from the twentieth century including the horrific wartime murders of Gordon Cummins, the strange disappearances of the socialist MP Victor Grayson and Lord Lucan, the Charing Cross Trunk Murder as well as the mysterious death of boxer Freddie Mills.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In & Around Southend-on-Sea

Author : Dee Gordon
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783408443

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In & Around Southend-on-Sea by Dee Gordon Pdf

A history of true crime in a quaint resort town in Essex, England that hosts a variety of amusements—along with a legacy of madness, mayhem, and murder. This ghoulish look into the past takes readers on a sinister journey through Southend-on-Sea, from medieval times to the twentieth century, and featuring a rogues’ gallery of cutthroats, highwaymen, witches, murderers, and madmen. Included are more than twenty notorious episodes offering fascinating insight into criminal acts and the criminal mind. And in addition to the eerie events of the past, the author explores grievous crimes from more recent times such as the Murrell fratricide, the brutal killing of Florence Dennis, the Watson bungalow murder, the Brown wheelchair murder, the Shoebury Garrison deaths, and many more. Gordon’s chronicle of the dark side of Southend’s long history will be fascinating reading for anyone who is interested in the town’s rich—sometimes gruesome—past.