More Foul Deeds Suspicious Deaths In Wakefield

Author : Kate Taylor
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-30
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783379033

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More Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Wakefield by Kate Taylor Pdf

A historic account of the Northern England city’s crimes, including misdeeds that shed light on past ways of life—from death by neglect to police killings. How the body of a Wakefield murder victim was exhibited for a fee in 1853, the odd story of a Normanton miner attacked by a prosperous Crofton gentleman in 1875, the tragic death of a twenty-one-year old woman on what should have been her wedding day in 1909, and the case of the Sandal dental lecturer who killed his adopted daughter in 1966 are among the many foul deeds recounted in More Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Wakefield. In a companion volume to Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Wakefield (2001), Kate Taylor has assembled more than fifty further accounts of horrific deaths in or near Wakefield. Some killings reflect the tensions and resentment of domestic life but there are mysteries too like the case of a man found dead in 1860 in a shallow beck with no marks of violence on him. In an incident in Horbury involving the death of a baby in 1849 it was the assistant constable pursuing the inquiries who died. The book shows something of the cultural context that can promote murder—the stigma of illegitimacy in the past and the more recent risks of glue sniffing and the appalling bullying of immigrants. Take a journey into the darker and unknown side of your area as you read More Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Wakefield.

Author : Coral M. P. Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Homicide
ISBN : 1903425077

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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Wakefield by Coral M. P. Taylor Pdf

Author : Keith Henson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781903425541

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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Pontefract and Castleford by Keith Henson Pdf

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Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-29
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783037865

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in & Around Halifax by Stephen Wade Pdf

Calderdale has gone down in the annals of crime in England as the birthplace of Christie of Rillington Place, and as the haunt of the Yorkshire Ripper. But there is much more in the criminal history of the Halifax area to interest the reader with a taste for true crime. As a town with a shifting population of labour for the new mills of the Industrial Revolution, Halifax in the nineteenth century was a focus for urban disorder and lawbreaking. This book tells some of the tales from this period of social history, and from earlier times, when feuds and brutal punishment for crime were the order of the day.Here are the accounts of murders within the family, but also sad suicides and tragic assaults, public riots and violent vendettas. Every northern town has its darkunderbelly beneath the visible civic progress and commercial achievements Halifax and the cluster of towns nearby have had plenty of this nasty side of history, and these pages recount some of the most heinous and vicious crimes recorded between the anarchy of the Middle Ages and the dark twentieth century. The author, a graduate of Leeds University, is a social historian with a special interest in the chronicles of law and crime in the north. He has been a lecturer at the University of Huddersfield and has edited a number of books on literature and history with a regional context. He is currently working on Unsolved Yorkshire Murders, also published by Wharncliffe Books. He is planning to teach a course on the writing of crime in local history at the University of Nottingham.

Author : Kevin Turton
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781903425350

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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Nottingham by Kevin Turton Pdf

'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Nottingham' is part of the new established series by Wharncliffe Books. Covering the period 1830 -1950, the book examines murder and suspicious deaths in and around the city of Nottingham and what impact they had on the people of the city. Murder, mystery and suspicious deaths are often considered to be the province of the fiction writer. However, each story contained within 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Nottingham' is a true account of real events that had a serious impact upon all the lives of those involved. These are stories that once shocked, horrified and captivated, the people of Nottingham as they followed the unfolding events through the pages of the newspapers that hit their doormats each evening. From the strange and macabre to murder and mystery this book examines those cases. Analysing both motive and consequence alongside the social conditions prevalent at the time. It is a fascinating insight into a less well known period of Nottingham's past. Take a journey into the darker and unknown side of your area as you read 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Nottingham'. KEY SELLING POINTS * This is the first Foul Deeds book, in the series, to include the Nottingham area. * Readers always have a thirst for grisly tales of past misdemeanours in their local area. * A well illustrated book using local sources and articles. AUTHOR Kevin Turton was born in Rotherham. He was educated at Kimberworth Secondary School. Kevin has spent a number of years studying and writing about the results of crime, living much of his life in and around Rotherham. He worked in Senior Management for fifteen years and now writes from his home in Northamptonshire. This will be Kevin's second publication with Wharncliffe Books, his first being 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Rotherham'.

Author : Maureen Anderson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 50,8 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.

Author : David McGrory
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781903425572

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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Coventry by David McGrory Pdf

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Coventry takes the reader on a sinister journey from medieval times to the twentieth century, meeting villains, cut-throats, traitors, witches, martyrs and suicidal lovers along the way. David McGrory records crime and punishment in the city in all its shocking variety. Among the many awful episodes he recalls are the brutal execution of a regicide as well as martyrdoms and a witchcraft murder in the medieval period. He retells the story of a triple execution at Gibbet Hill, chronicles poisonings and drownings in the Georgian and Victorian eras, and describes a murderer's lonely suicide in much more recent times.

Author : Caroline Maxton
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781903425787

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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Guildford by Caroline Maxton Pdf

Foul Deeds and Suscipcious Deaths in Guildford - True Crime BooksThe twin fascinations of death and villainy will always hold us in their grim but thrilling grip. In Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Guildford the chill is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder

Author : Nick Billingham
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Crime
ISBN : 9781903425992

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Stratford Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths by Nick Billingham Pdf

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Death in Stratford and South Warwickshire is an exploration of the darker history of the area. Behind the famous tourist industry of Shakespears everyday life on farms and factories carried on just like anywhere else. Ancient superstitions and curious legends provided inspriation for the great bard and other authors but real life was punctuated by sudden death, jealousy and ruthlessness. This book examines some of the most dramatic incidents in detail. Dranw from contemporary sources, newspapers, legal documents and coroner's records; each case provides a glimpse into life and death in its historical setting. The changes in the town, both in its architecture and social values from the background to the lives and deaths of its citizens.

Author : David Goodman
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783037926

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Leeds by David Goodman Pdf

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Leeds' is a collection of detailed accounts of foul deeds, usually murders, in the Leeds region during the period 1807–1926. The time period of 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Leeds' becomes a constant backdrop to the crimes committed. Many lived in cramped and over populated conditions. These appalling situations influenced some of the most notorious local crimes, which commanded the headlines at the time. 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Leeds' captivates crimes of passion in stark contrast to the seemingly calculated murders of Mary Bateman, known as the 'Yorkshire Witch'. The detailed approach to these individual cases tells us much about the people involved and how their lives were dramatically altered. Take a journey into the darker and unknown side of your area as you read 'Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Leeds'.

Author : Terry Underwood
Publisher : Wharncliffe
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,5 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!

Author : Geoff Sadler
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781903425671

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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Mansfield by Geoff Sadler Pdf

A young waylaid and battered with a hedge stake while returning home from Mansfield on a summer evening; four family members butchered in a blazing house just off Commercial Street; an old farmer speared with a hay fork in the mire of a rural farmyard. Such cases detailed here show how often violent death has visited Mansfield in the past.

Author : Keith Henson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781783038077

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in York by Keith Henson Pdf

A local historian reveals the centuries of murder and mayhem lurking in the shadows of this charming English city. Just beneath its gentile façade, the city of York hides a dark past. Once England's second city, it is built on a thousand years of bloodshed. From brutal war to noble rebellion, and from petty crime to notorious killers, death has tracked the city's long history. Keith Henson begins with York’s early history of punishment and close with the city's only unsolved murder. From 1800–1946, the city slid from its Georgian splendor to a seething slum surrounded by medieval walls, then began to reemerge after World War Two. Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in York tells the story of some of the city's darkest moments: from Hanging Bishops to Sweet Toothed Poisoners; Insane Arsonists to Murder Most Foul.

Author : Patrick Denney
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781903425800

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Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Colchester by Patrick Denney Pdf

Takes the reader on a sinister journey from the religious persecutions of Queen Mary's time to the twentieth century, meeting villains, cut-throats, arsonists and lunatics along the way. The book is based on original research and recalls many grisly events and sad or unsavoury individuals whose fate has hitherto been forgotten.

Author : Martin Baggoley
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781473828414

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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Manchester by Martin Baggoley Pdf

Martin Baggoley was born in Eccles . He spent several years working in London and Salford as a civil servant, before qualifying as a probation officer in 1976. Since then, he has worked in the Greater Manchester area, and during this period gained a masters degree in criminology. He has written for a number of UK and American professional journals on criminal justice issues. His main interest is the history of crime and punishment and for this book, he has combind his professional experience and academic expertise with his interest in local history.