In 1922 William and Helen Harkness were accused of the murder of a teenage girl. What came out at their trial above all else was the story of a desperate
FROM NEWCASTLE: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION “I have murdered my entire family,” the caller said. Five minutes later police were confronted with a horrific sight
Charlize Theron and the terrible tragedy of her mother killing her father. There are three Australian cases in this issue – one of which, is a classic whodunit. Did mild-mannered Andrew Fitzherbert really unleash his uncharacteristic fury on Kathleen Mar
RELEASED TO KILL AGAIN: “I HOPE HE HAS NIGHTMARES FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE” Within two months of his release from a murder sentence the violent giant killed again
How did a slightly built woman, weighing only 112lbs, have the strength to kill her husband, chop him up with a power saw, stuff his body into three suitcases, and throw them over Chesapeake Bay Bridge? The jury didn’t know but decided it was possible, an
Tragedy Ended Their Flight Of Fancy Horror In Accrington: Evil Stepfather’s Vicious Revenge Gail’s Deadly Secret The World’s Worst Killers Part 6 * From Wales: Unique Evidence Of The Signed Stamp * Licked! – By A Postage Stamp * Murder In Th
FROM IRELAND: THE BITTER LIFE OF A DISGRACED PREDATOR The list of possible killers would no doubt have been a long one. But who did cut the octogenarian’s throat?
Everything in the case was bizarre. There was a wedding reception for a marriage that never took place, a “hit-man for hire” website, a woman calling herself Lyingeyes and a deadly poison concealed in a contact lens
DUBLIN CHILD-KILLER WAS POLICE INFORMER There are some deviant types who linger on the edge of the law, filled with a mix of fascination and twisted egotism. Such a person was John Delahunt…
Just over seven years ago, in the September 2001 issue, Master Detective described Barry George’s conviction for the murder of Jill Dando as “The Verdict That Shocked The Nation.” From the very beginning there were doubts about the safety of George’s conv
This issue tackles the thorny subject of capital punishment in Australia and the United States. We have compiled a definitive list of the men and women hanged in Australia between 1900 and 1967 and relate the controversial case of Ronald Ryan, the last ma
•"I often dream I’m on the scaffold about to be hanged,” Nottingham mill worker and consummate liar William Saville told his girl friend Ann Ward. •On one hot summer night in July 2005 this mother of five just snapped.
Child-killer Thomas Nicholson regarded his trial and sentence of death as something of a joke and his manner only changed when his execution was imminent and he realised at last that there was to be no reprieve. There had been no petition for mercy – the
Deadly women can be found on any continent but Australian Katherine Knight must be one of the most vicious. She cold-bloodedly made love to her partner of seven years then stabbed him repeatedly as he desperately tried to escape from her. What happened ne
An item of news that you will not have seen reported in the press here at home or in Europe concerns 10 lifers currently in prison in Clairvaux, France, who, a couple of years ago, petitioned the French Government to act on their behalf. So? you might ask
WHY JOANNE MURDERED HER GRAN Greed. She feared all her granny’s money would be spent on care. In other words, she was not prepared to lose her inheritance