TELL US WHERE YOU BURIED TULAY How a distraught mother broke a traditional code of silence to denounce her husband as a murderer in an “honour killing” trial
We have a pretty impressive archive of back issues, which we use all the time for research. But somewhere along the line we lost our only copy of our very first issue.
For nearly a century there had been talk of harnessing the power of the River Shannon, and in 1925 the new Irish Free State decided to spend a fifth of its entire annual budget on the project
WHY I BELIEVE THE LADY IN THE LAKE KILLER WAS INNOCENT The suicide of the man jailed for murdering his wife seemed to end one of Britain’s most chilling mysteries…
In the evening of October 30th, 1983, 16-year-old trainee hairdresser Colette Aram set out from her home in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, to meet a friend – and walked straight into the arms of a sadistic killer.
VICTORIAN MURDER MYSTERIES PART 13: BRIXTON’S WATER LANE MYSTERY The boy was shocked to see his mum lying on the floor in her nightdress, a pillow over her face
Why was David Swain convicted of murder when Gabe Watson received a sentence of manslaughter? Both men were found to have killed their wives while scuba diving,
Had the shopping list been made by just about anyone else it might have seemed completely innocuous. It included bin liners from B&Q, a balaclava and bleach from Tesco and a meat cleaver,
Monster In Our Family: There was always a pattern. For a while life would run smoothly and Elizabeth would start to believe that she and Robert could really be happy. But the calm always shattered, and in 2007 it finally exploded…
MISTRESS BURIED IN LONELY GRAVE How North Wales Police reeled-in a woman’s brutal killer – using the media as bait – after 14 months’ diligent detective work
Everything about 31-year-old Philip Murray said “don’t mess with me.” A big bruiser of a man with his right eye missing, he worked on-and-off as a news vendor in Edinburgh, sharing a second-floor flat in Jamaica Street.
This collection of cases from the pages of True Detective, Master Detective, True Crime and Murder Most Foul brings you a concentrated dose of the best stories from across the world, reporting many aspects of crime. It all adds up to a fascinating cocktai
Everything seemed to happen in slow motion, Michelle tried to reach her young daughter Breea as she ran but the sharp, cold barrels of two handguns pressed into her temples.
A KILLER RISES FROM THE GRAVE – 30 YEARS AFTER THE CRIME He pounced in a dark pub car park but many years would pass before his body finally gave up his terrible secret
A sensational claim that 60s rock idol Jimi Hendrix was murdered has emerged in a new book by his road manager. The author alleges that Hendrix was murdered
•A TRAIL OF RAPE AND MURDER •VICTORIAN MURDER MYSTERIES: A PRIVATE WEDDING, A WATERY GRAVE •THE KILLER WHO CAME BACK •DID THE MAD AXE-MAN KILL THE SECRETARY?
WHY WAS THIS THUG LET INTO BRITAIN TO RAPE AND MURDER? A man with a history of violence was allowed into the country to commit “vile and barbaric crimes”
The Fees should never have been allowed to operate a slaughterhouse so near the town centre, their neighbours said. For some time residents of the market town of Clones had been complaining about a foul stench
“When I read about the murders in the paper it was as if it was all a dream. Then I would resume my life as normal until the urge to kill the soldier came over me again and I’d go on the hunt again.
•Horror Of Craig’s Wedding Day Secret •Notable British Trials Part 25: Sex Romps, Porno And Murder Part 1 •Questions & Answers: The Last Man To Be Garrotted In Spain •Hanged At Strangeways: Part 1 Of A New Series •Under The Spotl
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
Elegant, studious, quietly spoken Jean-Claude Romand was a brilliant doctor, medical researcher and pillar of the local community. He worked on secret projects at the World Health Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland, and was on the verge of a breakthrough
Truth is stranger than fiction, they say, and this issue of True Detective certainly confirms that. Nick Yarris’s story could not have been made up. After spending 23 years on Death Row for a crime he did not commit, Nick became the first man in…
VALLEYS OF DEATH: THE HENGOED CARAVAN MURDER In a small area of South Wales four murders happened in 18 months. The first was a brutal stabbing of a young mother…
Quite by chance, religion seems to hold sway over this month’s issue. Psychopath Earle Nelson didn’t bother to cover his tracks, but for over a year this feral killer used his inhuman strength to rape and murder at will right across America
Do you believe in miracles? Ashley Smith did and persuaded the man who was holding her hostage in her apartment to believe in them too. Not only did Ashley persuade him to give himself up, she also converted him to Christianity. Now he wants to spread the
Her relationship was a sham masquerading as "the best marriage in the universe," Nancy Kissel confided to a friend in an email from Hong Kong, where she and her husband were living. Nancy’s way of dealing with this was somewhat unconventional – she spiked
AT HOME WITH ROSE WEST She’s perhaps Britain’s most notorious female killer. And while the authorities treat her with kid gloves, she remains her old manipulative self
This issue is full of fascinating crime stories both past and present from around the globe which gives you an opportunity to compare and contrast cases.
The vanishing. A mystery from Colorado. At first it seemed that Paul Skiba had abducted his daughter Sarah after his ex-wife talked of moving to Oregon. But police soon realised that not only was Sarah missing but so was her father and one of his employe