Master Detective August 2017

Master Detective August 2017

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The French A6 road, much used by British motorists driving from Paris to the Mediterranean, is generally

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The French A6 road, much used by British motorists driving from Paris to the Mediterranean, is generally crowded with traffic. The Burgundy stretch is probably less busy than the northern section, and it was along this stretch that 11 young women were murdered in 21 years. In 2015, killer Jean-Pierre Mura was imprisoned for one of the murders – and now Pascal Jardin has been found guilty of another, having got away with it for 18 years. Turn to European Crime for the full story.

Sixty years ago this month John Vickers became the first killer to be executed in Britain under the new Homicide Act. Turn to Murder Beneath The Stairs

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YEARS FOR HIGH WYCOMBE’S KEBAB SHOP KILLER
The shocking murder of 20-year-old Zofia Sadowska

PAUL DONNELLEY’S MURDER MONTH
More Murder

THIRTY YEARS AGO IN CRIME
More headline-making material from MD’s crime archives

VIEWPOINT plus COMPETITION
More of your views and a chance to win a book

EUROPEAN CRIME REPORT
“Pascal Kept Murder Secret For 18 Years,” “Mum And Dad Slaughtered With A Pickaxe,” “Nanny Killed Parents And Chopped Up Bodies,” “‘Little Grégory’: Police Charge Two Family Members”

MD’s CRIME QUIZ
Test your knowledge of crime in our fun quiz

SCOTLAND’S CLASSIC CASES: “LYNCH HIM,” CRIED THE MOB
An angry crowd wanted vengeance after the violent killing of a Larkhall woman

US EXECUTIONS – THE FORGOTTEN DECADE: MYSTERY CALLER TOLD RUTH: “YOUR HUSBAND IS DEAD”
Life had been good for Iowa doctor Edward Bartels – until he got an urgent phone call on July 11th, 1960…

MURDER IN YOUR VILLAGE: HOUSEHOLD WIPED OUT IN NIGHT OF HORROR
Frederick Holmes had the reputation of a perfect English gentleman in Fawley, Buckinghamshire. Then he became a ruthless killer

“I JUST SHOT MY WIFE AND KIDS”
Caller Randall Coffland had shocking news for the emergency dispatcher from his home in a Chicago suburb

THEY CAME TO WATCH THE HANGING: “HER THROAT WAS GUSHING BLOOD”
William Stevens had developed an obsession with his 17-year-old neighbour Annie Leeson. When she rejected him, he began to carry a razor around with him

CATCH THE DANCING YEGGMAN AND THE EVIL MISSOURI KID!
A pair of violent robbers were in the money after an explosive bank raid. But Pinkerton’s finest detectives were on the case

MD FORUM: MURDER BENEATH THE STAIRS
How Carlisle killer John Vickers made history 60 years ago this month

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