Master Detective March 2003

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THE SALCOMBE MURDERS SOLVED AT LAST
On May Day, 1975, John Allen disposed of his wife without too many questions being asked, but his children presented a further problem. He had to murder them and concoct a foolproof alibi, one that would stand the test of time, and he very nearly succeeded

CHRISTA PIKE: YOUNGEST FEMALE ON DEATH ROW
“I’m the devil’s daughter,” Christa yelled, carving a pentagram in her victim’s chest, “And tonight I’ll drink your blood!”

FROM BRISTOL: SECRET OF THE HUSBAND IN THE WARDROBE
Brian Hocking, his wife and Norman Bamber were a friendly threesome, then Brian went missing. Gambling, greed, passion and sex were the ingredients to this cold blooded murder.

WHEN THE WHITE WORKINTG-CLASS MOBS RAN THE “MANORS”
After the fall of the Messina brothers in 1949 white working-class mobsers carved up and ran the capital’s various “manors”

WILL AMERICAN GANG WARS COME TO BRITAIN?
Los Angeles is a city plagued by gang wars, with nightly street battles and killings. There are 400 gangs, with 60,000 members, so no wonder the police chief’s own family was not safe…But will British cities soon be the same?

16 YEARS OF ANGUISH
Samantha Knight’s parents have waited for 16 years to find out what happened to their daughter after she disappeared on August 19th, 1986.

CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL: AL CAPONE’S BRTOHER WAS THE SCOURGE OF THE BOOTLEGGERS
While one Capone was risking his life and career to uphold the law, another was becoming the world’s most notorious criminal!

THE AL CAPONE I KNEW
Recalled by Francis O’Reilly in an interview with Seymour Ettman

CANNIBALISM ON THE NET
Latest horror from Germany. Advert read ‘Gay male seeks hunks 18-30 to slaughter’

YOU SOLVE A MURDER: STRANGE TRAIL OF THE STOLEN QUARTERS…
As long as the money held out detectives were able to follow the fugitive’s trail. But can you guess his identity before they did?

ON THE BORDERLINE OF MURDER?
Should the Crown have accepted the killers’ pleas? Certainly the newspapers of the day and the initial courtroom evidence suggests that a case of murder should have been found

DRIVEN TO DESPAIR
Was it a cry for help that tragically went unheeded? Ruth Bethel drove her four wheel drive straight into the sea

KAREN, MURDER AND JIMMIE’S COOKING HEAD!
The scene that greeted the police after they battered their way in was like something out of Silence of the Lambs. They found James Cameron’s dismembered remains in the fridge and freezer and his head cooking in a pot on the stove!