Master Detective March 2015

Master Detective March 2015

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Freda Rumbold might not be the most famous British husband-killer but she is, nevertheless,

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Freda Rumbold might not be the most famous British husband-killer but she is, nevertheless, among a fairly elite group. She was one of the last people sentenced to death during the unofficial moratorium in the mid-50s before the passing of the Homicide Act. And, as her case, requested by a reader, recounts, she could not have come closer to the gallows…

In 1991, Virginia Larzelere’s Florida life seemed a happy one. But all that was to change when a gunman shot her prosperous dentist husband Norman dead – and she ended up convicted of his murder and on Death Row.

When a workman renovating a Lincolnshire house in the 1990s found a murder confession from 1901 under the floorboards, a murder mystery with a difference began. Could a trace be found of the murderer or victim?

ONE LIFE OF CRIME: HOW THEY CAUGHT THE WORLD’S END KILLER When two Scottish teenage girls were murdered in 1977 after a night out in Edinburgh, 37 years would pass before their notorious killer Angus Sinclair was brought to justice…

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

MD FORUM: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE SOMERSET HOUSEWIFE
Freda Rumbold claimed she lived in fear of her husband Frank – who, she said, became a violent sex beast at full moon…

AN INNOCENT WOMAN ON DEATH ROW?
After 15 years awaiting death, lawyers have decided that Virginia Larzelere need not now die in the electric chair…

CURIOUS STORIES OF MURDER: WAS THERE A MURDER IN WRAWBY STREET?
A yellowing note discovered under the floorboards suggested a murder had taken place years before in the Lincolnshire town of Brigg…

JAILBREAK PART 18: THE COP KILLER AND THE LSD FACTORY
With psychedelia in full swing, ambitious but cold-blooded Zachary Lillard emerged on the scene…

LYING EX KILLED MICHELLE THEN DENIED IT ON DR. PHIL
Mark Castellano fell under suspicion when his ex-girlfriend vanished. So he went on national TV in the US to spin his version of events…

“HE’LL NOT WORRY MOTHER ANY MORE”
Teenager “Tot” Miller joined the merchant navy to escape his bullying father. But after he was discharged his hatred was unleashed…

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