Master Detective March 2017

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Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective of 221B Baker Street, London, remains a popular character, whether in the modernised TV version, film adaptations or the still much-loved short stories and novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Conan Doyle’s stories brought him both fame and acclaim during his lifetime but he was also fascinated by real criminal cases and the law, too. Scotland’s Classic Cases and read how he became a champion for a man wrongfully convicted of murder in The Curious Case Of Oscar Slater.

Several readers have asked us about Dr. Edward Oscar Heinrich, a pioneer of forensic science. Don’t miss The Last “Great” American Train Robbery, the case which earned Heinrich the nickname “the American Sherlock Holmes.”

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OXFORD’S WIND IN THE WILLOWS MURDER
Book-dealer Adrian Greenwood attracted the murderous attention of Michael Danaher when he tried to sell a rare first edition for £50,000…

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

EUROPEAN CRIME REPORT
“Death Of A Poker Player,” “The Girl Who ‘Fell Off The Roof,’” “Gulay Chose Death Rather Than Rape”

PAUL DONNELLEY’S MURDER MONTH
More Murder

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

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

SCOTLAND’S CLASSIC CASES: THE CURIOUS CASE OF OSCAR SLATER
How a brutal murder led to one of the most shameful episodes in Scottish legal history when justice truly failed

CRYSTAL KEPT DADDY’S BODY IN THE SHED
As guests partied at the mountain cabin, host Crystal Brooke Howell hid a dark secret…

MD FORUM 1: HELEN AND OLGA MURDERED MEN FOR THEIR MILLIONS
Pensioners Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt plotted murder and robbery like two witches…

MD FORUM 2: SIX-YEAR HUNT FOR YORKSHIRE’S SHOE FETISHIST SEX FIEND
When police delved into the world of foot fetishism to find a killer

US EXECUTIONS – THE FORGOTTEN DECADE: DEAD MEN DON’T GO MISSING
Where was miserly musician and landlord Billy Wright? Would some dodgy cheques provide a clue?

THE LAST “GREAT” AMERICAN TRAIN ROBBERY
Robbing the “Gold Express” was meant to make the D’Autremont brothers rich. But their scheme couldn’t have gone more wrong…

MURDER IN YOUR VILLAGE: DOUBLE-MURDER IN ASHTON COTTAGE
Scotland Yard’s finest on the trail of a double-kill

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