Master Detective October 2016

Master Detective October 2016

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How on earth did it happen? The Jonestown, Guyana murder-suicide of 918 members of the People’s Temple cult in 1978

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How on earth did it happen? The Jonestown, Guyana murder-suicide of 918 members of the People’s Temple cult in 1978 was a truly shocking event. In 900 Die In Jungle Slaughter, we consider the appalling events of 38 years ago and cult leader Jim Jones. It has to be read to be believed.
Don’t miss too A Plea From Elvis…But Who Killed The Grimes Sisters? This intriguing murder case from 1950s Chicago continues to fascinate, 60 years on.
And the second instalment of our Murder In Your Village series comes to Porlock, Somerset, with a bloody and curious tale from a century ago. It made the headlines then and still resonates today. Don’t miss it.

LETHAL INJECTION FOR SEX PARTY SPREE KILLER
He went along to save his marriage – but ended up killing all the guests…

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

EUROPEAN CRIME REPORT
“TV Newsreader Murdered,” “The Man Who Raped And Killed His Neighbours,” “What Katy Did To Her Dad”

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

PAUL DONNELLEY’S MURDER MONTH
More Murder Months

900 DIE IN JUNGLE SLAUGHTER
The full story of Jim Jones and the People’s Temple…

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

MD FORUM: A PLEA FROM ELVIS…BUT WHO KILLED THE GRIMES SISTERS?
The King of Rock’n’Roll sent a message when fans Barbara and Patricia Grimes vanished. Soon a complex murder inquiry was under way. An intriguing case, requested by a reader

SCOTLAND’S CLASSIC CASES: The FIEND OF THE GORBALS
Patrick Carraher was like a human time-bomb set to explode. The moody loner let his fists and weapons do the talking – with horrific and tragic results

MOST WANTED: THE BLOODY DEATH OF BONNIE AND CLYDE
Gangster partners Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker lived to kill and loved killing, determined to live and die by the gun and take as many cops with them as they could…

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JACK THE RIPPER: THE STRANGE CASE OF MARY ANN AUSTIN
She died a horrific death just yards from where Jack the Ripper had struck 13 years earlier. Had the so-called Leather Apron made a deadly return?

MURDER IN YOUR VILLAGE: FATAL SHOTS END BATTLE OF THE WARRING NEIGHBOURS
Builder Henry Quartly and fishmonger Henry Pugsley had been in a long-standing feud. Then gunfire disturbed the peace of rural Porlock…

 

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