True Crime May 2011

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CASES FROM BRITAIN…

BRITAIN’S MAJOR MURDER CASES: “I AM NOT SOPHIE’S KILLER”
Whoever murdered little Sophie had to be a monster – and the suspect Cheshire Police reeled in was a monster in every sense of the word

UNTOLD TALES FROM THE SCAFFOLD PART 10: A HANGMAN’S CHANCE OF STARDOM
The Times announced that James Berry had been appointed to carry out the first double-execution in Edinburgh in 50 years. He knew that if all went well he would ultimately become a celebrity, so he had to seize his chance

WOULD THEY HANG FLASH EDDIE THE WHISKY KILLER?
Capital punishment had been abolished in Britain for most types of murder. But one north London killer could face the death penalty if robbery was the motive for the crime

RENE AND ARTHUR’S FATAL LOVE AFFAIR
Reluctantly Rene told her “fiancé” that although she still loved him dearly she had to obey her parents’ wishes. So their “engagement” was over

…AND FROM THE USA…

STUDENT WHO SOLVED A MURDER
On work experience, Gabrielle became involved in a 37-year-old murder mystery

RESEARCH & WRITE FOR TRUE CRIME: THE LESTER STREET MASSACRE
A murder shocker submitted by a TC reader from Memphis, Tennessee

MURDER FOR AMUSEMENT
No one knows how long Diaz toyed with his victims, but he watched as they suffered terrible disorientating dizziness and violent seizures

ASK TRUE CRIME: WHAT HAPPENED TO HEIRESS DOROTHY ARNOLD?
An enquiry from a reader in Leatherhead, Surrey, regarding a woman who mysteriously vanished on a shopping trip to fashionable Fifth Avenue

CLUE OF THE VAGRANT PHRASE
The two cops could not have expected that a conversation they overheard one night in a restaurant would lead to the jailing of two dangerous men

…AND THE REST OF THE WORLD

MUM TELLS HOW SHE KILLED HER SON
Gaëlle was livid when she knew her partner was in bed with his mistress. In revenge she was determined to kill her three children