True Crime September 2023

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Highlights this issue include:

CASES FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND…
MAJOR BRITISH MURDER CASES: RICHMOND’S BANK RAID MURDER
Michael Hart was under investigation for more than 40 robberies and had even been charged in connection with a jewellery raid when he headed out for his next job…

LAST MEN ON THE GALLOWS: BELFAST HANGING OF A WIFE-KILLER
He’d strangled his wife Nellie to death in a drunken stupor and, after a second trial, been sentenced to death. But Samuel McLaughlin blamed anyone but himself for his predicament

KILLERS RELEASED TO KILL AGAIN: “HE’LL KILL AGAIN,” SHE WARNED
When the body of missing 16-year-old Carol Ann White was found by a dog-walker in West Drayton, a murder inquiry was launched. Investigators soon began to wonder though whether the pet’s owner knew more than he was letting on

ASK TC: WHAT DROVE LITTLE LIZZIE’S SLAYER?
The murder of little Lizzie Smith appeared brutal and apparently motiveless, with no element of sexual assault

FROM THE USA…
WHY NY COP’S SON FROZE TO DEATH
As a police officer, it was no surprise that Michael Valva was vigilant about crime prevention at home. The equipment installed to deter break-ins proved his downfall, however, capturing the horrific abuse of his two sons

GANGLAND CONFIDENTIAL: WHY DID FBI CHIEF SET OUT TO DESTROY HIS BEST AGENT?
Melvin Purvis had been J. Edgar Hoover’s chief lieutenant in the US government’s war on the underworld – and had become a national hero

SAD END OF THE GIRL IN THE DONUT SHOP
Robin Brooks had moved to California from New York in search of a better life. Tragically, it proved a fatal mistake…

AND FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD…
MURDER THE FRENCH WAY: SHE CUT UP HER HUSBAND ON THE LIVING-ROOM TABLE
Where was Leon Prieur? He may have been feared and even hated by his neighbours at the Nouvel Hotel but he hadn’t been seen for four days and that was a concern to the establishment’s housekeeper. Had he thrown himself in the nearby canal or had something even more sinister happened to him?

NEWS & VIEWS
* Chronicles Of Crime
* Comment
* Movie Quiz