True Detective August 1996

Description

Between 1958 and 1960 there were some interesting things going on in the world of crime, courts and justice. An American was tried for murder in a British court – and sent home to serve his time in a US prison; a Pole was hanged for a murder committed during a drunken nightmare – and an American, a little later, was acquitted for doing virtually the same thing – while a home-grown Scotsman who committed a brutal murder during the course of a robbery was sentenced to death, reprieved to a life sentence instead – and went on to kill again. While the logic and even-handedness of the law is open to question, one thing is for sure – this issue has got to be one of the most thought-provoking yet!

STILL GROWING – THE SINSITER CULT OF THE UNABOMBER
How the FBI cornered the oddball terrorist

WORKSOP PENSIONER BEHEADED!
Swingin’ sixties – Ukrainian hanged

THE SCANDALOUS CASE OF DONALD FORBES

THE ELIOT NESS STORY: CLEVELAND’S MAD BUTCHER
This 3-part series recalls the saga of the lawman who became a legend

NORFOLK’S AIR FORCE BASE MURDER
"He went on talking about sexual intercourse while his wife was lying there, dying just a few yards away"

THE VIEWING BY APOOINTMENT ONLY MURDER

FROM CANADA "YOU’LL NEVER SOLVE THIS CASE IN A MILLION YEARS"

DEATH RIDES THE SUNSET FLYER