John Eddleston’s latest selection of notorious criminal cases takes the reader through a sequence of sensational episodes that have marred the history of Reading
TELL US WHERE YOU BURIED TULAY How a distraught mother broke a traditional code of silence to denounce her husband as a murderer in an “honour killing” trial
Colchester historian Patrick Denney takes the reader on a sinister journey from the religious persecutions of Queen Mary’s time to the twentieth century,
Among the many acts of wickedness and despair the author records are robbery and revenge in Roman times, the brutal uncertainties of Bath in the dark ages and the highwaymen, gamblers and duellist of the Georgian period
In Staffordshire and the Potteries the chill is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in notorious cases of murder
The history of the Black Country has a dark side – episodes of violent death and villainy run through it. In this compelling book David Cox and Michael Pearson have select over 20
In Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths In Hampstead, Holburn and St Pancras the chill of evil is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity
Foul Deeds in Islington takes the reader on a sinister journey through a selection of the most shocking and revealing murders committed in this part of north London
Geoffrey Howse explores the darker and sinister side of South Yorkshire’s past in this diverse collection of crimes and foul deeds, taken from Victorian to modern times.
The criminal cases vividly described by John Eddleston in this gripping book take the reader on a journey into the dark secret side of Southampton’s past
We have a pretty impressive archive of back issues, which we use all the time for research. But somewhere along the line we lost our only copy of our very first issue.
For nearly a century there had been talk of harnessing the power of the River Shannon, and in 1925 the new Irish Free State decided to spend a fifth of its entire annual budget on the project
WHY I BELIEVE THE LADY IN THE LAKE KILLER WAS INNOCENT The suicide of the man jailed for murdering his wife seemed to end one of Britain’s most chilling mysteries…
Why was David Swain convicted of murder when Gabe Watson received a sentence of manslaughter? Both men were found to have killed their wives while scuba diving,
In the evening of October 30th, 1983, 16-year-old trainee hairdresser Colette Aram set out from her home in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, to meet a friend – and walked straight into the arms of a sadistic killer.
VICTORIAN MURDER MYSTERIES PART 13: BRIXTON’S WATER LANE MYSTERY The boy was shocked to see his mum lying on the floor in her nightdress, a pillow over her face
OLDEST WOMAN IN BRITAIN TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER Eric Hingston was one of Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executives who was cruelly murdered by Audrey
Had the shopping list been made by just about anyone else it might have seemed completely innocuous. It included bin liners from B&Q, a balaclava and bleach from Tesco and a meat cleaver,
Ron and Reg. Violent men who brought a code of honour to the streets that is still observed today. Their deaths brought to an end the golden era of gangsters whose word was law
The death of Princess Diana, Princess of Wales, sent shockwaves around the world. A nation was left in mourning, but soon feelings of suscpicion surfaced
There has been countless attempts to solve the brutal murders committed over one hundred years ago by Jack the Ripper, but what this most famous of British criminal cases has always
We have all heard so much about the killers who grab the front pages, the ones whose crimes are so appalling that they exert a strange fascination on many people
Only after Harold Shipman died did the full horror of his life begin to come to light. Wensley Clarkson has uncovered startling new evidence to prove that only half the story has been uncovered
Monster In Our Family: There was always a pattern. For a while life would run smoothly and Elizabeth would start to believe that she and Robert could really be happy. But the calm always shattered, and in 2007 it finally exploded…
This collection of cases from the pages of True Detective, Master Detective, True Crime and Murder Most Foul brings you a concentrated dose of the best stories from across the world, reporting many aspects of crime. It all adds up to a fascinating cocktai
Everything about 31-year-old Philip Murray said “don’t mess with me.” A big bruiser of a man with his right eye missing, he worked on-and-off as a news vendor in Edinburgh, sharing a second-floor flat in Jamaica Street.
MISTRESS BURIED IN LONELY GRAVE How North Wales Police reeled-in a woman’s brutal killer – using the media as bait – after 14 months’ diligent detective work
Everything seemed to happen in slow motion, Michelle tried to reach her young daughter Breea as she ran but the sharp, cold barrels of two handguns pressed into her temples.
A KILLER RISES FROM THE GRAVE – 30 YEARS AFTER THE CRIME He pounced in a dark pub car park but many years would pass before his body finally gave up his terrible secret
A sensational claim that 60s rock idol Jimi Hendrix was murdered has emerged in a new book by his road manager. The author alleges that Hendrix was murdered
•A TRAIL OF RAPE AND MURDER •VICTORIAN MURDER MYSTERIES: A PRIVATE WEDDING, A WATERY GRAVE •THE KILLER WHO CAME BACK •DID THE MAD AXE-MAN KILL THE SECRETARY?
WHY WAS THIS THUG LET INTO BRITAIN TO RAPE AND MURDER? A man with a history of violence was allowed into the country to commit “vile and barbaric crimes”
The Fees should never have been allowed to operate a slaughterhouse so near the town centre, their neighbours said. For some time residents of the market town of Clones had been complaining about a foul stench