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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's East End

2005-06-01 True Crime
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Book Synopsis Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's East End by : Geoffrey Howse

Download or read book Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's East End written by Geoffrey Howse. This book was released on 2005-06-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The A-Z of London Murders investigates Jack the Ripper’s stalking grounds for even more crimes and killings in England’s capital. For centuries London’s East End has been associated with some of the worst elements of human depravity, where foul deeds and murder were commonplace; and in 1888 the area’s disrepute was added to by the horrific murders committed by Jack the Ripper. The East End was populated by people crammed together in close-knit communities. As the district grew from the ancient villages along the river, much of the village atmosphere and rivalry remained—along with some of the worst corruption and vilest slums to be found anywhere in the country. For instance the residents of Bethnal Green looked down their noses at those from Hoxton, barely half a mile away. During the 1930s, after the Depression, a government report estimated 60 percent of the children in Bethnal Green suffered from malnutrition and 85 percent of the housing was unsatisfactory. These were the times when the infamous Kray Twins were cutting their teeth. The East End’s claim to fame in the annals of crime in England is not without justification, as the pages of this book show.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in London's East End

2005-01-01 Social Science
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Book Synopsis Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in London's East End by : Geoffrey Howse

Download or read book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in London's East End written by Geoffrey Howse. This book was released on 2005-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London's East End has been associated with some of the worst elements of human depravity, where foul deeds and murder were commonplace; and the area's notoriety was added to by the horrific murders committed by Jack, the Ripper. For centuries the East End's notoriety for foul deeds has remained unsurpassed in the annals of crime in this country.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's West End

2006-04-06 True Crime
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Release : 2006-04-06
Genre : True Crime
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Book Synopsis Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's West End by : Geoffrey Howse

Download or read book Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in London's West End written by Geoffrey Howse. This book was released on 2006-04-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London's West End is associated with fashion and glamour but for centuries it has had a far darker side. Geoffrey Howse has uncovered an astonishing catalogue of sinister deeds, some of them famous but others long forgotten. Read about spying, treason, embezzlement, regicide, robbery, forgery, religious persecution, suicide, murder and mutilation; and 'witness' horrendous punishments such as drawing, hanging, disemboweling, quartering, castration, beheading and burning. Earlier cases include the execution of Scottish patriots (1305/6) and three monks who dared to question the supremacy of Henry VIII in 1535. Such events attracted great public attention, as did the extraordinary execution of Charles I in 1649 and, in 1820, the hanging and mutilation of the Cato Street Conspiritors. The foul murder of the famous actor William Terriss, by a madman, in 1897, is featured as are several notable cases from the twentieth century including the horrific wartime murders of Gordon Cummins, the strange disappearances of the socialist MP Victor Grayson and Lord Lucan, the Charing Cross Trunk Murder as well as the mysterious death of boxer Freddie Mills.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Staffordshire & the Potteries

2006-11-30 True Crime
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Release : 2006-11-30
Genre : True Crime
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Book Synopsis Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Staffordshire & the Potteries by : Nicholas Corder

Download or read book Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Staffordshire & the Potteries written by Nicholas Corder. This book was released on 2006-11-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths 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, deceit and pure malice that have marked the history of the area. For this journey into a bloody, neglected aspect of the past, Nicholas Corder has selected over 20 episodes that give a fascinating insight into criminal acts and the criminal mind. Recalled here are the Rugeley poisoner William Palmer, who disposed of his victims with strychnine, the vicious assaults on Issac Brooks and the miscarriage of justice that put George Edalji behind bars for three years and brought the creator of the world's greatest fictional detective to his rescue. The Canal boat killing of poor Christina Collins is described in graphic detail, as is the sad case of Thirza Tunstall's baby and the bizarre case of the headless corpse of Hednesford. The human dramas Nicholas Corder explores are often played out in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction. His grisly chronicle of the hidden history of staffordshire and the Potteries will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the darker side of human nature.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths/Folkeston

2006-11-01 Social Science
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Release : 2006-11-01
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths/Folkeston by : Martin Easdown

Download or read book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths/Folkeston written by Martin Easdown. This book was released on 2006-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Folkestone takes the reader on a sinister journey through the annals of crime in Folkestone, Hythe and the surrounding area. Along the way we meet villains, murderers and victims of many kinds, including cut-throat soldiers, a 'baby farmer', a Jack the Ripper imposter, two inexplicable suicides and five individuals who died violent deaths in the 'House of Horror'. There is no shortage of harrowing and revealing incidents of evil to recount, many of which will be unfamiliar to the reader. Infant murders were once so rife in Folkestone it was termed the 'infanticide capital of Kent'. This fascinating book recalls many such grisly events, as well as sad or unsavoury individuals who have darkened this otherwise pleasant corner of the Garden of England.

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