Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Leicester

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime
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Author: Kevin Turton ISBN: 9781783408474
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Publication: September 1, 2005
Imprint: Wharncliffe Books Language: English
Author: Kevin Turton
ISBN: 9781783408474
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Publication: September 1, 2005
Imprint: Wharncliffe Books
Language: English

Murder and more in the Midlands—true stories of historical crimes in this British city from the 1850s to the 1950s. Includes photos.
 
Within the pages of this book are some of the most notorious and often baffling cases in Leicestershire’s history—from the appalling double murder at Melton Mowbray in 1856, known locally as the Peppermint Billy murders, to the 1953 murderer Joseph Reynolds, who killed because he wanted to know how it felt. This book explores the cases that dominated the headlines, not only across the city and surrounding county but also nationwide.
 
These are the stories from a time when murder was a capital offense and guilt or innocence was proven without the benefit of modern forensic technique or DNA profiling. Included also are some of those mysterious cases that will remain forever unsolved, as in the now famous case of Bella Wright. Known across the whole country as the Green Bicycle Murder, it commanded public attention in 1919 because of the complex and puzzling nature of the crime—and has continued to do so ever since.

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Murder and more in the Midlands—true stories of historical crimes in this British city from the 1850s to the 1950s. Includes photos.
 
Within the pages of this book are some of the most notorious and often baffling cases in Leicestershire’s history—from the appalling double murder at Melton Mowbray in 1856, known locally as the Peppermint Billy murders, to the 1953 murderer Joseph Reynolds, who killed because he wanted to know how it felt. This book explores the cases that dominated the headlines, not only across the city and surrounding county but also nationwide.
 
These are the stories from a time when murder was a capital offense and guilt or innocence was proven without the benefit of modern forensic technique or DNA profiling. Included also are some of those mysterious cases that will remain forever unsolved, as in the now famous case of Bella Wright. Known across the whole country as the Green Bicycle Murder, it commanded public attention in 1919 because of the complex and puzzling nature of the crime—and has continued to do so ever since.

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