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The Dark Man - Australia's First Serial Killer (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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The Dark Man - Australia's First Serial Killer (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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The Dark Man is the amazing true story of one of Australia's first
serial killers, who kept the colony of New South Wales in the grip
of fear as the police ruthlessly hunted their man. In late 1896,
three men go missing in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Each
man has answered a newspaper advertisement posted by charismatic
conman and notorious criminal, Frank Butler (one of his many
aliases). Lured to the western goldfields by stories of the untold
wealth that awaits them, the men find themselves at the mercy of
the psychopathic Butler in some of Australia's most isolated and
inhospitable terrain. Motivated by the thrill of killing and by a
sick pleasure in outwitting his trusting victims, Butler makes his
prey dig their own graves before he shoots them in the back of the
head, buries them, and steals their few meagre possessions. After
an exhaustive search of the rugged mountains near Glenbrook, police
discover the bodies of the victims. In a criminal investigation
that would become legendary, police are led on an international
manhunt as Butler uses a Master's ticket from one of his victim to
secure a berth on the steamer, the Swanhilda, headed for San
Francisco. Following a dramatic arrest at gunpoint, Butler is
returned to Sydney, found guilty, and hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol,
having confessed to those three murders-and alluded to many more.
This compelling account of a cold and calculating killer is told in
a gripping historical narrative that brings Australia's Gold Rush
period vividly to life
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Imprint: |
Readhowyouwant
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Release date: |
April 2016 |
Authors: |
Jason K. Foster
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
496 |
Edition: |
Large type / large print edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4587-3947-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
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LSN: |
1-4587-3947-3 |
Barcode: |
9781458739476 |
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