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Murders and murderers fascinate us - and perhaps serial killers
fascinate us most of all. In the twentieth century the term came to
be used to describe murders committed by the same person, often
with similar methods. But, as Jonathan Oates demonstrates in this
selection of cases from London, this category of crime has existed
for centuries, though it may have become more common in modern
times. Using police and pathologists' reports, Home Office and
prison files, trial transcripts and lurid accounts in contemporary
newspapers, he reconstructs these cases in order to explain how
they took place, who the killers were, what motivated them, and how
for a while they got away with their crimes. He does not neglect
the victims and provides a revealing analysis of the killers, their
circumstances and their actions. Among the nineteenth-century cases
are the infamous killings of Jack the Ripper and the
less-well-known but terrifying crimes of the only female killer,
the Deptford Poisoner. Twentieth-century cases covered in forensic
detail include the Black-out Ripper of 1942, the Thames Nude
Murders of the 1960s and the multiple killings of Joseph Smith,
John Christie and John George Haigh. There is also one especially
troubling unsolved case - the notorious Soho prostitute killings of
the 1930s and 1940s, which may be the work of one man. Jonathan
Oates's gripping accounts of this wide range of serial killings
gives us a powerful insight into the nature of these crimes, the
characters of the killers and the police methods of the period.
General
Imprint: |
Pen & Sword True Crime
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2022 |
Authors: |
Jonathan Oates
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-00369-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-399-00369-0 |
Barcode: |
9781399003698 |
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