You couldn't make it up: incredible real-life criminal cases A
fascinating A-Z of murderous crimes which spans the globe and the
centuries in uncovering the extremes of human criminality in all
its strangeness. This collection of unusual, if not sensational,
murder cases recalls strange crimes of the past and offers insights
into particularly macabre and shocking modern murders. Many of the
cases also shed light on advances in crime detection, law
enforcement and forensic science. Cases include: Krystian Bala, the
Polish writer who killed a rival, and then used the murder as the
plot for a novel; Alexander Pichuskin, who was stopped one short of
killing the 64 victims he needed to 'fill a chess board'; John Lee,
'the man they could not hang' who survived three attempts to
execute him; and Adelaide Bartlett, who was accused of killing her
husband with chloroform, but was acquitted because no one could
work out how she had done it - and she wouldn't say.
General
Imprint: |
Robinson Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Mammoth Books |
Release date: |
March 2010 |
Authors: |
Robin Odell
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Dimensions: |
197 x 129 x 32mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
478 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84529-781-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
True stories >
Crime
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LSN: |
1-84529-781-4 |
Barcode: |
9781845297817 |
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