Calendar of Crime: 365 True Cases from British History

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From Jack the Ripper to long-forgotten cases, a true crime for ever day of the year.

May 19, 1536: Anne Boleyn, charged with high treason, is beheaded at the Tower of London.

August 31, 1888: Mary Ann Nichols, the first victim of Jack the Ripper, is found murdered in Buck's Row.

December 18, 1914: George Joseph Smith murders his wife in a Blackpool boarding house bath, sparking the police investigation that finally ended his killing spree.

August 13, 1964: Peter Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans go to the gallows, the last two men to be executed in the UK

This volume contains 365 amazing and incredible true crimes from British history. With infamous names - Crippen, Seddon, Haigh, Ellis - alongside lesser-known examples from the British pantheon of crime, it will fascinate and unnerve readers everywhere.

AUTHOR:
Peter Stubley is a crime journalist and the founder of the London murder map (www.murdermap.co.uk), which aims to catalog every Victorian murder in London.

ISBN: 9780750956543
Author: STUBLEY, PETER
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01/08/2014
RRP: $24.99
Pages: 368
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Imprint: The History Press