True Crime UK: From The Killing Of King William Rufus To The Present Day

By Robert Brall

An expanded and updated edition of the author's earlier books on true crime in the United Kingdom, "True Crime UK" includes some fascinating additional cases. Each chapter begins with a resume of the basic facts to whet the appetite and then launches into the main story, which manages to include all the most salient and sometimes horrific and grisly details.The cases are grouped by theme - Love, Sex, Avarice, Treason & Revolt and Psychosis - and may be read in sequence or dipped into like an encyclopedia of crime. This book is for all those intrigued by true crime stories through the ages - great for dipping into on the commute to work, on holiday or at home.Included are the stories of: -Jack the RipperIan Brady & Myra HindleyFred & Rose WestLord LucanDr CrippenRuth EllisOscar WildeThe mysterious disappearance of London Estate Agent Suzy LamplughThe Dunblane MassacreThe Hungerford MassacreBurke & Hare's serial murdersIan Huntley and the Soham murdersThe Kray TwinsRobert Napper and the murder of Rachel NickellDenis NilsenJ G Haigh and the Acid Bath MurdersBaby Farmer Amelia DyerKing Richard III and the murder of the Princes in the TowerQueen Anne BoleynMary Queen of ScotsQueen Isabella and the murder of King Edward IIJohn Christie and the killings at 10, Rillington PlaceThompson & Bywaters' tragic menage a troisWar hero Alan Turing's prosecution for once-illegal homosexual offencesJames Camb and the Porthole MurderThe Profumo Sex ScandalPatrick Mahon and the gory murder on Eastbourne beachCraig & BentleyCaptain Kidd and murder on the high seasVictorian society beauty Madeleine Smith's trial for poisoning her discarded French loverOscar Slater and the brutal killing of a Scottish spinster for her broachAdultery and poisoning with Florence Maybrick's disposal of her husband, who's diary led to the possible identity of Jack the RipperArtist Richard Dadd's internment in Bedlam for the murder of his own fatherAnd Many More

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1793002185
• ISBN13: 9781793002181
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"