True Crimes, Murders & Mysteries From The Streets of Old England; Dark History Stories - Sherlock's Graveyard Shift: True Crime Gifts for History Buffs by B N William

They buried a man at a crossroads with a stake through his heart because London thought that was sensible. Two Irishmen sold sixteen bodies to a medical school and invented a word for murder that we still use today. A bloodhound was brought from Wiltshire at considerable expense to track a killer. The bloodhound wandered around and went home. Seventy-seven years later, they tried again with two more dogs. Those got lost in Hyde Park. This is British true crime before forensics, before police forces, before anyone thought to ask why the anatomy schools never questioned where all those fresh bodies came from. Six cases spanning two centuries. The Ratcliffe Highway murders that terrified London into buying pistols. Burke and Hare and the economics of corpse selling. Jack the Ripper and the newspapers that invented him. The Acid Bath Murderer who misread his Latin and dissolved six people for nothing. The Moors Murderers and a tape recording that made jurors weep. Dr Crippen, caught by wireless telegraphy, whose guilt seemed certain until DNA said otherwise. The perfect gift for true crime obsessives, dark history fans, and anyone who thinks the past was more civilized than the present. Great for birthdays, Christmas, or proving that human nature hasn't changed much in two hundred years. History with the boring parts removed. The bodies stay in. Read more