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VICTORIAN criminals often got away with murder. The police often made mistakes, forensic science was in its infancy and juries convicted people on the flimsiest of evidence. The wrong people were hanged at the gallows. In this fresh look at 12 unsolved murder cases, Jon Sutherland reviews the stories, evidence and trials to shed new light on the verdicts passed by the judges and juries of the 19th century. The killings attributed to Jack the Ripper in Whitechapel are the most famous unsolved Victorian murders, but few people know the extent of the doubts surrounding the case. Make up your own mind after reading Jon Sutherland's detailed survey of the material. In Unsolved Victorian Murders Jack the Ripper appears alongside less well-known but equally fascinating characters. - Did Madeleine Smith poison her lover with arsenic in a cup of cocoa? - How did a blind man throw his younger, fitter rival through a narrow window? - What really happened in the woods of the Ardlamont estate in Scotland the morning Cecil Hambrough was shot? Read the stories, examine the evidence and decide for yourself.Product Identifiers
PublisherBreedon Books Publishing Co LTD
ISBN-139781859832868
eBay Product ID (ePID)90980687
Product Key Features
Publication Year2002
TopicTrue Crime
Book TitleUnsolved Victorian Murders
Number of Pages192 Pages
LanguageEnglish
AuthorJonathan Sutherland
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight1000 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJonathan Sutherland