True crime

Albert Fish held the genuine belief that the murders he committed were upon instruction from God.

Sent to Reformatory at the age of 10, Sicilian-American Sam Giancana lived a gilded life as mobster and mob boss at a pivotal point in history when the mafia decided who ruled America, who lived and who died.

Revenge killings, gangland shootouts, brutal executions and drownings - there was no escape from the Mob's hitmen.

Often, the term 'psychopath' tends to be equated with violent and deranged criminality, but true psychopaths are very different from the way they are portrayed in film or on television.

A gripping analysis of the world's ten worst serial killers.

In April 1871, a constable walking a beat near Greenwich found a girl dying in the mud her face cruelly slashed and her brains protruding from her skull.

In 1984 abusive father Joseph Fritzl drugged his 18-year-old daughter with ether and imprisoned her in a dungeon under his house - she wasn't to see daylight for 24 years.

Foul Deeds in Islington takes the reader on a sinister journey through a selection of the most shocking and revealing murders committed in this part of north London during the last two centuries.

Foul Deeds in Islington takes the reader on a sinister journey through a selection of the most shocking and revealing murders committed in this part of north London during the last two centuries.

There is no such thing as the perfect crime.

This true crime history reveals murder and mayhem in a small Yorkshire town as England entered and recovered from two world wars.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Derby is a collection of gruesome murders brought together by author Kevin Turton.

There is no such thing as the perfect crime.

This true crime history reveals murder and mayhem in a small Yorkshire town as England entered and recovered from two world wars.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Derby is a collection of gruesome murders brought together by author Kevin Turton.

Doncaster has world-wide fame as a railway town.

True accounts of crime and conspiracy over the centuries in this English railway town, from highway robberies to modern-day homicides-includes photos.

Shocking accounts of those convicted of murder or manslaughter who have repeated their crimes-both in and out of prison-in northern England.

The life and times of a Wakefield woman in the late twentieth century with substantial local historical information.

Doncaster has world-wide fame as a railway town.

True accounts of crime and conspiracy over the centuries in this English railway town, from highway robberies to modern-day homicides-includes photos.

Shocking accounts of those convicted of murder or manslaughter who have repeated their crimes-both in and out of prison-in northern England.

Hull is best known for its thriving port.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Folkestone takes the reader on a sinister journey through the annals of crime in Folkestone, Hythe and the surrounding area.

Historical accounts of Englishwomen who have killed, their varying motives, and their final fates.

A comprehensive history of the Channel Island's infamous deadly and disturbing crimes.

Sixteen true crime cases with a connection to two West Midlands English towns from the Middle Ages to the early decades of the twentieth century.

The criminal cases vividly described by Nicholas Corder in this gripping book take the reader on a journey into the dark secret side of Cumbria's long history.

A former police chief re-examines key murders in England's criminal history using modern detection methods.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Death in Stratford and South Warwickshire is an exploration of the darker history of the area.

Widespread poverty continued to exist in Durham at the start of the twentieth century.

The life and times of a Wakefield woman in the late twentieth century with substantial local historical information.

Sixteen true crime cases with a connection to two West Midlands English towns from the Middle Ages to the early decades of the twentieth century.

The criminal cases vividly described by Nicholas Corder in this gripping book take the reader on a journey into the dark secret side of Cumbria's long history.

Norwich Murders is an in-depth account of murders that have gripped the public imagination over two centuries.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Death in Stratford and South Warwickshire is an exploration of the darker history of the area.

Hull is best known for its thriving port.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Folkestone takes the reader on a sinister journey through the annals of crime in Folkestone, Hythe and the surrounding area.

Barnsley and the surrounding area has a dark and sinister past.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths around the Tees-True Crime BookFoul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around the Tees, contains over sixty terrible and gruesome tales, that are set in the locality including; Barnard Castle, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and many of the surrounding villages.

Strangeways Gaol opened in 1868, and replaced the New Bailey Gaol, where public executions had taken place before their abolition that same year.

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'A gripping story of tremendous courage that reads like a thriller.

It began with an unsigned email: "e;I am a senior member of the intelligence community"e;.

A local historian reveals the centuries of murder and mayhem lurking in the shadows of this charming English city.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Nottingham' is part of the new established series by Wharncliffe Books.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Leeds' is a collection of detailed accounts of foul deeds, usually murders, in the Leeds region during the period 1807-1926.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Blackburn and Hyndburn examines 10 detailed murder cases that encompass the late Victorian period up until 1927.

Calderdale has gone down in the annals of crime in England as the birthplace of Christie of Rillington Place, and as the haunt of the Yorkshire Ripper.