Scottish Murders
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Scottish Murders

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eBook - ePub

Scottish Murders

About this book

Here are twenty true tales of murder most foul: dark deeds at the court of Mary, Queen of Scots; the great Victorian trials of Madeline Smith and Dr Edward Pritchard ('The Human Crocodile'); the grisly exploits of the body-snatchers Burke and Hare; and the still-undetected 'Bible John', who terrorised a famous Glasgow dancehall in the 1960s.

The famous Scottish murder cases gathered here are by no means straightforward crimes. Some are still unsolved; in some, the apparently innocent are found guilty, in others the guilty have surely walked free – some by means of that uniquely Scottish verdict, 'Not Proven'. The legal process could produce some unlikely results, leading to trials nearly as notorious as the crimes they sought to prosecute.

From the busy city streets of Edinburgh and Glasgow to the remote, desolate beauty of the Scottish Highlands, these cases are in turn chilling and heart-breaking, but never less than fascinating.

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Yes, you can access Scottish Murders by Lisa Wallis,Derek Wright in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781848705463
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. David Rizzio and Mary Queen of Scots
  2. The Legend of Sawney Beane
  3. Burke and Hare
  4. A Dream of Murder
  5. The Case of Miss Madeleine Smith
  6. The Case of Jessie Mclachlan
  7. The Ratho Murderer
  8. The Human Crocodile
  9. The French Tutor
  10. Death on Goatfell
  11. The Mystery of Ardlamont
  12. The Trials of Oscar Slater
  13. The Dalkeith Poisoner
  14. The Bodies in the Quarry
  15. The Ungrateful Son
  16. The Polish Soldier
  17. The Beast of Birkenshaw
  18. Sheila Garvie
  19. Bible John
  20. The Butler Did It