Foul deeds around Crewe / Peter Ollerhead and Susan Chambers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ollerhead, Peter, author.

Chambers, Susan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--England--Crewe (Cheshire East)--History.

Crime.

Murder--England--Crewe (Cheshire East)--History.

Murder.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley : Wharncliffe Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Foul Deeds Around Crewe takes the reader on a fascinating journey through centuries of local crime and conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way - casual killers and robbers, murderous husbands and lovers, prostitutes and poisoners. This revealing book recalls many grisly events and sad or unsavoury individuals whose conduct throws a harsh light on the history of Crewe and the surrounding countryside. Among the many acts of wickedness the authors recall are shocking crimes from the recent past - the daughter who poisoned her father, a murder in a stately home, two brothers who co

Contents:

""TRUE CRIME FROM WHARNCLIFFE""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Dedication""; ""Chapter 1 - Early Tales of Murder and Mayhem""; ""Chapter 2 - Medieval Monks and Feuding Families""; ""Chapter 3 - Transportation for Troublemakers""; ""Chapter 4 - Hanged at Chester""; ""Chapter 5 - Poachers and Robbers""; ""Chapter 6 - The Ritual Drowning of Sarah Cartwright""; ""Chapter 7 - The Tragedy of Mary Gallop""; ""Chapter 8 - The Violent Death of PC Green""; ""Chapter 9 - Two Murders in Two Weeks""; ""The death of an infant""; ""Infamy in Station Street""

""Chapter 10 - The Brutal Slaying of Aunt Sarah""""Chapter 11 - Who Killed His Father With An Axe?""; ""Chapter 12 - From Coppenhall Rectory to Canadian Gallows""; ""Chapter 13 - Murder at the Old Hall""; ""Chapter 14 - Persecuting the Poachers""; ""Chapter 15 - Only Worse Off if Dead!""; ""Chapter 16 - Lust, Robbery and Abortion""; ""The case of the missing watch""; ""The doctor�s dilemma""; ""Chapter 17 - The Slaughter of the Innocents""; ""References and Acknowledgements""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78340-137-0

1-78340-865-0

OCLC:

854974969