Unsolved Murders in South Yorkshire.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lornax, Scott C.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Wharncliffe, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Whilst the passage of time can and has uncovered many secrets, killers could get away with their crimes in 1596 when Shakespeare penned these words and this is certainly the case in more recent times as Unsolved Murders in South Yorkshire clearly demonstrate.The early chapters include cases of historic interest where killers certainly went to the grave in the knowledge they had got away with murder. Cases include suspicious deaths which left detectives in South Yorkshire baffled, but which were, it would seem, acts of callous murder which were not recognised as such due to dubious police opini

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 A Victorian Shooting: The Murder of George Firth (1851); Chapter 2 The Shocking Death of the Bearded Lady (William Ratcliffe) (1883); Chapter 3 Death of a Draper: The Mysterious Case of Florence Hargreaves (1926); Chapter 4 The Murder of a Barnsley Gangster: The Death of Mark Scott (1931); Chapter 5 Murder of a Musician: The Death of Lily Stephenson (1962); Chapter 6 A Beast at Large: The Murder of Anne Dunwell (1964); Chapter 7 The Most Wanted Man in Sheffield: The Hunt for the Killer of John Wortley (1975)

Chapter 8 The Violent Murder of Barbara Young (1977)Chapter 9 The Tragic Murder of an Unidentified Baby Girl (1981); Chapter 10 The Murder of the Cheerful Jamaican: The Calculated Murder of Terivia Cameron (1982); Chapter 11 Out of the Cold in South Yorkshire

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ISBN:

1-4738-2243-2

OCLC:

880826363