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Misjudged Murderesses
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Author : Stephen Jakobi
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2019-11-19
Misjudged Murderesses written by Stephen Jakobi and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-19 with True Crime categories.
Lacing tea with poison and slipping arsenic in to soup, this is what comes to mind we talk of murderesses of the Victorian age. Fuelled by a rumour-driven press and cases of notorious killers like Marry Ann Cotton, the 'Angel of Death', or Christiana Edmunds, the 'Chocolate Cream Killer', death by poisoning was a great anxiety of Victorian Britain. But what about those women who were wrongly convicted? What about the suspects who fell victim of a biased jury and unrelenting press? In _Misjudged Murderesses_, Stephen Jakobi takes a forensic approach to examine the trials of six women falsely sentenced for crimes they didn't commit. With the aid of primary sources, and in two cases the ready assistance of descendants and local journalists, the validity of their convictions is questioned. Highlighting common factors in poisoning cases that led to ostensible miscarriages of justice, Jakobi shines a light on a flawed and inconsistent legal system.
In The Mind Of A Female Serial Killer
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Author : Stephen Jakobi
language : en
Publisher: Grub Street Publishers
Release Date : 2017-11-30
In The Mind Of A Female Serial Killer written by Stephen Jakobi and has been published by Grub Street Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-30 with True Crime categories.
Four turn-of-the-century fiends whose “crimes, even by today’s standards, are still shocking—because they were committed by women” (Yorkshire Magazine). Their names may not be as familiar as such notorious female serial killers as Aileen Wuornos, Myra Hindley, Martha Beck, or Belle Gunness. But more than a century ago they made headlines and enthralled a bloodthirsty public. Now, venturing into the darkest side of human behavior, journalist Stephen Jakobi unearths the life and crimes of four of history’s most twisted women: Agnes Norman, a London servant girl whose victims of choice were children, including three infants. Most startling is that Agnes was a child herself—only fifteen-years-old. Louie Calvert, a prostitute condemned for only one murder. But her unique death cell autobiography revealed much more to her story. Kate Webster committed one of the sickest slayings of the Victorian era. Was she also responsible for the Thames Torso Murders which rivaled Jack the Ripper? Finally, the mysterious Mrs. Willis, an English “baby farmer” whose services included foster care, wet-nursing, and infanticide. Using original research based on family-owned primary sources and government files only recently made available, In the Mind of a Female Serial Killer delves into to the grisly psyche of these infamous murderesses.
Bad Companions
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Author : Kate Clarke
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2013-06-17
Bad Companions written by Kate Clarke and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-17 with True Crime categories.
This book features the cases of six London women, each very different in temperament, age and status, who resorted to murder. Their reasons were varied: in the case of the surly maid Kate Webster, sheer temper seems the likely cause; avarice seemed to spur Catherine Wilson to murder an estimated seven times; desperation to pay for the upkeep of her two-year-old son lay behind Sarah Drake's crime; seductive young cook Eliza Fenning was accused of serving poison with her dumplings; evil mistress Elizabeth Brownrigg whipped her servant to death in a home-built dungeon; and finally, the vicious Catherine Hayes persuaded two lovers – one of whom was her own son – to decapitate her husband in an orgy of violence. This fascinating study explores these cases in depth, and reveals whether these women were tragic, misunderstood or just plain wicked.
Victorian Murderesses
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Author : Mary S. Hartman
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2014-06-18
Victorian Murderesses written by Mary S. Hartman and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-18 with History categories.
Riveting combination of true crime and social history examines a dozen famous cases, offering illuminating details of the accused women's backgrounds, deeds, and trials. "Vividly written, meticulously researched." — Choice.
Victorian Murderesses
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Author : Mary S. Hartman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978-02
Victorian Murderesses written by Mary S. Hartman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-02 with Female offenders categories.
Victorian Murderesses
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Author : Mary S. Hartman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Victorian Murderesses written by Mary S. Hartman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Women categories.
Victorian Murderesses
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Author : Debbie Blake
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2022-12-02
Victorian Murderesses written by Debbie Blake and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-02 with True Crime categories.
The Victorian belief that women were the ‘weaker sex’ who were expected to devote themselves entirely to family life, made it almost inconceivable that they could ever be capable of committing murder. What drove a woman to murder her husband, lover or even her own child? Were they tragic, mad or just plain evil? Using various sources including court records, newspaper accounts and letters, this book explores some of the most notorious murder cases committed by seven women in nineteenth century Britain and America. It delves into each of the women’s lives, the circumstances that led to their crimes, their committal and trial and the various reasons why they resorted to murder: the fear of destitution led Mary Ann Brough to murder her own children; desperation to keep her job drove Sarah Drake to her crime. Money was the motive in the case of Mary Ann Cotton, who is believed to have poisoned as many as twenty-one people. Kate Bender lured her unsuspecting victims to their death in ‘The Slaughter Pen’ before stripping them of their valuables; Kate Webster’s temper got the better of her when she brutally murdered and decapitated her employer; nurse Jane Toppan admitted she derived sexual pleasure from watching her victims die slowly and Lizzie Borden was suspected of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe, so that she could live on the affluent area known as ‘the hill’ in Fall River, Massachusetts.
The Murderess
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Author : Jennifer Wells
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-11-01
The Murderess written by Jennifer Wells and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-01 with Fiction categories.
The Murderess is a heart-stopping story of family, love, passion and betrayal set against the backdrop of war-ravaged Britain. Perfect for fans of Lesley Pearse and Dilly Court. 1931: Fifteen-year-old Kate witnesses her mother Millicent push a stranger from a station platform into the path of an oncoming train. There was no warning, seemingly no reason, and absolutely no remorse. 1940: Exactly nine years later, Kate returns to the station and notices a tramp laying flowers on the exact spot that the murder was committed; the identity of the victim, still remains unknown. With a country torn apart by war and her family estate and name in tatters, Kate has nothing to lose as she attempts to uncover family secrets that date back to the Great War and solve a mystery that blights her family name. 'Engrossing, un-put-downable and heartwrenching!' Faith Hogan.
Murderess
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Author : Patrick Gordon Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Release Date : 1971
Murderess written by Patrick Gordon Wilson and has been published by Michael Joseph this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Social Science categories.
Lipstick On The Noose
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Lipstick On The Noose written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with categories.
From the Yorkshire Witch who was accused of murder when a potion for good health turned out to be fatal, to the woman who survived the gallows and took her empty coffin away with her, this book contains macabre true stories of executed women from around the world.