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Softcover / Paperback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Reprint. Pitkin Guides. A book which gives a glimpse of the terrifying deeds relating to the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper, their background and their impact. It also looks at the main theories and suspects. Profusely Illus. 21pp. 8vo. softcover. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Softcover. The 27th edition of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. With beverage stains to back and fr. covers. (see images) G. only.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. Four page publication. One of the earliest and worst examples of the "modern" malaise of child abuse and murder, coupled with official indifference. Featuring Nurse Elizabeth Brownrigg. Based on a one act play 'Murder At St. Dunstan's' was specially written for Barbara Miller by the author, who played the supporting roles of the Beadles and Overseers. Elizabeth Brownrigg was found guilty of murder and executed at Tyburn on Monday September 14, 1767. With one Illus. 4pp. V. sl. sunned o/w Nr. F. with no creasing.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Softcover. The 38th edition of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. With beverage stains to fr. cover (see image). G. only.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. Booklet, 8pp. The Index for Volume 17, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter 1993. F.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. 2nd edition. Paperback. The Uncovered Editions series are historic official papers which have not previously been available in a popular form. The series has been created directly from the archive of The Stationery Office in London, and the books have been chosen for the quality of their story telling. In 1895, Adolph Beck was arrested and convicted of the crimes of deception and larceny. The account given here is one of the strangest true stories in British legal history. With Appendix. 235pp. F. paperback.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. 2nd edition. Paperback. The Uncovered Editions series are historic official papers which have not previously been available in a popular form. The series has been created directly from the archive of The Stationery Office in London, and the books have been chosen for the quality of their story telling. In 1895, Adolph Beck was arrested and convicted of the crimes of deception and larceny. The account given here is one of the strangest true stories in British legal history. With Appendix. 235pp. p/back. F.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Softcover. A sequel to 'Encyclopaedia of Murder'. Includes amongst others : The Moors Murderers, 'Jack the Stripper', Manson, Donald Neilson, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Abbott, Mary Bell, Baader and Meinhof, Bundy, Alice Crimmins, Albert DeSalvo, Son of Sam, Hanratty, Dean Coril, Juan Corona, Gacy, Archibald Hall, the Krays, James Earl Ray, Charles Sobhraj, Richard Speck, Peter Sutcliffe, Michael X, Graham Young, Zodiac, etc., etc. Illus., Select Bibliog., Classified Index + Name Index. 376pp. soft cover. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name and date rubber stamp inside back cover. Browned pp., sl. sunned covers o/w Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Softcover, 1st p/back edn. The author maintains that there was not one Ripper but two, colluding in blood, and that the reason for their deadly spree goes all the way to the top of Victorian society - touching even the Queen herself. He reveals the address of Edward VII's rented East End love-nest in the area where the killings took place - and we learn how the monarch, when Prince of Wales, along with his Establishment cronies, took prostitutes there. Was Mary Kelly killed to save the British Royal Family from scandal? And were the other murders part of a cover-up? Illus., Select Bibliog. and Index. 214pp. Trade size softcover. John Wilding was a contributor to the Grey House Books publication 'Who Was Jack the Ripper? A Collection of Present-Day Theories and Observations'. With signs of b/plate removal inside fr. cover. Due to poor storage, the book has a vertical 'curve', but no creasing to covers. G++.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Softcover. Bernie Goetz and the 1984 shootings on a New York subway train, when he was allegedly attacked by 4 black youths. Overnight, he became America's personification of the vigilante hero: one prepared to stand up against subway terrorism. With Afterword. 265pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp., sl. sunned covers o/w Vg+.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Paperback. On the night of July 22, 1995, 'I love you and I'm going to bed,' were the last words Elyse Pahler ever said to her parents, little did she know that she was about to begin a walking nightmare that would end in her grisly stabbing murder. Later than night, Elyse slipped out of her parents' house for a bit of forbidden fun. She never suspected that three local boys, (Joseph Fiorell, Jacob Delashmutt and Royce Casey) - two of whom rode the school bus with her - were outside in the dark waiting.waiting to perform a human sacrifice - in the name of Satan. Prosecutors say the three boys dragged a terrified Elyse to a deserted area they believed was the devil's altar, where, after being drugged, tortured and raped, she died of multiple stab wounds. For 8 months Elyse's body lay hidden in a eucalyptus grove until an unexpected tip to police revealed the ghastly crime. Illus. 216pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 458pp. (+ first chapter of 'The Chamber') mass market p/back. V. lightly creased covers o/w Vg+.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. Based on its review of the trial transcript and other original documents, Amnesty International determined that numerous aspects of Mumia Abu-Jamal's case clearly failed to meet minimum international standards safeguarding the fairness of legal proceedings. Amnesty International therefore believed that the interests of justice would best be served by the granting of a new trial to Mumia Abu-Jamal. This pamphlet explains why. 63pp. booklet. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Softcover. Foreword by John Dickson Carr who wrote : "The best reconstruction of the Bravo Case I have ever read". Murder by a little known poison, 3 obvious suspects with at least 4 possible motives, the dying man's puzzling insistence that he had swallowed nothing lethal - these all feature in the famous Bravo case of 1876. Illus., Index. 219pp. softcover. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg. with minimal creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Paperback. Arrow Reprint. Special Revised Edn. From Jack the Ripper onwards - a riveting analysis of 50 murders committed between 1870 and 1970, illustrated with a wealth of photographs, based on research in Scotland Yard's famous Black Museum. A book which also raises several important questions about murder, execution and the law. Illus., Appendices, Select Bibliog. + Index. 608pp. paperback. Lightly browned pp., sunned sp. with minimal creasing to covers. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Paperback. Between August and November 1888 at least 7 women were murdered in Whitechapel. The gruesome nature of their deaths caused panic and fear in the East End of London for months, and gave rise to the sobriquet which was to become shorthand for a serial killer - Jack the Ripper. For over 100yrs. the murders have remained among one of the world's greatest unsolved crimes, and a wealth of theories have been posited which have pointed the finger at royalty, a barber, a doctor, a woman and an artist. Using her formidable range of forensic and technical skills, the author has applied the rigorous discipline of 21st century police investigation to the extant material, and here presents the hard evidence that the perpetrator of the Whitechapel murders was the world famous artist, Walter Sickert. Illus. + Map eps, Appendix, Bibliog. and Index. 483pp. p/back. Lightly browned pp., signs of label removal to fr. cover (see image) o/w G++.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. Paperback. Featuring the explosive story of 4 talented and charismatic young men - best friends whose bond was shattered when one among them was consumed by lethal greed and twisted desire. They lived charmed lives among the evergreens of Washington state: Kevin, the artist; Steve, the sculptor; Scott, the nature lover and unabashed ladies' man; and Mark, the musician and poet. With their stunning good looks, whip-sharp minds, athletic bodies - and no lack of women who adored them - none of them seemed slated for disaster. But few knew the reality behind the leafy screen that surrounded Seven Cedars, Scott's woodland dream home - a tree house equipped with every luxury. From this idyllic enclave, some of these trusted friends would become the quarry for a vigilant Seattle police detective and an FBI special agent who unmasked clues to disturbing secrets that spawned murder, suicide, million-dollar bank robberies, drug-dealing, and heartbreaking betrayal. When the end came in a violent stand-off, the ringleader of the foursome - the fugitive dubbed "Hollywood" for his ingenious disguises and flawless getaways; the persuasive talker who turned his friends into accomplices - faced a final chapter no one could have predicted. In a blast of automatic gunfire, the highest and lowest motives of the human heart were, at last, revealed. Includes 3 other cases. Illus. 523pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V.v. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Paperback. Why would a man kill his lover's husband and then his wife, the woman who fought successfully to have him paroled from prison? Why would he risk arrest by kidnapping the child of another woman who adored him? Because they were worth more dead. A cold case reopened - and solved - with dogged police work and new evidence. One of the shocking true crimes of passion and greed from the author's crime files. Former Marine sergeant and judo instructor Roland Pitre Jr. claimed it was all an elaborate plan to win back his wife's love - it wasn't supposed to end with her dead body in the trunk of a car. Nearly 20yrs. later, he acknowledged that he had hired someone to kill his estranged wife in 1988, though his alleged excuse for why a monstrous "mistake" happened is as shocking and convoluted as the crime itself. Eventually, he was charged with first-degree murder in the long-unsolved death of Cheryl Pitre, after a mysterious witness betrayed Pitre to save his own skin. Tracing back the dark and bloody path of Pitre's life, two generations of detctives found a chain of brutal and terrifying crimes by a man who manipulated the courts and prisons to walk free. Illus. 148pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Vg+ with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. (Audience age 8-12). In 1888, London was terrorised by a mysterious man with a knife. Between the end of August and the beginning of November, this man committed 5 known murders - possibly more. Then, just as suddenly as they started, the killings stopped. Dubbed Jack the Ripper, he slipped through the dark, foggy streets of London's Whitechapel district, targeting women and leaving no witnesses and no clues as to his identity. The police were stumped. The press went wild. But no one could find Jack the Ripper. Even today, Jack the Ripper continues to fascinate. Amateur detectives, known as Ripperologists, books, films and walking tours all focus on one question : Who was Jack the Ripper? He may be one of history's worst villains, but his legend lives on. With Select Bibliog. 198pp. p/back. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Softcover. Crime and punishment statistics are subject to widely differing interpretations. At one level, they are used by the popular news media as hard evidence of a rising tide of crime and of prisons bursting at the seams. On the other hand, among practitioners and researchers, they have sometimes been considered so much subject to the vagaries and inconsistencies of their collection as to be virtually useless in assessing the real level of criminal activity, and the functioning of the criminal justice system. In this book the authors examine in detail the statistics of crime and punishment in England and Wales over the previous two decades, explaining the mechanisms by which the statistics are created and the uses to which they can realistically be put. Drawing on both official statistics and other research, they provide an extensive analysis of trends in the futures for crimes committed, cautions, arrests, sentencing, probation and other key issues, and assess what criminal statistics can tell us about crime rates and the workings of the criminal justice system. Throughout, they illustrate ways in which the information contained in official statistics is likely to mislead, and ways in which it can be legitimately used to address important policy issues. With List of Tables, List of Figures, Bibliog. and Index. 185pp. trade size softcover. Lightly browned pp., sl. patchy fading (see image), signs of b/plate removal inside fr. cover o/w Vg+ with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. The author features one of Florida's most shocking criminal cases - that of Tim Harris, a poster-perfect "all-American" Florida State Trooper who hid bizarre and fatal fantasies behind his badge - plus other incredible true crime cases from her personal files. She explores the personalities and backgrounds of the criminals and their families, and the circumstances surrounding each crime. Illus. 461pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Browned pp. and sl. sunned cover o/w Vg+ with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. Today forensic science can trap a killer on a single hair, or a bitemark, or even with a twist of fibre. Here the author draws on case histories to illustrate how forensic science has developed by leaps and bounds over the last 200yrs. Fingerprinting and blood-typing, ballistics, toxicology, plus the latest psychological profile techniques are all included in his gripping catalogue of detection which demonstrates that it is harder and harder to get away with murder. Includes Sutcliffe, Bundy, Duffy, Nilsen, Nielson, Bamber, Ruxton, Crippen, Spilsbury. Illus., Select Bibliog. and Index. 298pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Paperback. From the Then and There series, Gen. Ed. Marjorie Reeves. Contents : Part One: Police and Prisons before Reform; Part Two: The Reform of the Police; Part Three: The Reform of the Prisons. Illus. from contemporary sources + Glossary and Index. 106pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Nr. F.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. New. A 14pp. pocket-sized self-guided walk (A6 size booklet). 'This walk will guide you through the centuries-old streets of Whitechapel, to six of the original murder sites, where the victims' bodies were discovered.' An easy way for any number of people to explore parts of London relating to the murders, particularly if you don't wish to be part of an organised walk. With Map. Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First edition. Paperback. In 1988, Julie Ward, a young English photographer, set off for a 6mth tour of Kenya. But Julie's dream of Kenya became a dark, deadly nightmare. Just a few days before she was scheduled to return to England, Julie entered the famous Masai Mara Game Reserve for one last photo expedition. She was never seen again. This book is the shocking, dramatic story of Julie Ward and the relentless search for the truth of what happened to her in those final days in the wild. The Kenyan government insisted that it was an accident: that Julie was killed by wild animals. But John Ward, Julie's father, was convinced that there was a cover-up. This a heart-wrenching, compelling story of the dark secrets hiding under Kenya's haunting beauty, and at the same time a fascinating forensic detective story. It is an expose: but in the end it is a tale of the love, determination and devotion of a father who battled a government to find the truth about what happened to his daughter. Illus. + Map. 372pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg+.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Softcover. The author's autobiography chronicles an innocent man's struggle to survive inside one of the world's most dangerous prisons. After being swindled out of a fortune, Colin Martin was let down by the hopelessly corrupt Thai police. Forced to rely upon his own resources, he tracked down the man who conned him and, drawn into a fight, accidentally stabbed and killed that man's bodyguard. Martin was arrested, denied a fair trial, convicted of murder and thrown into prison - where he remained for 8 years. Honest and often disturbing - but told with surprising humour - the book is the remarkable story of how the author was denied justice again and again. In his extraordinary account he describes the swindle, his arrest and vicious torture by police, the unfair trial, and the 8 years of brutality and squalor he was forced to endure. Illus. 231pp. softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Softcover. The chilling confessions of James Maybrick. This edition includes the latest research with the diary itself reproduced in full so that readers can assess for themselves the deeply disturbing and chilling words of Jack the Ripper from across the abyss of more than a century. Illus., Index. 333pp.softcover. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name rubber stamp and green felt-tip date to inside back cover. Browned pp.,sl. sunned fr. cover but no creases. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Softcover. From the borders to the Highlands, Scotland has had more than its fair share of macabre murders. The man who dismembered his wife and dumped the pieces across Central Scotland.the axeman who went berserk in a mental hospital.the shadowy killer who stalked Glasgow's dance halls.an infernal love triangle that led to murder.the 'demon butler' whose polite manners hid a lethal secret. These are just a few of the stories in this book about the men and women who have sprinkled blood on the thistle of Scotland, killing through greed, fear, anger, lust or sheer hatred. Their stories are chilling, blood-curdling and terrifying - and they are all true. In this crime collection, the author, a Glasgow journalist, has gathered together 20 such sinister tales of Scottish murder and its detection, from the infamous Peter Manuel and the cop-killing Howard Wilson to Brian Newcombe, the smooth-talking Casanova conman, and the mystery of 'Bible John'. Illus., Bibliog. 209pp. 8vo. soft cover. Minimal creasing to covers o/w Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Softcovert. The emotionally riveting account of one of the most terrifying stories of our time: unforgettable for its individuality and its horror; memorable for what it tells us about a man and a woman's determination to understand the world; and a deeply moving demonstration of love. The tragic murder of 'Wall Street Journal' reporter Daniel Pearl is well known. Why he was in Karachi; how he saw his role as an international journalist; why he was singled out for kidnapping; and where the incredible search effort led: Mariane Pearl asks these questions and follows every clue. A journalist in her own right, Mariane is, as was her husband, profoundly committed to the idea that a more informed public makes for a better world, and to the idea that risks have to be taken to uncover a story. She presents a truly illuminating tale - including her own crucial role in the investigative team, where she was responsible for negotiating unprecedented cooperation between the FBI and Pakistani Intelligence and able to forge alliances with an array of people, from the Karachi chief of police to George Bush. With Index. 278pp. 8vo. softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Softcover. Was he a sadistic mass killer who lured innocent people to their deaths in his mysterious triangular room, or a hero of German-occupied Paris who liquidated members of the Gestapo and helped persecuted Jews and underground fighters escape from tormented France? This was the question in everyone's mind as one of the 20th-century's most sensational murder cases came to trial in Paris in 1946 and Dr. Marcel Petiot savagely fought for his honour and his life. The author meticulously reconstructs - from the long-secret official dossier and interviews with the few surviving participants - one of the most horrifying true stories in the annals of crime. In three parts the full details are revealed: descriptions of the vile crimes themselves (presumably Dr. Petiot dismembered his victims, then buried them in a lime pit); an incisive psychological portrait of the doctor in his progression from sadistic child to mass murderer; and a re-creation of the Daumieresque trial in which the myriad complexities, ironies, and incongruities of the case are reviewed. The gruesome story began to unfold when, in March 1944, foul-smelling chimney smoke from an elegant Paris house owned by Dr. Marcel Petiot led police to a mountain of bodies burning in the basement. While Dr. Petiot successfully eluded capture for 8-months, police investigators pieced together a highly contradictory picture of the man. The witty, intelligent physician, though seemingly adored by his patients, was later found to have dubious credentials, and further investigation revealed a long series of small crimes and convictions, a scandal-ridden career as a politician, and a bizarre psychiatric history. When captured Petiot claimed he was a loyal member of the French Resistance and that he had helped kill 63 collaborators. The prosecution charged that in fact he had lured 27 people with the promise of escape and then murdered them for plunder. Petiot was eventually convicted on 26 individual counts of murder, but judging from the 15kgs of charred bones, the large amounts of human hair and small fragments that were found in his cellar, and some 13 dissected bodies that were discovered floating in the Seine, there were presumably many more victims. An alarming chapter in the saga of sadism and wholesale murder. Illus., Selected List of Characters + Bibliog. 302pp. trade size soft cover. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name rubber stamp and green felt-tip date to inside back cover. Browned pp., minimal creasing to covers. Vg.