Download or read book Murder Files from Scotland Yard and the Black Museum written by R. Michael Gordon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-11 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the files of Scotland Yard's "Black Museum" (open only to police officers) come true crime stories of some of the most infamous murder cases of the 19th and 20th centuries--the Lambeth Poisoner, "baby farmer" Amelia Elizabeth Dyer, the Gentleman Vampire of Bournemouth, the Brides in the Bath Murders, the Rillington Place murders and many others. Along the way, investigators pass a number of crime-solving milestones, included the first use of fingerprint technology, the early use of photography and the first time "The Yard" enlisted the press to help hunt down a killer.
Download or read book The Black Museum written by Jonathan Goodman and published by . This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Murders of the Black Museum written by Godfrey Cave Staff and published by . This book was released on 1992-09-01 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of murders of women from Scotland Yard's famous Murder Museum. These tapes provide a grim insight not only into the crimes, criminals and their punishments, but also the police advances in the detection of crime.
Download or read book The Black Museum written by Bill Waddell and published by Little Brown. This book was released on 1995-03-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Waddell, the former curator of Scotland Yard's Black Museum, was in charge of a collection of items ranging from knives and guns to the poison pellet which killed Georgi Markov. This book presents an array of famous cases, together with a history of the Museum, and the Yard itself.
Download or read book The Black Museum written by Bill Waddell and published by Little Brown GBR. This book was released on 1993 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Scotland Yard's Black Museum is a repository for pieces of evidence from some of the most celebrated and grisly of crimes. This book presents an array of famous cases, together with a history of the museum, the Yard itself, and various methods of identification such as finger-printing.
Download or read book The Murders of the Black Museum 1870 1970 written by Gordon Honeycombe and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1988 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: The famous Black Museum in New Scotland Yard contains a collection of exhibits, photographs and other items connected with the most famous crimes and criminals of the last 100 years. Fifty of these crimes, all murder case histories, are detailed.
Download or read book Dark Secrets of the Black Museum 1835 1985 More Dark Secrets From 150 Years of the Most Notorious Crimes in England written by Gordon Honeycombe and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'EXCELLENT WRITING AND RESEARCH' - RUTH RENDELLThe Crime Museum of New Scotland Yard - invariably known as 'the Black Museum' - houses a remarkable collection of exhibits, photographs and documents connected with some of the most notorious crimes in this country's history. Although the museum is closed to the general public, Gordon Honeycombe was granted privileged access to its classified records, and his book reveals the stories behind 21 murders committed in Britain between 1835 and 1985.The author's painstaking research, which reaches beyond the Black Museum to other archives, as well as contemporary newspaper and similar reports, allows him to give searching accounts of the murders and manslaughter committed by such infamous characters as William Palmer, Charles Peace, Donald Nielson (the 'Black Panther'), the serial killer Dennis Nilsen, and Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Here too are John Lee, the Man They Could Not Hang, George Chapman, a London publican who poisoned his wives, and the murder by IRA bomb of four soldiers of the Household Cavalry in London's Hyde Park, in a work that provides a fascinating, if uncompromising, insight into the minds and methods of those who practise murder.The well-known writer and former ITN newscaster Gordon Honeycombe is also the author of Murders of the Black Museum: 1875-1975 (John Blake Publishing, 2009).
Download or read book Murders Of The Black Museum written by Gordon Honeycombe and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, houses the notorious Black Museum, a unique collection of exhibits, photographs and other items connected with some of the most famous crimes of the last century. Fifty of those crimes were murders and they are explored in detail in this compelling book. Recently renamed The Crime Museum the author Gordon Honeycombe was given privileged access to its darkest secrets. His book spans a hundred years of murder, manslaughter and attempted assassinations and reveals the true facts behind some of the country's most notorious murder cases, including Jack the Ripper, Dr Crippen and the Krays. This is the ultimate guide to the most incredible crimes ever committed, featuring contemporary photographs never seen outside Scotland Yard. • Closely researched and objective, this book is a fascinating guide to murder and a grim insight into the minds of those who practice it. Honeycombe takes an unflinching look at why people murder and asks important questions about this most appalling of crimes, execution and the law itself.
Download or read book Scotland Yard written by Simon Read and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-09-03 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting true-crime history of London's first modern police force as told through its most notorious murder cases. The idea of "Scotland Yard" is steeped in atmospheric stories of foggy London streets, murder by lamplight, and fiendish killers pursued by gentleman detectives. From its establishment in 1829 through the eve of World War II, Scotland Yard—the world’s first modern, professional, and centrally organized police force—set new standards for policing and investigating. Scotland Yard advanced ground-breaking use of forensics—from fingerprints to ballistics to evidence collection—made the first attempt at criminal profiling, and captivated the public on both sides of the Atlantic with feats of detective work that rivaled any fictional interpretation. Based on official case files, contemporary newspaper reporting, trial transcripts, and the first-hand accounts of the detectives on the beat, Scotland Yard tells the tales of some of history’s most notorious murders—with cases that proved to be landmarks in the field of criminal inquiry.
Download or read book Scotland Yard s History of Crime in 100 Objects written by Alan Moss and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore Britain's dark criminal history through the fascinating objects that have been hidden away in the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard, a collection that, although world-famous, is so sensitive it is not open to public view. Each object tells its own story: the briefcase with a concealed syringe owned by the notorious Kray twins; the gun Ruth Ellis used to murder her lover David Blakely; a burnt-out computer from the Glasgow airport car bomb; a picture from the property of Dennis Nilsen of the grisly drain that was blocked with human body parts; and the gun that Edward Oxford fired at Queen Victoria that failed to assassinate her. Updated to feature new objects that have entered the collection since 2015, Scotland Yard's History of Crime in 100 Objects is an absorbing, sometimes shocking and often disturbing journey through criminal history. Peer within to experience a unique insight into the crimes and criminals dealt with by Scotland Yard.
Download or read book More Murders of the Black Museum 1835 1909 written by Gordon Honeycombe and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scotland Yard s History of Crime in 100 Objects written by Alan Moss and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore Britain’s dark criminal history through the fascinating objects that have been hidden away in the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard, a collection that, although world-famous, is so sensitive it is not open to public view.Each object tells its own story: the briefcase with a concealed syringe owned by the notorious Kray twins; the gun Ruth Ellis used to murder her lover David Blakely; a burnt-out computer from the Glasgow airport car bomb; a picture from the property of Dennis Nilsen of the grisly drain that was blocked with human body parts; and the gun that Edward Oxford fired at Queen Victoria that failed to assassinate her. Updated to feature new objects that have entered the collection since 2015, Scotland Yard’s History of Crime in 100 Objects is an absorbing, sometimes shocking and often disturbing journey through criminal history. Peer within to experience a unique insight into the crimes and criminals dealt with by Scotland Yard.
Download or read book The Crime Museum Uncovered written by Jackie Keily and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This October - for the first time ever - never-before-seen-objects from the Metropolitan Police's Crime Museum will go on public display in a major new exhibition opening at the Museum of London. Using original evidence from this extraordinary collection, The Crime Museum Uncovered willl unlock real-life case files to take the reader on an uneasy journey through some of the UK's most notorious crimes from Dr Crippen to the Krays, the Great Train Robbery to the Millennium Dome diamond heist. Giving voice to the real people behind these objects the book will consider the changing nature of crime and advances in detection over the last 140 years, as well as the challenges faced in policing the capital, such as terrorism, drugs and rioting."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Download or read book More Murders of the Black Museum written by Gordon Honeycombe and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1994-03-03 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scotland Yard Photo Crimes from the Files of Inspector Black written by Henry Black and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1983 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book More Murders of the Black Museum written by Gordon Honeycombe and published by Arrow. This book was released on 1993 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of London's Metropolitan Police, also houses the Black Museum, a unique collection of exhibits, photographs and other items connected with some of the most famous crimes and criminals of the last century. 24 of those crimes, committed between 1835 and 1985, deal with murder, and these are the murders that are described in this book. Their case histories, fully detailed herein, present a terrible but compelling picture not only of the crimes themselves and of the criminals and their punishments, but also of changing social conditions and police advances in the detection of crime.
Download or read book The Black Treasures of Scotland Yard written by Guy R. Williams and published by Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1973 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
