An Authentic and Faithful History of the Atrocious Murder of Celia Holloway
An Authentic and Faithful History of the Atrocious Murder of Celia Holloway

Author: John William Holloway

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2019-08-05

Total Pages: 394

ISBN-13: 9781318537150

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Dissecting the Criminal Corpse
Dissecting the Criminal Corpse

Author: Elizabeth T. Hurren

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-08-17

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1137582499

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Those convicted of homicide were hanged on the public gallows before being dissected under the Murder Act in Georgian England. Yet, from 1752, whether criminals actually died on the hanging tree or in the dissection room remained a medical mystery in early modern society. Dissecting the Criminal Corpse takes issue with the historical cliché of corpses dangling from the hangman’s rope in crime studies. Some convicted murderers did survive execution in early modern England. Establishing medical death in the heart-lungs-brain was a physical enigma. Criminals had large bull-necks, strong willpowers, and hearty survival instincts. Extreme hypothermia often disguised coma in a prisoner hanged in the winter cold. The youngest and fittest were capable of reviving on the dissection table. Many died under the lancet. Capital legislation disguised a complex medical choreography that surgeons staged. They broke the Hippocratic Oath by executing the Dangerous Dead across England from 1752 until 1832. This book is open access under a CC-BY license.

The history of the London Burkers
The history of the London Burkers

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-11-05

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13:

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This 1869 text details the horrific murders of the London Burkers to sell bodies as cadavers. In the 19th century, there was a lack of medical cadavers due to the small number of executions. The London Burkers resorted to murdering innocent people, even killing young children, in the style of Burke and Hare. This horrifying account of the related interviews is straightforward, baring every graphic and minute detail for readers' discretion.

Sussex Murders
Sussex Murders

Author: W.H. Johnson

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2012-02-29

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 0752484354

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Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Sussex's history. Based upon contemporary documents and illustrations, Johnnie Johnson re-examines some of the crimes that shocked not only the county but Britain as a whole. Among the gruesome cases featured here are the mystery man who should his wife and three children in a house in Eastbourne, the Cheif Constable who was bludgeoned to death in his own police station; the fearsome gang of smugglers who tortured and buried one of their two victims alive and threw the second to his death down a well; and the waiter who danced away the days while his lady friend's body lay mouldering in a trunk in his lodgings. All manner of murder and mystery is featured here, and this book is sure to be a must-read for try crime enthusiasts everywhere.

Bread Winner
Bread Winner

Author: Emma Griffin

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2020-04-14

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 0300252099

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The overlooked story of how ordinary women and their husbands managed financially in the Victorian era – and why so many struggled despite increasing national prosperityNineteenth century Britain saw remarkable economic growth and a rise in real wages. But not everyone shared in the nation’s wealth. Unable to earn a sufficient income themselves, working-class women were reliant on the ‘breadwinner wage’ of their husbands. When income failed, or was denied or squandered by errant men, families could be plunged into desperate poverty from which there was no escape.Emma Griffin unlocks the homes of Victorian England to examine the lives – and finances – of the people who lived there. Drawing on over 600 working-class autobiographies, including more than 200 written by women, Bread Winner changes our understanding of daily life in Victorian Britain.