Foul Deeds in Islington
Reeks: Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
John J. Eddleston
- Foul
- Deeds
- in
- Islington
- takes
- the
- reader
- on
- a
- sinister
- journey
- through
- a
- selection
- of
- the
- most
- shocking
- and
- revealing
- murders
- committed
- in
- this
- part
- of
- north
- London
- during
- the
- last
- two
- centuries.
- Killers
- of
- all
- kinds
- are
- recorded
- here,
- from
- the
- coolest
- and
- most
- calculating
- of
- criminals
- to
- ill-starred
- individuals
- who
- struck
- out
- in
- passion
- or
- despair
- or
- anger.
- John
- Eddleston
- recounts
- their
- notorious
- stories
- in
- forensic
- detail.
- Police-killers
- Thomas
- Cooper
- and
- Ronald
- Marwood
- feature
- in
- his
- book,
- along
- with
- the
- child-killer
- Celestika
- Somner,
- the
- poisoner
- George
- Chapman,
- the
- witchcraft-murderer
- Kayode
- Orishagbemi
- and,
- of
- course,
- most
- famous
- of
- all,
- Kenneth
- Halliwell
- who
- killed
- playwright
- Joe
- Orton
- in
- their
- flat
- in
- Noel
- Road.
- In
- addition
- to
- these
- celebrated
- cases,
- several
- less
- well-known
- but
- equally
- compelling
- murders
- are
- reconstructed.
- They
- give
- a
- shocking
- insight
- into
- the
- dark
- side
- of
- Islington
- s
- recent,
- sometimes
- gruesome, history.
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