Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Southampton
Reeks: Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths
John J. Eddleston
- The
- stormy
- past
- of
- England’s
- south
- coast
- city
- is
- vividly
- depicted
- in
- these
- true
- crime
- tales
- from
- the
- author
- of
- Jack
- the
- Ripper:
- An
- Encyclopedia.The
- criminal
- cases
- vividly
- described
- by
- John
- J.
- Eddleston
- in
- this
- gripping
- book
- take
- the
- reader
- on
- a
- journey
- into
- the
- dark
- secret
- side
- of
- Southampton’s
- past.
- The
- city
- has
- been
- the
- setting
- for
- a
- series
- of
- horrific,
- bloody,
- sometimes
- bizarre
- incidents.
- There
- is
- the
- story
- of
- Augustus
- John
- Penny,
- who
- shot
- his
- mother
- to
- death
- while
- she
- was
- lying
- in
- her
- bed
- after
- discovering
- that
- she
- had
- come
- into
- money
- and
- refused
- to
- pass
- any
- on
- to
- him.
- There
- is
- James
- Camb,
- who
- was
- convicted
- of
- murder
- even
- though
- the
- body
- of
- his
- victim,
- an
- actress,
- was
- never
- found.
- And
- there
- is
- the
- case
- of
- Michael
- George
- Tatum,
- the
- only
- British
- killer
- of
- the
- twentieth
- century
- to
- use
- an
- African
- club
- as
- his
- chosen
- weapon
- of
- murder.
- But
- perhaps
- the
- most
- intriguing
- case
- is
- the
- Southampton
- garage
- murder
- of
- Vivian
- Messiter
- in
- October
- 1928.
- In
- spite
- of
- masterful
- police
- work,
- there
- was
- an
- eighteen-month
- delay
- before
- the
- killer,
- William
- Henry
- Podmore,
- finally
- paid
- the
- price
- on
- the
- gallows
- for
- that
- brutal
- crime.Eddleston’s
- selection
- of
- cases
- from
- Southampton’s
- criminal
- history
- will
- be
- compelling
- reading
- for
- anyone
- who
- is
- interested
- in
- the
- sinister
- side
- of
- human nature.
