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Murder by the Sea: True Crime Stories from our Sinister Shores [Minkštas viršelis]

  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, aukštis x plotis: 198x129 mm
  • Išleidimo metai: 07-Jul-2022
  • Leidėjas: Mardle Books
  • ISBN-10: 1914451643
  • ISBN-13: 9781914451645
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 304 pages, aukštis x plotis: 198x129 mm
  • Išleidimo metai: 07-Jul-2022
  • Leidėjas: Mardle Books
  • ISBN-10: 1914451643
  • ISBN-13: 9781914451645
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
There is something sinister about a British seaside town. On the surface they’re all funfairs and breezy promenades. Yet dig a little deeper in the sand and you soon uncover an underworld of murder, madness and mayhem…

Murder by the Sea examines some of the most extraordinary murder cases in Britain’s seaside towns. From Blackpool to Bournemouth, Southport to Pembrokeshire, people love to be beside the seaside, but away from the piers, the arcades and beautiful beaches lurks some dark secrets.

From serial killers to a 1950s poisoner, from cruel husbands to an unusual murder by a mother and son, these are the true stories of wives, couples and families who had the misfortune to encounter a killer in their everyday lives.

There is something sinister about a British seaside town. On the surface they’re all funfairs and breezy promenades. Yet dig a little deeper in the sand and you soon uncover an underworld of murder, madness and mayhem…

Murder by the Sea Vol 1 is a companion book to the long-running true-crime documentary series on CBS Reality. Since 2018 the programme has examined some of the most extraordinary murder cases in Britain’s seaside towns. From Blackpool to Bournemouth, Southport to Pembrokeshire, people love to be beside the seaside, but away from the piers, the arcades and beautiful beaches lurks some dark secrets.

Ten of the series’ most powerful and shocking cases feature in Murder by the Sea Vol 1. From serial killers to a 1950s poisoner, from cruel husbands to an unusual murder by a mother and son, these are the true stories of wives, couples and families who had the misfortune to encounter a killer in their everyday lives.

With complete access to the extensive interviews conducted by the TV production teams with detectives, forensic psychologists, witnesses and relatives, Murder by the Sea Vol 1 features exclusive additional material and insights that could not be included in the original episodes.

Stephen Akinmurele  Blackpool serial killer who preyed on retired
women

John Cooper  serial killer and rapist who terrorised Pembrokeshire and
eluded police for two decades

Paul Longworth  Southport boat club commodore who tried to disguise the
murder of his wife as a suicide

Pierre Legris  Bournemouth bigamist who bludgeoned to death a woman who
thought she was his second wife

Malcolm Green  notorious Cardiff murderer who killed a prostitute and his
best friend

Louisa May Merrifield  the Blackpool Poisoner hanged in 1953 for killing her
employer

Mitchell Quy  murdered and dismembered his wife in Southport and taunted
police for falling to locate the missing person

Robert Mochrie former civil servant who murdered his whole family in Barry

Mathew Hardman  the teen who disembowelled an elderly woman on the island
of Anglesey because he wanted to be a vampire

Penny John and Barry Rogers  mother and son who murdered Pennys mother in
Pembrokeshire
David Howard is a documentary film maker and founder of the television production company Monster Films. A recipient of the Royal Television Society Award for journalism, his award-winning films include Interview With A Murderer (Channel 4) and Dark Son (BBC). He is the creator and director of the series Murder by the Sea. This is his first book.

Robin Jarossi is a freelance journalist and the author of The Hunt for the 60s' Ripper. He is also an on-air contributor to true-crime documentaries on the BBC and CBS Reality, including Murder by the Sea.