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A collection of pieces by such true-crime masters as Edmund Pearson and Alan Hynd, among others, this anthology reprises a number of stories already familiar to aficionados of the genre, including those of the seemingly indestructible Michael Malloy, who survived poisoning by anti-freeze, spoiled fish and metal shavings; Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, who, after a prison term in America, moved his locus operandi to London and concentrated on killing prostitutes; Dr. Hawley Crippen, the first murderer caught through the use of wireless telegraphy. Covered also are cases better known in Britain than here, like the trial of Graham Young, whose career as a poisoner began when he was a child and who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1972. In an introduction, Jones sets the scene effectively, touching on noted poisoners in history.
A collection of pieces by such true-crime masters as Edmund Pearson and Alan Hynd, among others, this anthology reprises a number of stories already familiar to aficionados of the genre, including those of the seemingly indestructible Michael Malloy, who survived poisoning by anti-freeze, spoiled fish and metal shavings; Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, who, after a prison term in America, moved his locus operandi to London and concentrated on killing prostitutes; Dr. Hawley Crippen, the first murderer caught through the use of wireless telegraphy. Covered also are cases better known in Britain than here, like the trial of Graham Young, whose career as a poisoner began when he was a child and who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1972. In an introduction, Jones sets the scene effectively, touching on noted poisoners in history.
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Hardback Editions
March 1988 : Hardback
| Title: Poison!: The World's Greatest True Murder Stories Author(s): Richard Glyn Jones ISBN: 0-8184-0470-1 / 978-0-8184-0470-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Lyle Stuart Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1987 : Hardback
| Title: Poison Author(s): Richard Glyn Jones ISBN: 0-947761-20-9 / 978-0-947761-20-2 (UK edition) Publisher: Xanadu Publications Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Paperback Editions
July 1989 : Paperback
| Title: Poison! Author(s): Richard Glyn-Jones ISBN: 0-425-11648-4 / 978-0-425-11648-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Berkley Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1987 : Paperback
| Title: Poison Author(s): Richard Glyn JONES Publisher: Star Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
1987 : Paperback
| Title: Poison Author(s): Richard Glyn Jones ISBN: 0-352-32178-4 / 978-0-352-32178-7 (UK edition) Publisher: Star Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
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