Master Detective Magazine Master Detective August 2019 Retour à l'édition précédente

Acid Bath Killer John George Haigh has a special place in the pantheon of Britain’s most memorable murderers. He was undone by carelessness and his own arrogance, and when the authorities put a stop to his deadly activities, he seemed to revel in his own notoriety. Haigh went to the gallows at Wandsworth Prison 70 years ago. What better time, then, for us to look back on this extraordinary case in the third part of our series on The Hangings of Albert Pierrepoint?

And talking of memorable killers, predatory couple Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez, con-man Harry Powers and black widow Inez Brennan all feature among a host of others in our not-to-be-missed special report on The Lonely Hearts Killers this issue. Don’t miss it.


Highlights of this issue include:

* Melinda’s Terrible Revenge

* European Crime Report: “The Serial Killer Who Lived At Fairy Cottage”, “Slaughtered In Their Beds”, “Cyprus Army Captain Admits Serial Killings,” “Hells Angels Banned In The Netherlands”

* MD Special Report: The Lonely Hearts Killers

* The Hangings Of Albert Pierrepoint – Part Three: Hanging Britain’s Notorious Acid Bath Killer

* MD Forum: Who Strangled Nellie, 16?

* “Why I Murdered My Family”

* Scotland’s Classic Cases: Savage Murder Of Hill-Walker Helen

* Unsolved Murders Of The 1950s: How Could He Admit Murder?