From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. All are fascinating, true stories of murder, chosen for their strange or remarkable qualities. Some are modern - like the multiple murders at Burgate House, Fordingbridge, in 1986. Some are famous - like the killing of actress Gay Gibson, thrust through the porthole of a liner bound for Southampton.
Some are 'modern' - like the multiple murders at Burgate House, Fordingbridge, in 1986. Some of the cases are ancient - like the Romsey woman burned at the stake for killing her husband in 1686. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. his district stretched from West Dorset through Hampshire to Sussex.
The Aldershot soldier poisoned by partridges laced with strychnine - the tragic triangle of the landlady, the lodger, and the landlady's teenage daughter - the Victorian coachman who seduced a Portsmouth parlourmaid with promises of marriage and a forthcoming inheritance - the deadly duel fought with pistols at dawn near Lymington - just 4 of the extraordinary cases featured in this book. We are very grateful to Roger Guttridge for giving us permission to use his book.
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