Softcover. A book covering some of the most intriguing murder cases over the last couple of centuries. From the Yorkshire Witch, Mary Bateman, to the shocking murder of Barbara Waterhouse and the resurrectionists of the 1830s, the book attempts to look through the horror and bloodshed and into the social and personal circumstances in which these crimes took place. Mary Bateman and Charlie Peace in particular, achieved national notoriety, the rest of the cases have been long fogotten until now. Illus., Select Bibliog. and Index. 160pp. 8vo. softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F.