MURDER IN THE 1940s

Softcover. True Crime File. The history of humanity is a history of crime. The 1940s; civilisation is plunged into the evil darkness of the most terrible of wars. Under cover of night, blackouts and Blitzkrieg, the strangest and most violent murderers humanity has yet seen slip through the shadows, leaving a bloody heritage that continues to shock and amaze today. Meet Gordon Cummins, London's "Blackout Ripper"; John George Haigh, the acid bath murderer; Ray Fernandez and Martha Beck, America's Lonely Hearts killers; William Heirens of Chicago who scrawled on the wall above one of his victims "For God's sake catch me before I kill more..." Also includes : Harry Dobkin, The Wigwam Murder, Neville Heath, The Porthole Murder, Marcel Petiot, Black Dahlia, Cleft Chin, Witchcraft Murder etc. 270pp. softcover. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name rubber stamp and green felt-tip date to inside of back cover. With the usual browned pp. o/w Vg+ with no creasing to covers.