Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths around Northampton

Paul Harrison

09/2017 · Casemate Publishers

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Twenty true tales of violence and villainy in this area of England’s East Midlands—includes illustrations.
 
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Northampton investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder, deceit, and pure malice committed over the centuries in this picturesque part of England. For this journey into Northampton’s bloody past, Paul Harrison has selected over twenty notorious episodes that give a fascinating insight into criminal acts and the criminal mind. He reinvestigates some of the most intriguing cases, introduces new evidence, and questions verdicts that were reached many years ago.
 
Among the cases are two old people who were bludgeoned to death for no apparent reason; the murder of a mistress and her child; a philandering salesman who faked his own death; a promiscuous woman who came to a cruel end; a shoemaker who brutally attacked his wife; and the disappearance of Lydia Atley, whose remains were never found. These human dramas are often played out in the most commonplace of circumstances—while others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction.

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Paul Harrison is a full-time writer and author of thirty-six books. A retired police officer, he uses investigative techniques to uncover new facts to help rationalise myths and legends. Paul has travelled extensively, researching tales and legends surrounding the pharaohs' curse and has spent a considerable time in Egypt committing to archaeological digs. As an active member of the world's explorer society, and the mystery and imagination group, he is a popular speaker at events and conferences, discussing the darker side of humanity and in particular. He has previously carried out expeditions to the Congo, in search of the world’s last known dinosaur, and to the Amazon, in the footsteps of missing explorer Percy Harrison-Fawcett.