The incredible crimes of Britain's most notorious schoolboy serial
killer, Graham Young, as told by the bestselling and much-respected
true crime author of The Murders at White House Farm. There are few
criminal cases more astonishing yet less well known than that of
Graham Young. A quintessentially British crime story set in the
post-war London suburbs, it involves two sensational trials, murders
both certain and probable, a clutch of forgiving relatives, and scores
of surviving victims. Fourteen in the summer of 1962, Graham stood in
the Old Bailey dock charged with poisoning a schoolfriend and family
members by adding antimony to their packed lunches, Sunday roast and
morning cups of tea. Diagnosed with multiple personality disorders,
Graham's trial resulted in his detainment at Broadmoor, where he was
the youngest patient. But it was on his release from Broadmoor that
Graham caused the greatest harm. Finding employment in Hadlands, a
photographic supplies firm, his role as junior storeman meant he was
expected to make tea and coffee for his colleagues. And very soon,
numerous members of staff began experiencing crippling stomach
pains... A psychologically astute insight into the mind of a complex
and intriguing individual, A Passion for Poison is true crime at its
best. Praise for Carol Ann Lee Somebody's Mother, Somebody's Daughter:
Victims and Survivors of the Yorkshire Ripper 'My book of the year...
the first time the stories of the women who came into the sights of
notorious serial killer Peter Sutcliffe have been told, and it gives
voice to their families... deeply poignant' - Lynda La Plante One of
Your Own: The Life & Death of Myra Hindley 'Scrupulously unsensational
and as good a biography of Hindley as we'll get' - Sunday Times
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A true crime story like no other, the extraordinary tale of the schoolboy teacup poisoner
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781789464320
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
John Blake
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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