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Scottish Serial Killers: Dennis Nilsen, Burke and Hare Murders, Peter Tobin, Sawney Bean, Thomas Neill Cream, Robert Black, Archibald Hall

Scottish Serial Killers: Dennis Nilsen, Burke and Hare Murders, Peter Tobin, Sawney Bean, Thomas Neill Cream, Robert Black, Archibald Hall


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dennis Nilsen, Burke and Hare Murders, Peter Tobin, Sawney Bean, Thomas Neill Cream, Robert Black, Archibald Hall, Peter Manuel, Bible John, Colin Norris, Christie-Cleek, Lewis Hutchinson. Excerpt: Archibald Hall Archibald Thomson Hall (a.k.a. Roy Fontaine, 17 June 1924 - 16 September 2002) was a British serial killer and thief . Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he became known as the Killer Butler or the Monster Butler after committing crimes while working in service to members of the British aristocracy . Until his death, he was the oldest person serving a whole life tariff in prison. Crime from the start Hall began stealing at the age of 15, and soon progressed to burglary . After realising he was bisexual, he infiltrated the gay scene in London where he moved on the strength of his criminal profits. He served his first jail sentence after trying in London to sell jewellery he had stolen in Scotland. During his stretch, he learnt more about etiquette and the aristocracy while also dulling his Scottish accent with elocution lessons and studying antiques . Upon his release he began using the name Roy Fontaine - as a homage to actress Joan Fontaine, of whom he was a fan - and working as a butler, occasionally returning to prison for sentences incurred after more pilfering of jewels. He married and divorced during this time. From thief to killer In 1975, Hall was released from prison and went back to Scotland. He began working as butler to Margaret Hudson, a dowager who lived at Kirtleton House, Dumfriesshire . Hall initially had ideas to steal her valuables but he never carried them out when he realised that he liked both his job and employer too much. When David Wright, an acquaintance from his last prison term and a former lover, was also given a job on the estate as a gamekeep...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155596563
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 78
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Weight: 127 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155596560
  • Publisher Date: 05 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Dennis Nilsen, Burke and Hare Murders, Peter Tobin, Sawney Bean, Thomas Neill Cream, Robert Black, Archibald Hall
  • Width: 229 mm


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