Synopsis: |
Down the years Lancashire has been gripped by the some of the most notorious murders in British criminal history. From gangland slayings to brutal tales of revenge, the "Lancashire Evening Post" has been there to report on them all, breaking the news on stories that have shocked the community. The newspaper's team of reporters have been closest to the story all of the way, watching events unfold, speaking to witnesses and tracking the killers as they are brought to justice.Among the case files re-opened for this fascinating collection are the mystery of the handless corpse pulled from a Lancashire quarry; the unsolved killing of a Preston student on the banks of the Ribble and the brutal murder of a teenage boy bound and stabbed by his own mother. "Lancashire's Most Notorious Murders" chronicles the most infamous crimes of the past 30 years. Delving into the extensive archives of the region's biggest evening newspaper, the book relives those cases that horrified a county, and chilled a nation to its core. |