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Informationen zum Autor Declan McHugh is the originator of the hugely popular 'The Blood and Tears Walk'. He has been scaring the socks off Londoners and visitors for 15 years and is an acknowledged expert on the city's dark side as well as a natural storyteller. Klappentext Hell is a city much like London - Percy Bysshe Shelley Jack the Ripper (and 15 other London serial killers), the Krays, Aleister Crowley, Ruth Ellis, Doctor John Dee, Sach and Walters the baby farmers - all these characters and many more are brought to life in Bloody London , a unique and terrifying journey through the murderous, haunted and maddened streets of the capital. A must-have for fans of true crime, horror, the supernatural and the simply bizarre, Bloody London will show you: - The pub where you can still see the bullet holes from a famous murder over 50 years ago - The house of the most likely Jack the Ripper suspect - A haunted church (and London's creepiest cemetery) - The pub which has been frequented by more serial killers than any other in London - London's bloodiest execution sites - The London HQ of a bizarre '60s satanic cult London's dark and shocking secrets are laid bare in this chilling compendium of true stories. We dare you to look inside... Vorwort London's strangest and scariest people and places are brought vividly to life in this walk through the capital's dark side. Featuring serial killers, psychopaths, gangsters, ghosts and martyrs, here are fifty true stories from all corners of the city guaranteed to chill your bones. Zusammenfassung Where did the real Jack the Ripper live? Which pub in London has been used more than any other by serial killers picking up their victims? Where was the capital's Gladiators? Arena? Where in London did Anders Breivik, the Norwegian mass murderer, live as a child? Jack The Ripper (and 15 other London serial killers!), the Krays, Aleister Crowley, Ruth Ellis, Doctor John Dee, Sach and Walters the baby farmers ? all these characters and more are covered in Bloody London, a unique and terrifying walk through the dark, gore-drenched streets of the capital. A must-have for fans of crime, horror, the supernatural and the simply bizarre, Bloody London will also show you: ? Sites of executions and unsolved murders ? London?s creepiest cemeteries ? Where famous horror authors lived and worked ? Where the Plague originated ? A haunted church and many other locations? London?s dark and shocking secrets are laid bare in this compendium of true stories. We dare you to look inside? ...
