Murderous Leeds : The Executed of the Twentieth Century

This is a new paperback version for 2011. It includes absorbing real life accounts of nearly every reported murder that took place in the Leeds area during the twentieth century.

It features well-known cases and those which are lesser known but equally fascinating tales of jealousy, revenge and tragedy.

The city of Leeds and its nearby partner, Bradford, have seen some of the most intriguing cases of murder in the twentieth century.

This book opens with the story of the man who killed both his daughters because he couldn't afford to take care of them.

He was subsequently told by the jury which found him guilty of murder that he had been kind to his children.

The book ends with the murder of a man who had bragged about a win on the football pools.

Other chapters, though, are equally fascinating. The reader will find the story of William Horsely Wardell, who wormed his way into his victim's affections and then brutally battered her to death.

Imagine his horror when his description was published in a newspaper and all his friends rushed to give him up to the police. Alternatively, what of the story of William Batty who shot his rival in love, or of the mysterious death of Emily Yeomans and decide for yourself whether David Maskill Blake was guilty of murder.

Leeds and Bradford have indeed seem some fascinating murders and not only does this book catalogue all those this century which ended in the execution of the convicted, it also includes many illustrations never before published.