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Broadmoor - My Journey Into Hell

Author : Charlie Bronson
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784182915
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (841 download)

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Download or read book Broadmoor - My Journey Into Hell written by Charlie Bronson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE CLOSEST PLACE ON EARTH THAT YOU WILL GET TO HELL - Charlie Bronson Broadmoor: My Journey Into Hell documents the story of long-term prisoner Charlie Bronson and his five-year stay at Britain's most notorious mental hospital, Broadmoor. His journey has, until now, never been told.In the winter of 1979, aged just twenty-seven, the inmate who would come to be known as 'Charlie Bronson' was considered uncontrollable by the prison system. Certified insane, he was transferred from Parkhurst Prison to the most infamous high-security psychiatric hospital in England, Broadmoor Asylum for the Criminally Insane. There he embarked on a one-man campaign to retain his sanity, and to fight against the brutality of a largely hidden regime that relied on enforced drug control.This outstandingly honest account takes the reader back to those dark days. It is a journey filled with sadness, and yet it is one that includes much laughter and pathos, as well as detailing the camaraderie among fellow patients, who included Ronnie Kray and Frankie Fraser. How Charlie Bronson survived Broadmoor, what he endured and the things he witnessed are, for the very first time, documented in this sad, often chilling, sometimes funny and often moving account of one man's journey into madness and his methods for surviving the UK's most feared and notorious psychiatric hospital. Capturing Bronson's unique voice, it is a roller-coaster ride of madness, pain, laughter and tears. It is also a testament to one man's triumph over adversity.

Insanity

Author : Charlie Bronson
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1844540308
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book Insanity written by Charlie Bronson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2004-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Bronson is the most feared and the most notorious convict in the prison system. Renowned for serial hostage taking and his rooftop sieges, he is a legend in his own lifetime. Yet behind the crime and the craziness, there is a great deal more to Charlie. He is a man of great warmth and humor; a man of great artistic talent who exhibits his drawings around the country; and a man with an overpowering urge not to let the system get him down. Insanity is a look into the mind of a true individual--a wild, inspired, single-minded, fascinating man, oppressed not only by the workings of his singular mind, but also by the system that confines him.

The Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence

Author : David Gussak
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190064498
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Frenzied Dance of Art and Violence written by David Gussak and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angelic demons : the capricious creators -- Continuing the dance : how art therapy both reveals and mitigates violence and aggression.

Donald Hume

Author : Jonathan Oates
Publisher : Pen and Sword True Crime
ISBN 13 : 1526769670
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Donald Hume written by Jonathan Oates and published by Pen and Sword True Crime. This book was released on 2020-05-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of John Christie of Rillington Place. “If you have an interest in post war crime and criminals this is one for you!” —Robert Bartlett, author of Blood Royal The trial of the year in 1950 was of Donald Hume, a North London petty thief accused of stabbing car dealer Stanley Setty to death, of cutting up his corpse and dropping his body parts from an airplane. The press and public were horrified and fascinated by the details. But Hume was convicted and jailed as an accessory—he later claimed his wife was guilty of the crime. He then fled to Switzerland, taking up with a Swiss woman in Zurich, but he needed money to finance his lavish lifestyle and he returned to robbery. He carried out two armed robberies, shooting a member of the bank staff, but getting clean away. Then in 1959 his attempt to rob a bank failed and he shot dead a bystander. Arrested, he stood trial and was sentenced to life, but was later deemed criminally insane and was returned to Britain and to Broadmoor. Jonathan Oates’s compelling account of Hume’s notorious life of crime is based on extensive primary research. It sheds new light on Hume and his crimes, especially the murder of Setty, and gives the reader a rare insight into the criminal underworld of the time.

Diaries from Hell

Author : Charles Bronson
Publisher : Lolfa
ISBN 13 : 9781847711168
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book Diaries from Hell written by Charles Bronson and published by Lolfa. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second book of memoirs from long-term prisoner, Charles Bronson. By turns hilarious and tragic, this is a fascinating trip inside the mind of the man dubbed 'Britain's most violent prisoner'.

Solitary Fitness - The Ultimate Workout From Britain's Most Notorious Prisoner

Author : Charles Bronson
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782192557
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Solitary Fitness - The Ultimate Workout From Britain's Most Notorious Prisoner written by Charles Bronson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-31 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Bronson has spent three decades in solitary confinement, and yet has stayed as fit as a fiddle, gaining several world strength and fitness records in the process. Now, in this no-nonsense guide to getting fit and staying fit, he reveals just how he's done it. Forget fancy gyms, expensive running shoes and designer outfits, what you need are the facts on what really works and the motivation to get on with the job. From his cell at Wakefield Prison, Charlie has complied this perfect guide to show you the best way to burn those calories, tone your abs and build your stamina giving you the know-how you need to be at the peak of mental and physical form.

Loonyology

Author : Charles Bronson
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1907792392
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Loonyology written by Charles Bronson and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2011-11-09 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lifer Charlie Bronson's reputation precedes him - ‘Britain's most violent prisoner’ - or does it? Do we really know the true Charlie, or are our impressions the result of media hype? Well, what is in no doubt is that Loonyology is 200% Bronson and will transport the reader on the dizziest no-holds-barred roller-coaster ride of their lives, from suspense and shock to laughter and tears, and from Bronson the ‘Solitary King’ to Bronson the Philosopher, the Poet, the Artist, the Author, the Joker, the Walking Scar and the Freedom Fighter. Now 55 years old, and having spent most of his last 34 years as a maximum security ‘Bronco Zoo’ inmate, he’s a much wiser man as he looks back on his crazy journey of unpredictable behaviour, his ever-alert mind darting from reminiscences of his teenage years to memories of fellow-cons, the screws, the cranks, letters and news reports, prison life and procedures, and the overall madness (‘loonyology’) of the legal and penal systems, peppering his stories with diary entries, true gems of information, sound advice and hilarious one-liners. Together with his many supporters and with the aid of a top lawyer, Charlie is campaigning for the parole board to finally allow him his freedom, but begging is not his style: he calls a spade a spade and is determined to win with dignity, fighting with his pen and his brain to achieve his aim of a life outside ‘the cage’. In his words: “I chose to be a villain. I’m not proud of it, nor am I ashamed of it. I have paid my debt to society and it’s time to go home.”

Bronson 3

Author : Charles Bronson
Publisher : John Blake
ISBN 13 : 9781843581901
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (819 download)

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Download or read book Bronson 3 written by Charles Bronson and published by John Blake. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie has taken his 30 years of prison dwelling and condensed it into one handy and comprehensive volume Moved around the prisons of the British Isles regularly, Charles Bronson has sampled all that prison life has to offer, taking in both the historic and the prehistoric buildings that comprise Britain's prison system. It's all in here--from the correct way to brew vintage prison "hooch" and how to keep the screws from finding it to prison food and its many alternative uses. Read about Charlie's special taming techniques for prison wildlife such as spiders, rats, and cockroaches--creatures that may be one's only friends on long stretches in solitary. This guide to the ins and outs of prison life is essential for young offenders and old cons alike--don't go away without it!

Bronson

Author : Charles Bronson
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843587459
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Bronson written by Charles Bronson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Bronson has spent 28 of the last 30 years in solitary confinement. He has been locked in dungeons, in iron boxes concreted into the middle of cells and, famously, in a cage. When he is unlocked, up to 12 prison officers - sometimes in riot gear and with dogs - are standing by. Yet this is a man of great warmth and humour who has never killed anyone and has often dealt with his gruelling life with humour - during a siege in 1993 he demanded an inflatable doll and a cup of tea. Now his story is being turned into a Hollywood film. Now in this amazing new edition of his best selling autobiography, Charlie reveals the truth about his extraordinary life behind bars.

The Champ & The Chump

Author : James McNicholas
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 1472280385
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book The Champ & The Chump written by James McNicholas and published by Headline. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: **WINNER OF BEST SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK AT THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2022** 'Hard-hitting and hilarious' - James Acaster 'Funny, moving and compelling' - Mike Costello A heart-warming, hilarious true story about fighting and family, based on the acclaimed stage show. For fans of books by Dave Gorman, James Acaster and Danny Wallace, along with boxing tales from the likes of Tyson Fury and Ricky Hatton. THE CHAMP Terry Downes - the charismatic cockney known as 'The Paddington Express' - was a world champion boxer, US Marine, gangsters' favourite and later a film star and businessman. THE CHUMP James McNicholas' PE teacher once told him he was so unfit he'd be dead by the time he was 23. James has spent his life pursuing a career in acting and comedy. In reality, that has meant stints as a car park caretaker and river cruise salesperson. After Terry's death, James finds himself in reflective mood, comparing his story of underachievement against that of his world champ grandad. What follows is an increasingly colourful journey through post-war Paddington to the blood-soaked canvases of Baltimore and Shoreditch, via Mayfair parties with the Krays. Along the way, James begins to dig into his own story, confronting the dysfunctional elements of his childhood, describing his often hilarious efforts to make it in the world of showbiz, and attempting to recreate Terry's trials by enlisting in a brutal military boot camp and boxing gym. When James is diagnosed with a frightening and mysterious neurological condition, the two tales of the fighter and the writer suddenly collide, and what began as a nostalgic journey takes on a far more important significance altogether. 'A wonderfully funny and heartfelt story of what family and lineage means. Even made me like boxing' - Josh Widdicombe 'An extraordinary family history, told with warmth and wit. Two remarkable underdog stories - come for the cockney scrapper who conquered the world, stay for the grandson and the fight of his life' - Greg Jenner 'If you like comedy and boxing this is the perfect book. James McNicholas is a very funny man and a brilliant writer' - Rob Beckett

Escape from Broadmoor

Author : Gordon Lowe
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752492926
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book Escape from Broadmoor written by Gordon Lowe and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-05-01 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: JOHN THOMAS STRAFFEN – Britain’s longest-serving prisoner – was the first patient to escape from Broadmoor Hospital and be prosecuted for a crime committed on the run. He killed within hours. Prior to this, at his home in Bath, he was dismissed as a loner, an imbecile, a ‘child trapped in an adult’s body’. On the afternoon of Sunday 15 July 1951, John Straffen strangled 8-year-old Brenda Goddard as she picked flowers. Three weeks later, he committed a similar murder before inadvertently confessing to the police.Faced with a serial killer with a mental age of 10, whose motive apparently was nothing more than to annoy the police, the court sent Straffen to Broadmoor Institute, as it was known then, for the criminally insane. But on 29 April 1952, having spent only six months at the Institute, he escaped in a carefully planned bid for freedom that should have been possible. During these four hours on the run, hoping to show the authorities he could be free and not commit further offences, Straffen instead murdered 5-year-old Linda Bowyer. Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his beleaguered government intervened to prevent Straffen walking free again.But was Straffen insane? Using previously unpublished documents, including government classified papers, author Gordon Lowe paints a vivid picture of a man who shocked the nation and confused the courts with his crimes.

Behind Bars – Britain's Most Notorious Prisoner Reveals What Life is Like Inside

Author : Charles Bronson
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782192506
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Behind Bars – Britain's Most Notorious Prisoner Reveals What Life is Like Inside written by Charles Bronson and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie has taken his 24 years of experience of prison dwelling and condensed it into one handy and comprehensive volume. Moved regularly around the prisons of the British Isles he has sampled all that prison life has to offer, taking in both the historic and pre-historic buildings that comprise Britain's infamous prison system. It's all in here from the correct way to brew vintage prison 'hooch' and how to keep the screws from finding it, to the indispensable culinary methods required to make prison food edible. Read about Charlie's special taming techniques for prison wildlife such as spiders, rats and cockroaches, creatures that may be your only friends on long stretches in solitary. Also Charlie shows how to plan and prepare for marriage inside what can be seen as a less than romantic setting. With over 70,000 people (and rising) currently residing at Her Majesty's pleasure, Charlie Bronson's "Good Prison Guide" is essential for young offenders and 'old lags' alike. Make sure you don't get nicked without it.

Inside Broadmoor

Author : Jonathan Levi
Publisher : Blink Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781788700948
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Inside Broadmoor written by Jonathan Levi and published by Blink Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Broadmoor. Few place names in the world have such chilling resonance. For over 150 years, it has contained the UK's most violent, dangerous and psychopathic. Since opening as an asylum for the criminally insane in 1863 it has housed the perpetrators of many of the most shocking and appalling crimes in history; including Jack the Ripper suspect James Kelly, serial killers Peter Sutcliffe, John Straffen and Kenneth Erskine, murderer and rapist Robert Napper, the teacup poisoner Graham Young, armed robber Charles Bronson, East End gangster Ronnie Kray, child killer Ian Brady, London nail bomber David Copeland and cannibal Peter Bryan. The truth about what goes on behind the Victorian walls of the high-security hospital has largely remained a mystery, but now with unprecedented access investigative journalist Jonathan Levi and cultural historian Emma French reveal all, after spending 12 months observing and speaking to those on the inside. Based on research from Broadmoor's closely guarded archives, interviews with the staff that work there - including nurses, psychiatrists, therapists, security guards - and above all the patients themselves, Inside Broadmoor is the most comprehensive study of the institution to-date. Published on the dawn of a new era as a £242m, state-of-the-art new building opens, this is the full story of Broadmoor's past, present and future and a dark but enlightening journey into the minds of Britain's most evil and how they are treated.

Solitary Fitness

Author : Charles Bronson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781902578125
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (781 download)

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Download or read book Solitary Fitness written by Charles Bronson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Bronson has served 28 years behind bars, 24 of those years have been in solitary confinement, yet in spite of this he remains fit and strong. What are the secrets to his phenomenal strength and fitness? How can Bronson punch a hole with his bare fist through bullet-proof glass, bend solid steel doors by kicking at them, do press-ups with two men on his back - and all on a prison diet? Without the use of fancy gym equipment, steroids, steaks, supplements or pills you can pack on pounds of muscle, lose weight fast and gain superhuman strength.

The Psychopath Test

Author : Jon Ronson
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1447202503
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)

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Download or read book The Psychopath Test written by Jon Ronson and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if society wasn't fundamentally rational, but was motivated by insanity? This thought sets Jon Ronson on an utterly compelling adventure into the world of madness. Along the way, Jon meets psychopaths, those whose lives have been touched by madness and those whose job it is to diagnose it, including the influential psychologist who developed the Psychopath Test, from whom Jon learns the art of psychopath-spotting. A skill which seemingly reveals that madness could indeed be at the heart of everything . . . Combining Jon Ronson's trademark humour, charm and investigative incision, The Psychopath Test is both entertaining and honest, unearthing dangerous truths and asking serious questions about how we define normality in a world where we are increasingly judged by our maddest edges. 'The belly laughs come thick and fast – my God, he is funny . . . provocative and interesting' – Observer

In the Shadow of Statues

Author : Mitch Landrieu
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525559469
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of Statues written by Mitch Landrieu and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New Orleans mayor who removed the Confederate statues confronts the racism that shapes us and argues for white America to reckon with its past. A passionate, personal, urgent book from the man who sparked a national debate. "There is a difference between remembrance of history and reverence for it." When Mitch Landrieu addressed the people of New Orleans in May 2017 about his decision to take down four Confederate monuments, including the statue of Robert E. Lee, he struck a nerve nationally, and his speech has now been heard or seen by millions across the country. In his first book, Mayor Landrieu discusses his personal journey on race as well as the path he took to making the decision to remove the monuments, tackles the broader history of slavery, race and institutional inequities that still bedevil America, and traces his personal relationship to this history. His father, as state legislator and mayor, was a huge force in the integration of New Orleans in the 1960s and 19070s. Landrieu grew up with a progressive education in one of the nation's most racially divided cities, but even he had to relearn Southern history as it really happened. Equal parts unblinking memoir, history, and prescription for finally confronting America's most painful legacy, In the Shadow of Statues contributes strongly to the national conversation about race in the age of Donald Trump, at a time when racism is resurgent with seemingly tacit approval from the highest levels of government and when too many Americans have a misplaced nostalgia for a time and place that never existed.

Life in the Victorian Asylum

Author : Mark Stevens
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473842379
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Life in the Victorian Asylum written by Mark Stevens and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid portrait of the day-to-day experience in the public asylums of nineteenth-century England, by the bestselling author of Broadmoor Revealed. Life in the Victorian Asylum reconstructs the lost world of nineteenth-century public asylums. This fresh take on the history of mental health reveals why county asylums were built, the sort of people they housed, and the treatments they received, as well as the enduring legacy of these remarkable institutions. Mark Stevens, a professional archivist, and expert on asylum records, delves into Victorian mental health hospital documents to recreate the experience of entering an asylum and being treated there—perhaps for a lifetime. Praise for Broadmoor Revealed “Superb.” —Family Tree magazine “Detailed and thoughtful.” —Times Literary Supplement “Paints a fascinating picture.” —Who Do You Think You Are? magazine