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Download or read book Hangman's Brae written by Colin Duncan and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hangman's Brae is a vividly written account of the blood-curdling crimes and brutal forms of punishment of north-east Scotland. The book explores the area's underworld and features the grave-robbers, jail-breakers, rioters and other lawbreakers whose crimes led them to premature deaths at the end of a rope or at the not so delicate hands of The Maiden, a gruesome decapitating device predating the French guillotine. The stories of the men who enforced the law and meted out sentences to the ne'er-do-wells who broke it can be just as interesting and memorable as those of the criminals and Norman Adams introduces the reader to some of them. Here you'll find some real characters such as the Aberdeenshire sheriff and criminal officer who always got his man - once spending two chilling nights chained to a brutal murderer and rapist. And it wasn't just hangings that these men had to perform - their grisly work also involved execution by beheading and drowning, often with some witch-burning for good measure. The many true-crime cases in this book shed new light on just how violent and bloody the north-east of Scotland's past was.
Book Synopsis "Aberdeen Journal" Notes and Queries by :
Download or read book "Aberdeen Journal" Notes and Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Guide to Mysterious Aberdeen by : Geoff Holder
Download or read book Guide to Mysterious Aberdeen written by Geoff Holder and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2010-11-23 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aberdeen is full of mysteries, marvels and strangeness, and this book is a comprehensive guide to them all. Here you will encounter magic, witchcraft, folklore and superstitions; contemporary urban legends; gargoyles and graveyards; graverobbers and murderers; stone circles and prehistoric burial sites; UFOs and freak weather; and tales of horror, madness, humour – and dangerous porridge. Many forgotten aspects of the city’s strange history are here, from the disturbing (spontaneous human combustion, William Wallace’s dismembered limbs, the man who died of fright after a mock execution, and the bodysnatching professors) to the downright bizarre (a talking statue, a wedding celebration which was mistaken for an alien invasion fleet, and golf with giant skulls). The Guide to Mysterious Aberdeen is the tenth in Geoff Holder’s acclaimed series. As with the previous volumes, it is profusely illustrated with over 100 photographs and draws on both ancient and modern sources. Full access and location details are given for both driver and walker alike, making this the indispensable companion for anyone exploring the Granite City.
Book Synopsis Sketch of the Territorial History of the Burgh of Aberdeen by : George Cadenhead
Download or read book Sketch of the Territorial History of the Burgh of Aberdeen written by George Cadenhead and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blood and Granite written by Norman Adams and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blood and Granite is a chronicle of the most notorious homicides committed in Aberdeen over the last hundred years. Written by Norman Adams, a journalist who reported on many of the chilling crimes he now recalls so vividly, it is compelling reading for those who are too young to remember - and those who cannot forget. All are human tragedies from the dark side of life, including: • The grudge that ended in death in an East End pub when butcher James Harrow brutally stabbed two workmates in 1901. • The grisly discovery of a woman's arm on the Torry shore in 1945 that signalled the start of a mystery which to this day remains unsolved. • The tragic love affair that led to the gallows in 1963 - the first hanging in Aberdeen for 106 years. • The double life of brilliant scientist Dr Brenda Page of Aberdeen University, battered to death in her flat in 1978. Her murder remains unsolved. • The bar
Download or read book Cultures of Shame written by D. Nash and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first systematic study of the concept of shame from 1600-1900, showing good and bad behaviour, morality and perceptions of crime in British society at large. Single episodes in the history of shame are contextualized by discussing the historiography and theory of shame and their implications for the history of crime and social relations.
Book Synopsis The Rise and Progress of the City of Glasgow by : James Cleland
Download or read book The Rise and Progress of the City of Glasgow written by James Cleland and published by . This book was released on 1820 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Annals of Glasgow, Etc by : James CLELAND (LL.D.)
Download or read book The Annals of Glasgow, Etc written by James CLELAND (LL.D.) and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Annals of Glasgow by : James Cleland
Download or read book Annals of Glasgow written by James Cleland and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 1024 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Abridgment of the Annals of Glasgow, Comprising an Account of the Public Buildings, Charities, and the Rise and Progress of the City by : James Cleland
Download or read book Abridgment of the Annals of Glasgow, Comprising an Account of the Public Buildings, Charities, and the Rise and Progress of the City written by James Cleland and published by . This book was released on 1817 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Glimpses of Olden Days in Aberdeen: Being Sketches ... of Incidents and Characters in and about Aberdeen During the Last Fifty Years by : William BUCHANAN (of Aberdeen.)
Download or read book Glimpses of Olden Days in Aberdeen: Being Sketches ... of Incidents and Characters in and about Aberdeen During the Last Fifty Years written by William BUCHANAN (of Aberdeen.) and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Glasgow's Hard Men by : Robert Jeffrey
Download or read book Glasgow's Hard Men written by Robert Jeffrey and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2006-08-16 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than 100 years the poverty of Glasgow's slums fuelled the violence of the gangs. But the criminals were not Glasgow's only hard men. The crimefighters - from cops to chief constables and high court judges - were also tough. This volume is the story of both sides, the good and the bad, and the battle between the two.
Book Synopsis Memories of Two Cities, Edinburgh and Aberdeen by : David Masson
Download or read book Memories of Two Cities, Edinburgh and Aberdeen written by David Masson and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Glasgow, Past and Present by : James Pagan
Download or read book Glasgow, Past and Present written by James Pagan and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Glasgow, Past and Present by : Robert Reid
Download or read book Glasgow, Past and Present written by Robert Reid and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Jumble of Jottings from the Memories of a Quiet Life by : Alexander Macdonald
Download or read book A Jumble of Jottings from the Memories of a Quiet Life written by Alexander Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Book of Bon-accord: Or, a Guide to the City of Aberdeen by :
Download or read book The Book of Bon-accord: Or, a Guide to the City of Aberdeen written by and published by . This book was released on 1839 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
