{"product_id":"book-2elb","title":"Lincolnshire's Victorian-era Murders","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an article about the perils of his job, the editor of the \u003cem\u003eLincolnshire Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e wrote, in his newspaper's edition of 12 February 1850, 'If every paper does not contain a goodly number of horrible murders, it is a dull unwelcome sheet.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was in the 19th century that murder became popularised, with the rapid growth of newspapers and books. 'Penny Dreadfuls' spread like wildfire, telling tales of foul and bloody murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Victorian age was the era that created \u003cem\u003eSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,\u003c\/em\u003e the Sherlock Holmes books, \u003cem\u003eDracula \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe don't think of Charles Dickens as being the author of murder mysteries, but more than a dozen of his books contain killings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd in real life, the Victorians had Jack the Ripper, the Thames Torso murders and Mary Ann Cotton – who killed three husbands, numerous lovers, her own mother and 11 of her children, all for the insurance money.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLincolnshire alone had over a hundred real-life, true-crime murders in the Victorian age, that are detailed in this set of three books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe victims were stabbed or strangled or shot or suffocated; they were beaten or burned to death. Some were drowned, some were poisoned, one was even killed by being struck by a loaf of bread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the police having no fingerprinting, no DNA testing and only the beginnings of forensic examinations, let alone anything as helpful as a telephone, did the guilty escape punishment? Did the innocent get convicted? Decide for yourself in each of these gory tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe punishment for murder was death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere was no radio, no television, no cinema, no internet. For entertainment, the Victorian masses loved little better than the party atmosphere generated by a bellyful of beer, some rude songs about a convicted murderer and the spectacle of the miserable wretch being put to death on the gallows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThousands used to gather for the occasion, often travelling many miles for the pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStoke up your fire, light a candle, and listen on…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67724740690224,"sku":"BD2elb","price":10.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2elb-Square-cover.png?v=1788455860","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2elb","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}