In "The Trial of Oscar Slater," William Roughead masterfully narrates the infamous case of Oscar Slater, wrongfully accused and convicted of murder in early 20th-century Scotland. Through meticulous research and a captivating prose style, Roughead reconstructs the events surrounding the crime and the trial, intertwining legal analysis with social commentary of the era. The book serves as both a historical document and a legal thrill ride, showcasing Roughead's skill in blending courtroom d...

Within lie twelve vintage tales of true crime by master essayist William Roughead. Henry James himself once urged Roughead: “Keep on with them all please, and continue to beckon me along the gallery that I can’t tread alone and where, by your leave, I link my arm fraternally in yours: the gallery of sinister perspective just stretches in this manner straight away.”Here you will find such Roughead classics as My First Murder: Featuring Jessie King, the crime that fortuitously set Mr...

"Mary Blandy (1720 – April 6, 1752) was a female murderer in 18th century England. In 1751, she poisoned her father, Francis Blandy, with arsenic. She claimed that she thought the arsenic was a love potion that would make her father approve of her relationship with William Henry Cranstoun, an army officer and son of a Scottish nobleman."--WikipediaThis edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of ContentsCONTENTSIntroductionTable ...

Murder Most Criminous: The Cases of William Roughead, Father of Modern True Crime LiteratureJim Stovall, Ed Caudill, William RougheadWilliam Roughead is among the founders and one of the great popularizers of the "true crime" genre as it blossomed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By those truly familiar with the genre, he is well-known as the father of modern true-crime writing.Roughead called himself a "historian of homic...

Hazardous Substances: 6 Key Books in the Study of Toxicology gathers foundational writing on poison, exposure, forensic inference, and the uneasy boundary between scientific evidence and legal judgment. Across case-centered narrative, medico-legal discussion, practical observation, and analytical exposition, the volume charts toxicology's emergence as a discipline concerned equally with bodies, substances, and proof. Its most compelling selections illuminate how hazardous materials become ...