A Compulsion to Kill – The History of Tasmania's Earliest Serial Killers | Robert Cox | 2014 [SC]

Robert Cox's chronological account of 19th-century Tasmanian serial murderers — beginning in 1806 and covering some of the most disturbing criminal cases in the colony's history.

The killers documented include Alexander Pearce, the cannibal convict of Macquarie Harbour fame; Thomas Jeffrey, described as a sadist, sexual predator, cannibal and baby-killer known as "the monster"; Charles Routley, who burned one of his victims alive; cannibals Broughton and McAvoy; Rocky Whelan, who killed five men in cold blood in twenty-four days; and John Haley.

The final chapter investigates the still-unsolved Parkmount murders — three killings for which two probable culprits twice faced court, only to be discharged due to faulty police investigation and neglected evidence.

At 244 indexed pages, a well-researched account of cases that are genuinely disturbing and genuinely Tasmanian.

BOOK DETAILS

• Softcover.
• 244 pages, indexed.
• Published 2014.

CONDITION

New.

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