From the files of Scotland Yard's "Black Museum" (open only to police officers) come true crime stories of some of the most infamous murder cases of the 19th and 20th centuries--the Lambeth Poisoner, "baby farmer" Amelia Elizabeth Dyer, the Gentleman Vampire of Bournemouth, the Brides in the Bath Murders, the Rillington Place murders and many others. Along the way, investigators pass a number of crime-solving milestones, included the first use of fingerprint technology, the early use of photography and the first time "The Yard" enlisted the press to help hunt down a killer.

William Waddell, the former curator of Scotland Yard's Black Museum, was in charge of a collection of items ranging from knives and guns to the poison pellet which killed Georgi Markov. This book presents an array of famous cases, together with a history of the Museum, and the Yard itself.

New Scotland Yard's Black Museum is a repository for pieces of evidence from some of the most celebrated and grisly of crimes. This book presents an array of famous cases, together with a history of the museum, the Yard itself, and various methods of identification such as finger-printing.

An analysis of murders of women from Scotland Yard's famous Murder Museum. These tapes provide a grim insight not only into the crimes, criminals and their punishments, but also the police advances in the detection of crime.

Summary: The famous Black Museum in New Scotland Yard contains a collection of exhibits, photographs and other items connected with the most famous crimes and criminals of the last 100 years. Fifty of these crimes, all murder case histories, are detailed.

"This October - for the first time ever - never-before-seen-objects from the Metropolitan Police's Crime Museum will go on public display in a major new exhibition opening at the Museum of London. Using original evidence from this extraordinary collection, The Crime Museum Uncovered willl unlock real-life case files to take the reader on an uneasy journey through some of the UK's most notorious crimes from Dr Crippen to the Krays, the Great Train Robbery to the Millennium Dome diamond heist. Giving voice to the real people behind these objects the book will consider the changing nature of crime and advances in detection over the last 140 years, as well as the challenges faced in policing the capital, such as terrorism, drugs and rioting."--Bloomsbury Publishing.