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The Murder Gang

- Fleet Street's Elite Group of Crime Reporters in the Golden Age of Tabloid Crime
Af: Neil Root Engelsk Hardback

The Murder Gang

- Fleet Street's Elite Group of Crime Reporters in the Golden Age of Tabloid Crime
Af: Neil Root Engelsk Hardback
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They were an elite group of renegade Fleet Street crime reporters covering the most notorious British crime between the mid-1930s and the mid-1960s. It was an era in which murder dominated the front and inside pages of the newspapers – the ‘golden age’ of tabloid crime. Members of the Murder Gang knew one another well. They drank together in the same Fleet Street pubs, but they were also ruthlessly competitive in pursuit of the latest scoop. It was said that when the Daily Express covered a big murder story they would send four cars: one containing their reporters, the other three to block the road at crime scenes to stop other rivals getting through. As a matter of course, Murder Gang members listened in to police radios, held clandestine meetings with killers on the run, made huge payments to murderers and their families – and jammed potatoes into their rivals’ exhaust pipes so their cars wouldn’t start. These were just the tools of the trade; it was a far cry from modern reporting. Here, Neil Root delves into their world, examining some of the biggest crime stories of the era and the men who wrote them. In turns fascinating, shocking and comical, this tale of true crime, media and social history will have you turning the pages as if they were those newspapers of old.

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They were an elite group of renegade Fleet Street crime reporters covering the most notorious British crime between the mid-1930s and the mid-1960s. It was an era in which murder dominated the front and inside pages of the newspapers – the ‘golden age’ of tabloid crime. Members of the Murder Gang knew one another well. They drank together in the same Fleet Street pubs, but they were also ruthlessly competitive in pursuit of the latest scoop. It was said that when the Daily Express covered a big murder story they would send four cars: one containing their reporters, the other three to block the road at crime scenes to stop other rivals getting through. As a matter of course, Murder Gang members listened in to police radios, held clandestine meetings with killers on the run, made huge payments to murderers and their families – and jammed potatoes into their rivals’ exhaust pipes so their cars wouldn’t start. These were just the tools of the trade; it was a far cry from modern reporting. Here, Neil Root delves into their world, examining some of the biggest crime stories of the era and the men who wrote them. In turns fascinating, shocking and comical, this tale of true crime, media and social history will have you turning the pages as if they were those newspapers of old.

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Sprog: Engelsk
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ISBN-13: 9780750983716
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 075098371X
Kategori: Nyhedsmedier og journalistik
Udg. Dato: 1 mar 2018
Længde: 25mm
Bredde: 162mm
Højde: 240mm
Forlag: The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato: 1 mar 2018
Forfatter(e): Neil Root
Forfatter(e) Neil Root

Kategori Nyhedsmedier og journalistik

ISBN-13 9780750983716

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 0

Udgave

Længde 25mm

Bredde 162mm

Højde 240mm

Udg. Dato 1 mar 2018

Oplagsdato 1 mar 2018

Forlag The History Press Ltd

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