Bibliograph

There must be evil, the life and murderous career of Elizabeth Berry, Bernard Taylor

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There must be evil, the life and murderous career of Elizabeth Berry, Bernard Taylor

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

There must be evil

Responsibility statement

Bernard Taylor

Sub title

the life and murderous career of Elizabeth Berry

Summary

In 1887, Elizabeth Berry, an attractive young nurse from the grim Oldham workhouse, found notoriety throughout the nation after the death of her daughter, perceived by many to be the cruellest of murders -- performed with an ice-cold callousness that was almost beyond belief. There were many who protested her innocence in the affair, but there were also suspicions surrounding another death related to the nurse: that of her mother. Suddenly Elizabeth Berry's dark story began appearing darker still. Was she in fact a coldblooded serial killer? Bernard Taylor takes a fresh look at the demise of Berry's husband and two other young children, deaths that for a long time were considered to be of natural causes. For the first time we discover the true story behind this infamous case of the first woman to be hanged at Liverpool's Walton Prison and one of the Victorian period's most harrowing set of homicides

Target audience

adult

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