TheArtOfTheEnglishMurder

The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock | Lucy Worsley

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This is a great look at how murder has been used for entertainment purposes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in England. I covers everything from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Alfred Hitchcock. If you‘re a true crime fan or a detective fiction fan, I highly recommend this book. This book is especially wonderful for Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock fans, as Worsley has interesting little tidbits on each of their lives.👇🏻

GingerAntics Apparently A. A. Milne also wrote a crime story. Who knew? #LucyWorsley #TheArtOfTheEnglishMurder #AAMilne #WinnieThePooh #WinnieThePoohSolvesCrime #AlfredHitchcock #AgathaChristie #SirArthurConanDoyle 4y

TheBookHippie I just got this from the library !!!! Opening it up now! 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie it‘s more about literature than death, but it‘s a fun read. I hope you enjoy. 4y

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TheBookHippie Loved it!!! 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I‘m so glad. It‘s not what you quite expect from the title, but you‘re still not disappointed. It‘s a really interesting book in that regard. 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I agree. I enjoyed it very much I would have never picked it up so thank you!! I put a note on the front for the librarian so she can promote it! Ha. 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie oh cool, I love when the library promotes good books!!! 4y

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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock | Lucy Worsley

I‘m a twisted nut job?! Well, at least you all know what you‘re in for then. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🤣😂🤣
#LucyWorsley #TheArtOfTheEnglishMurder

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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock | Lucy Worsley

Scared Straight: The Victorian Edition
As an odd child who fell asleep to Alfred Hitchcock movies at 3 in the morning starting at the age of three, this is an intriguing fact about him.
#LucyWorsley #TheArtOfTheEnglishMurder #AlfredHitchcock #ScaredStraight #FunFacts

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GingerAntics

The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock | Lucy Worsley

This seems a bit harsh...but it certainly fits Middlemarch to a T. Pratchett and Gaiman are exceptions to the rule, then?
#LucyWorsley #TheArtOfTheEnglishMurder #TerryPratchett #NeilGaiman #GeorgeElliot

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GingerAntics

The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock | Lucy Worsley

This is really interesting. We usually think of this period as being a hot mess for investigations, but apparently they got the killer the vast majority of the time.
#LucyWorsley #TheArtOfTheEnglishMurder #JackTheRipper #FunFacts

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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock | Lucy Worsley

This is the other case (the first being Lizzie Borden) that got me into true crime... well, those two and a strange Unsolved Mysteries episode in which a superman actor was killing in the middle of a Hollywood party and no one noticed!!!
#LucyWorsley #TheArtOfTheEnglishMurder #TrueCrime #Superman #LizzieBorden #JackTheRipper

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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock | Lucy Worsley

This is an interesting theory that the Jack the Ripper cases might not have all been committed by a single person. Maybe it was two different people (one who dissected and one that didn‘t), or five different killers. 🤷🏼‍♀️ That certainly sheds a different light on things.
#LucyWorsley #TheArtOfTheEnglishMurder #JackTheRipper

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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock | Lucy Worsley

@TheBookHippie and we thought they bungled the Borden case. Good grief.
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TheBookHippie Oh my word ..... 🤯 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie this almost needs a meme. “You had one job!” No idea how they managed to totally miss someone coming into (a locked room?) and taking something away. 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics RIGHT?! 😳 4y

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie must have been too busy enjoying the beer and cheese. 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics 😫I‘ve been there 🤣 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I guess sometimes you just need a beer and cheese break. They were obviously stressed out, what with this big murder investigation and all. They needed the down time. 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣😂🤣 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I swear I‘m so stressed I‘m a bit scatter brained 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I‘m planning a “beer and cheese” break starting the moment I wake up on the 3rd, until sometime on the 4th or 5th I think. I may start this weekend, honestly. It might make these ridiculous commercials more bearable. 🤦🏼‍♀️🥃 4y

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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock | Lucy Worsley

Reading seems to be a popular, Victorian era activity for the fine imprisoned lady.
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TheBookHippie She will make a treasure if a wife 🤢 so the moral is if you‘re pretty and refined you actually can commit murder if you want to but no worries if falsely accused 😳 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie pretty much. Let‘s be honest, this is still fairly close to the truth. We‘ll send you to jail now, but if you‘re wealthy and pretty, you‘ll get a more relaxed prison, more freedoms while in that prison, and the lowest mandatory sentence. If I remember correctly, she later admitted to the murder. I don‘t know if England had double jeopardy in the 19th century, but I guess she felt safe enough to say “yeah, my brother and I did it.” 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics Exactly. Not much has changed ... Oy. 4y

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GingerAntics @TheBookHippie I was rather amused by the bit about her skull told him she had an aptitude for maths. I wonder what my skull says about my abilities with maths? 🤣😂🤣 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics mine says about math how do you think she died ... her brain exploded 🤯 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie 🤣😂🤣 4y

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The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock | Lucy Worsley

Another female tried for murder seemingly saved only by her gender (although this one seems to have actually been guilty).
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TheBookHippie So crazy interesting ... now I need to read this. 4y

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie it‘s a great book for true crime fans. It‘s more about literature than the murders themselves, but the whole thing is so interesting. 4y

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