What made them do it? What were they thinking? Was it nature or nurture - were they born evil or were they the products of their environment? And why are we so fascinated with crime?These are some of the terrible crimes that took away our innocence, crimes destined never to be solved that live on in our history? crimes that confound us with their cruelty, stagger us with their brilliance and amaze us with their sheer audacity.Featuring people who were often unwilling participants in the events that would make local and national headlines at the time.Journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams have been spoilt for choice selecting stories for the fifth Grave Tales book and the first Grave Tales: True Crime volume. Between them, they have years of experience in newspapers, radio and TV, and their book has uncovered hundreds of primary resources which help re-create the lives of those whose graves they have featured.