This gripping new volume in the Foul Deeds Series investigates the dark side of humanity in cases of murder, deceit and pure malice committed over the centuries in this area of north London. For this journey into the sinister side of the past, Nick Papadimitriou has chosen over 20 notorious cases. Among the crimes he recalls are Elizabethan murders, highway robbery on Finchley Common, the violence of the Black-Hand Gang in Victorian times, the famous East Finchley Baby Murder of 1903, the Hendon Wine Shop Murder of 1919, the Edgeware girl who was thrown under a tube train in 1939, and the shocking execution of murderer Daniel Raven in 1949. The human dramas Nick Papadimitriou describes are often played out in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction. His grisly chronicle of the hidden history of Barnet will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the dark side of human nature. SELLING POINTS: Gripping account of the sinister side of the history of the Barnet area Includes cases from Barnet, Finchley, Edgware, Hendon, Whetstone, and Totteridge. 50 illustrations
