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1. Maria Marten had arranged to meet her lover at the 'Red Barn' in Polstead, Suffolk, and from there to elope to Ipswich. Instead he shot her dead. What was the killer's name?
2. In 1919 Bella Wright was cycling to meet her uncle, George Meadows, in nearby Gaulby when she was shot. What was the case known as?
3. What was the name of the book by Erik Larson, published in 2003, about the murderous crimes of Herman Webster Mudgett, aka Dr Henry Howard Holmes?
4. Which criminal gang led by Abe Bernstein in Detroit, Michigan, were supposedly given their nickname when a victim said they were like the colour of rotting meat?
5. What was the name of the prostitute, known as 'Old Shakespeare', whose mutilated body was discovered in a room in the East River Hotel, Manhattan, New York in late April, 1891?
6. On the 17th January, 1947, the mutilated body of a young woman was found on waste ground on Norton Avenue, Los Angeles. What name did the newspapers give her?
7. The Lambeth poisoner, whose murders ranged from Canada and the USA to England, was hanged on 15th November, 1892, at Newgate Prison. What was his name?
8. This 18 year old was hanged for the murder of her 19 year old husband, Charles, in Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. His body was found in three different plots. What was her name?
9. Which kinswoman of Elizabeth I of England was executed on 12th February, 1554, in response to the Wyatt rebellion, of which her father was a key figure?
10. A homicide case in the USA that ran for more than 20 years, took place in Seattle. It culminated in the arrest and conviction of Gary Leon Ridgway. What were this series of murders called?
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