Mag Murder Casebook 17 McKAY KIDNAP Hosein Brothers

Murder Casebook 17 Magazine - The McKay Kidnap - The Hosein Brothers - Bungling kidnappers who turned to murder. 

This auction is for an original issue of the Murder Casebook series of rare magazines.

This auction is for Issue number 17.

It features –

The Hosein Brothers - as the 1960s ended, Mrs Muriel McKay became the victim of mistaken identity in a sinister and callous kidnap.  After abortive efforts to catch her abductors, police were led to a lonely farmhouse - and two brothers with a grisly secret.

Just after Christmas 1969, the wife of an Australian newspaper executive was kidnapped from her home in London.  The police were faced with a crime unknown in Britain for hundreds of years.

The consultants who worked on the series are –

David Jessel – the magazine’s media and planning consultant.  He was the presenter and writer of BBC TV’s Rough Justice and Taking Liberties.  His other credits include the United Nations Media Peace Prize, and TV’s Out of Court.

Dr Susan Blake MB, ChB, MRC Psych, and she was the adviser on the psychological profile of the criminal mind.  She was an associate member of the British Association of Psychotherapists and a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Colin Wilson – he was the series adviser on the psychology of the criminal mind.  A respected and best selling author on many subjects, including crime and the occult, he was the author of ‘The Encyclopaedia of Murder’ and ‘An Encyclopaedia of Modern Murder’.

James Morton MA LLB, and he was a solicitor.  Crown prosecutor and editor of the New Law Journal.  He was the series consultant on the legal aspects of each crime.  He was a regular contributor to The Independent, Police Review, and Counsel.

Bill Waddell – he was the curator of the Black Museum, located in New Scotland Yard.  He was the series adviser on crime and police procedures where his knowledge of the criminal mind and in post-crime analysis gave a new insight into each murder.

The original series were issued in c1990 by Marshall Cavendish.

In Excellent condition.

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