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Murder Maps
Murder Maps: Crime Scenes Revisited. Phrenology to Fingerprint. 1811-1911 | Drew Gray
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Elegant period maps and compelling crime analysis illuminate this disquieting volume, which reexamines the most captivating and intriguing homicides of the nineteenth century. Organized geographically, the elements of each murder--from (…more)
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vivastory
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My #bookhaul from B&N. Nomadland is up next for me.

LeahBergen Isn‘t that Murder Maps book awesome?? I‘m a bit obsessed with it. 😆 4y
vivastory @LeahBergen I feel like it was made for me... 😂 4y
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Reviewsbylola
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Thank you for bringing this one to my attention @LeahBergen It is absolute perfection. From the photos and graphics, to the sprayed edges and endpapers. 😍

LeahBergen Isn‘t it FAB? 👏🏻👏🏻 4y
Reviewsbylola SO glad you told me about it. @LeahBergen 4y
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Mitch
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When you‘ve been married as long as I have you can put a book about historical crime scene maps and photos on your Christmas list and your partner doesn‘t blink and eye! 🤣

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Chrissyreadit Yay! This looks amazing! 4y
Cuilin I just ordered this for my husband! 😂 so festive 🎄 4y
Mitch @Cuilin I like your style! Santa has it for me too! 👏🏼 4y
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LeahBergen I recently bought this; it‘s fantastic! 👍🏻 4y
Mitch @LeahBergen I thought if you when I saw the Lizzie Borden spread. 🤣 4y
LeahBergen 😂😂 4y
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LeahBergen
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This heavily illustrated history of the 19th century‘s most infamous murders is a fascinating look at the era that witnessed the development of crime scene photography, fingerprinting, mugshots, and criminal profiling.

@Reviewsbylola , you absolutely need to add this book to your Christmas list, sight unseen. 😆😆

Palimpsest I have a cousin who would love this! 4y
Reviewsbylola I am all over this obviously! 🔪 💀 4y
Tineke This reminds me of a medieval map on a website somewhere that had all these murders on it. Had to look it up but check this out: https://www.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/vrcresearch/london-medieval-murder-map 4y
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MamaGina This looks fascinating. There is a show on Netflix called Murder Maps, is there a connection I wonder. I‘ve watched several episodes, enjoyable. 🗺 💀 4y
LeahBergen @Palimpsest 👏🏻👏🏻 4y
LeahBergen @Reviewsbylola I KNEW it. 😂 4y
LeahBergen @Tineke That was so cool! Thanks for sharing. 😀 4y
LeahBergen @MamaGina Really?? I‘ll have to check that out! 4y
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