Publisher's Synopsis
This publication relates the true tales of famous crimes connected with wills. The author brings to fascinating life the facts of the cases, and background facts about the personalities involved u not only the accused, but also witnesses as well as the defence counsel, the judges, and the prosecutors u many of whom are famous figures in the annals of the law. Included are the trial of Daisy de Melker (South Africa's most notorious poisoner), who was charged with killing various of her husbands, as well as her son, in order to benefit from their wills; George Joseph Smith and the famous "bodies in the bath" murder trial; Dr Harold Frederick Shipman, who may have murdered up to 230 of his patients over a twenty-five-year period; and the billionaire Howard Hughes (was he murdered, and did he in fact leave a will?).
