A Gallery of Poisoners

Thirteen Classic Case Histories of Murder by Poisoning

De: Adrian Vincent

Narrado por: Shaun Grindell

Here are 13 cases of fatal passions, unfortunate acquaintances, and gruesome endings.

The 13 killings-by-poison revisited in this book were committed by some of the most infamous murderers in British and American history. Presenting infamous cases from 1857-1972, Adrian Vincent recounts their sinister tales and reveals the lure of money, lust, and deviancy that drove them to pure evil.

Some of the dark cases covered in this fascinating book include Dorothea Waddingham, better known as the Angel of Death, who ran a nursing home that did more than just care for the elderly, and Tillie Gburek, a so-called psychic who could accurately predict when people would die - because she'd already scheduled their murders.

A Gallery of Poisoners is classic true crime at its best - thrilling and disturbing in equal measure. Perfect for any fan of historical true crime!

©1993 Adrian Vincent (P)2021 Tantor

Entertaining series of case profiles

There are cases from U.S. and England. We’ll written and the cases stay around long enough to be fully explained but not too long so they get boring.

Interesting History, Stunted By Narrator

Overall, the information contained within this book is interesting and some of which I've not heard before. Great detail about the before/during and aftermath of the poisonings was included which helped with understanding the various situations.

All that said, the narration is sub-par at best. The narrators cadence is horrid for this type of book. Their voice goes up, as if to emphasize a point, when in fact it should be level since there is no point being emphasized but rather throughout the entire book most often it is a plain statement and should have no extra emphasis. When there should be added emphasis for the readers/listeners benefit, there is none. In fact, for the vast majority of the book, it sounds as if they are putting emphasis merely on EVERY sentence. And at the wrong points.

As a critique of the book layout as a whole, since we are listening to it being read, there is no defined chapter breaks. This again, has a major impact on the listener attempting to separate stories with no defined break. The narration does not help with this issue. They treat it as if it's one long story-same people, same incident-when it's the exact opposite.

I do not recommend this for anyone hoping to have a pleasant listen. You will be disappointed.

Great Book

I truly loved this book. Well written and excellent narrator. Well researched immensely enjoyed book

Harsh, subjective descriptions of females that are irrelevant to the story

Not surprised at all to learn the author's a man. He went in REAL hard on the fat shaming and making sure the reader knows that a victorian era killer is ugly(only if they're female).
He literally uses words like "elephantine" to describe a woman who was OVER 200 POUNDS. Can you imagine?! No mention of her height....
Completely irrelevant to the story, and we never hear comments on a male's appearance. How much did Dr. Crippen weigh?
He should've done more research, figured out what the through line of the damn book was, and focus on facts when writing a nonfiction book- not opinions and irrelevant, subjective details