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Corrupt Bodies

Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue

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Corrupt Bodies

By: Kris Hollington, Peter Everett
Narrated by: Mark Elstob
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In 1985, Peter Everett landed the job as Superintendent of Southwark Mortuary. In just six years he’d gone from lowly assistant to running the UK’s busiest murder morgue. He couldn’t believe his luck.

What he didn’t know was that Southwark, operating in near-Victorian conditions, was a hotbed of corruption. Attendants stole from the dead, funeral homes paid bribes, and there was a lively trade in stolen body parts and recycled coffins.

Set in the fascinating pre-DNA and psychological profiling years of 1985-87, this memoir tells a gripping and gruesome tale, with a unique insight into a world of death most of us don’t ever see. Peter managed pathologists, oversaw post mortems and worked alongside Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad - including on the case of the serial killer, the Stockwell Strangler.

This is a thrilling tale of murder and corruption in the mid-1980s, told with insight and compassion.

©2019 Peter Everett (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Organised Crime True Crime Crime Murder Exciting
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As this is a job that has always fascinated me it was very entertaining to get all the low down dirt on it. It’s worth a listen

It’s always entertaining to get the dirt

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thoroughly enjoyed this story, easy to listen hard to put down, great for a lazy Sunday

the narrator worked perfectly with the story

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Loved this the narrator was fantastic the book was really engaging and fascinating stories of what happens in a morgue

Great content

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