The Secret Serial Killer
The Secret Serial Killer
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Summary
In 2015, The Met re-opened the Kieran Kelly case after claims the government covered up multiple murders in the 1980s. In pursuit of the truth, journalist Robert Mulhern unearths compelling new testimony and the heretofore unknown discovery of remains on the site of Kieran Kelly's home in Ireland.
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The Secret Serial Killer by Mulhern Robert
Journalist Robert Mulhern has spent three years investigating claims Kieran Kelly, a two-time convicted killer, has in fact murdered many more people - 31 to be exact. Kelly's claims first emerged in 1983 after he killed his cellmate in London's Clapham Police Station, having been arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Under questioning, the labourer from Ireland candidly confessed to strangling the prisoner - and then stunned officers by confessing to dozens of unreported and unsolved murders over the previous 30 years. Kelly's victims died from stabbing, strangulation and blunt force trauma. Others survived being thrown in the path of trains on the London Underground. Detectives believed they were in the presence of Britain's most prolific serial killer, yet Kelly's claims escaped public scrutiny for three decades. Then in 2015, a former police officer alleged the murders had been covered up by the British Government. A sense of urgency gathered around the case; a new investigation begged to be undertaken. Especially after it emerged that remains, thought to be human, had been discovered on the site of Kelly's one-time home in Ireland. Against the backdrop of intense international media interest, London's then Metropolitan Police chief, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, committed to revisiting the case. In this thrilling new book we cross two countries and three police forces in search of the truth. Using new eye-witness testimonies, the case of Kieran Kelly has been methodically rebuilt, with new evidence gathered from a range of sources in Britain and Ireland. Fighting a fog of contradictory claims, the narrative pursuit of _The Secret Serial Killer_ negotiates a series of curious twists before culminating in a bizarre showdown on the commons that Kelly himself once stalked. Could Kieran Kelly have murdered 31 times?
Robert Mulhern is a multi-award winning journalist. He worked as a reporter and editor for the BBC, Sky and The Irish Post, after graduating from local papers. He is currently contracted to RT Radio 1's _Documentary on One_ series in Ireland. Mulhern is a three-time World Radio award winner at the New York International Festivals, as well as a previous Celtic Media award winner. His work has been short-listed for Amnesty International Media awards. Netflix "Making A Murderer" Featuring an episode with Kieran Kelly in. This will be Feb-May next year.
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ISBN 13 | 9781526722768 |
ISBN 10 | 1526722763 |
Title | The Secret Serial Killer |
Author | Mulhern Robert |
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Binding Type | Hardback |
Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
Year published | 2019-05-09 |
Number of pages | 200 |
Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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