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Blood and Granite: True Crime from Aberdeen

by Norman Adams

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Blood and Granite is a chronicle of the most notorious homicides committed in Aberdeen over the last hundred years. Written by Norman Adams, a journalist who reported on many of the chilling crimes he now recalls so vividly, it is compelling reading for those who are too young to remember - and those who cannot forget. All are human tragedies from the dark side of life, including: #149; The grudge that ended in death in an East End pub when butcher James Harrow brutally stabbed two workmates in 1901. #149; The grisly discovery of a woman’s arm on the Torry shore in 1945 that signalled the start of a mystery which to this day remains unsolved. #149; The tragic love affair that led to the gallows in 1963 #150; the first hanging in Aberdeen for 106 years. #149; The double life of brilliant scientist Dr Brenda Page of Aberdeen University, battered to death in her flat in 1978. Her murder remains unsolved. #149; The bar… (more)
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Blood and Granite is a chronicle of the most notorious homicides committed in Aberdeen over the last hundred years. Written by Norman Adams, a journalist who reported on many of the chilling crimes he now recalls so vividly, it is compelling reading for those who are too young to remember - and those who cannot forget. All are human tragedies from the dark side of life, including: #149; The grudge that ended in death in an East End pub when butcher James Harrow brutally stabbed two workmates in 1901. #149; The grisly discovery of a woman’s arm on the Torry shore in 1945 that signalled the start of a mystery which to this day remains unsolved. #149; The tragic love affair that led to the gallows in 1963 #150; the first hanging in Aberdeen for 106 years. #149; The double life of brilliant scientist Dr Brenda Page of Aberdeen University, battered to death in her flat in 1978. Her murder remains unsolved. #149; The bar

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