Why did they do it?
by Cheryl Critchley, Helen McGrath (Author)
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The cases that stunned Australia - and left us all with one question: Why did they do it? Peter Caruso bludgeoned his wife to death after almost fifty years of happy marriage. John Myles Sharpe killed his pregnant wife and their young daughter with a speargun. Katherine Knight stabbed and skinned her partner with the intention of serving his cooked carcass to his children. These and other crimes, committed by people described as average, ordinary, normal...In Why Did They Do It?, respected show more journalist Cheryl Critchley teams with esteemed psychologist Professor Helen McGrath to meticulously dissect the crimes, the evidence, the testimony, the confessions, and the overwhelming diagnostic evidence to analyse the minds and motivations behind crimes that shocked the nation. show lessTags
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- Original title
- Why Did They Do It ?
- Original publication date
- 2015
- People/Characters
- Gerard Baden-Clay; John Myles Sharpe; Simon Gittany; Adrian Ernest Bayley; Robert Farquharson; Roger Dean (show all 9); Keli Lane; Katherine Knight; Angelika Gavare
- Important places
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia; Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Important events
- Murder of Tegan Lane (1996-09-14); Murders of Jai, Tyler and Bailey Farquharson (2005-09-04); Murder of Anna Marie Kemp (2004-03-23); Murder of Gracie Sharp (2004-03-27); Murder of Rosa Caruso (2008-07-01); Murder of Alison Baden-Clay (2012-04-12) (show all 11); Quakers Hill Nursing Home fire (2011-11-08); Murder of John "Pricey" Price (2000-02-29); Murder of Lisa Cecelia Harnum (2011-07-30); Murder of Jill Meagher (2012-09-21); Murder of Vonne McGlynn (2008-12-03)
- Dedication
- This book is dedicated to those who lost their lives and the family members and friends who loved and supported them, as well as the dedicated police who worked tirelessly to seek justice for all of those affected by the crim... (show all)es covered in the book.
- First words
- This is an interesting and unusual book in which the authors have combined their analytic and writing skills to produce a readable and informative account of the thought processes that appear to have motivated some of the wor... (show all)st murders in recent Australian history.
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- Original language
- English
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