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Corrupt Bodies

Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue

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By: Peter Everett, Kris Hollington
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 and Kris Hollington (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Organized Crime True Crime Murder Exciting Inspiring Thought-Provoking
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Only got this today and I’m half way through, so far brilliant, I work in the industry and can relate to the story not the corruption!!! It’s soooooo good gonna get back to it now I’m wasting valuable listening time, get it now people seriously please get it now!!’

Brilliant

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Fascinating and funny, visceral and engaging. I really enjoyed this book. It appealed to my macabre aspects as well as my interest in crime and the nature of human minds.

Such a welcome surprise to experience.

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I throughly enjoyed this book & the narrator was very easy to listen to.
As a RGN myself, qualified in the 80’s, I loved the glimpse into the world of the morgue

An eye opening glimpse into the mortuary in the early 80’s

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It’s a topic I’m interested in and I enjoyed listening to this very much, dark and disturbing but well written and very interesting.

Very good indeed

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Totally enjoyed this audio book, I've listened to it twice. The narration is second to none, I actually thought it was written by the narrator, it's that good.

A must read!

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