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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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About this listen

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 Crime Organized Crime True Crime Murder Exciting Inspiring Thought-Provoking

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I enjoyed the book however the narrative made the book seem uncaring/flippant despite reading the passages as written , artistic license made it as though author didn’t care or was of an era of old school comedy.

interesting book narration flippant

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This book is simply excellent. A true story of ones mans daily life with death, murder, suicide and so much more.

I was appalled when listening to the corruption within the system which involved police officers, funeral directors in fact right the way down to mortuary attendants. Stealing from the dead re-using coffins..absolutely appalling. Peter Everett took on this corruption and managed to get convictions.

I’m in my late, late cough*fifties*cough but if I were young again I may have considered a job in the death industry based on this book..it’s a wonderful listen.

It’s well narrated by ME who is a new narrator to me and I will look for more books read by him.

Well worth a credit and its in my 5 top books of 2019.

A life in deaths

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An excellent insight, well written and narrated. Some great stories along with an expose of an industry that hopefully has cleaned itself up thanks to the likes of the author so we might all rest in peace, not in pieces.

Morbidly entertaining and well narrated

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Well written and narrated, unfortunately becomes overly self justifying and accusatory in latter stages of book.

Fascinating

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Very interesting look at the world of the morgue as it was in the late 1900s, and one man's journey through it.

Fascinating.

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