This chilling collection of cases delves into the villainous deeds that have taken place in Gloucester during its long history. Among those featured are a French sailor stabbed to death outside a Gloucester pub, a midwife arrested after the bodies of eight children were found buried in her back garden, a warder accused of causing the death of an asylum inmate, a man murdered by his jealous wife, and a father killed by his teenage son, as well as highway robbery, manslaughter, and suspicious drownings.