Inside Broadmoor: The Sunday Times Bestseller


The Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller’There is time and then there is Broadmoor time.’ Broadmoor. Few place names in the world have such chilling resonance. For over 150 years, it has contained the UK’s most violent, dangerous and psychopathic. Since opening as an asylum for the criminally insane in 1863 it has housed the perpetrators of many of the most shocking crimes in history; including Jack the Ripper suspect James Kelly, serial killers Peter Sutcliffe, John Straffen and Kenneth Erskine, armed robber Charles Bronson, gangster Ronnie Kray, and cannibal Peter Bryan. The truth about what goes on behind the Victorian walls of the high security hospital has largely remained a mystery, but now with unprecedented access TV journalist Jonathan Levi and cultural historian Emma French paint a vivid picture of life at Broadmoor, after nearly a decade observing and speaking to those on the inside. Including interviews with the staff, its experts and the patients themselves, Inside Broadmoor is the most comprehensive study of the institution to-date. Published at the dawn of a new era for the hospital, this is the full story of Broadmoor’s past, present and future and a dark but enlightening journey into the minds of Britain’s most dangerous and how they are treated.

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The Sunday Instances High 10 Bestseller’There’s time after which there’s Broadmoor time.’ Broadmoor. Few place names on the earth have such chilling resonance. For over 150 years, it has contained the UK’s most violent, harmful and psychopathic. Since opening as an asylum for the criminally insane in 1863 it has housed the perpetrators of most of the most surprising crimes in historical past; together with Jack the Ripper suspect James Kelly, serial killers Peter Sutcliffe, John Straffen and Kenneth Erskine, armed robber Charles Bronson, gangster Ronnie Kray, and cannibal Peter Bryan. The reality about what goes on behind the Victorian partitions of the excessive safety hospital has largely remained a thriller, however now with unprecedented entry TV journalist Jonathan Levi and cultural historian Emma French paint a vivid image of life at Broadmoor, after almost a decade observing and talking to these on the within. Together with interviews with the employees, its specialists and the sufferers themselves, Inside Broadmoor is probably the most complete research of the establishment to-date. Printed on the daybreak of a brand new period for the hospital, that is the total story of Broadmoor’s previous, current and future and a darkish however enlightening journey into the minds of Britain’s most harmful and the way they’re handled.

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