Criminal Manchester: Experiences of a Special Correspondent
Anonymous
Read by Phil Benson
Follow the Manchester Evening News 'special correspondent' and his guide - recently back from a 'seven stretch' - as they take you on a tour through the dimly lit quarters of late 19th-century criminal Manchester.- Summary by Phil Benson (2 hr 7 min)
Chapters
| Charter Street: Past and Present | 12:02 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Life in Charter Street | 11:02 | Read by Phil Benson |
| What Followed in Charter Street | 13:43 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Deansgate Dens | 12:51 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Deansgate Scenes on a Saturday Night | 11:36 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Gambling and Prize Fighting | 11:54 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Women and their Masters | 12:42 | Read by Phil Benson |
| A Dog Fight: Brutality and Poverty | 12:36 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Under the Lash: A Garroter's Confession | 15:22 | Read by Phil Benson |
| Canal Street: Ginger Liz and Cockney Jim | 14:00 | Read by Phil Benson |
Reviews
Fascinating
Excellent reading...this kind of book makes you hope reincarnation is true, so many have had such short awful lives the first (?) time around
Recommended for people interested in the period, and in true crime stories.
Timothy Ferguson
This is an excellent little booklet. A 19th Century newspaper magnate grabbed a man who had just come out of prison and said “Wander around the seedy part of town. Tell us what you see. Shock the middle class.” Well, I imagine that’s what he said. It’s a brilliant little slice of social history in the Mayhew mould.
Nicely read
thievesworld in Manchester, but still interesting