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Ben Johnson: Charlie Peace
We are delighted to announce BEN JOHNSON as our next speaker at the Ripperologist 21st Birthday Conference in September, as part of Frogg Moody's Watching the Detectives theme.
Ben will be speaking on the notorious criminal Charlie Peace and his attempts to stay out of the reach of the police, which included the killing of PC Nicholas Cock and the attempted murder of PC Robinson.
His book on Peace will be published by Pen and Sword in August, two weeks before the conference.
Ben Johnson is an author, who has been prolifically contributing his columns to crime magazines on both sides of the Atlantic for almost ten years. Despite a huge body of work to his name, “Charlie Peace – Murder, Mayhem and the Master of Disguise” is his first full length book, and has been almost two years in the making.
Hailing from the very same neck of the woods as Mr Peace himself, Ben lives in Sheffield, and treads the same streets as the talented cat burglar (and violent killer), yet not usually in the small hours of the morning, and almost never with a violin case full of crowbars and weapons.
His energetic style of writing and tireless pursuit of fascinating and macabre stories has already paid dividends, as no sooner had his first book been completed, he was commissioned for a second by his publisher, Pen and Sword, which will be released in 2017.
The passion he found in studying and documenting the life of Charlie Peace stemmed from an innocuous trip to a local museum, where his attention was drawn to a vintage poster of the man himself, and from that point onwards, he never looked back.
The story of Charlie Peace is one of contrasting themes. An art-lover and talented musician, who was known for his joviality, yet prowled the streets when the sun went down, breaking and entering into the homes of the rich, before disappearing like a phantom into the smoky, industrial air.
Narrow escapes, brutal murders, and criminal genius provide unforgettable chapters in the life story of this unique Yorkshireman, and led to Mr Peace being the darling of the Penny Dreadfuls, and his effigy being the most popular exhibit in Madame Tussauds. That is, until certain events in Whitechapel knocked him from his lofty perch.
For more information on the Conference visit www.ripconference.com.
We are delighted to announce BEN JOHNSON as our next speaker at the Ripperologist 21st Birthday Conference in September, as part of Frogg Moody's Watching the Detectives theme.
Ben will be speaking on the notorious criminal Charlie Peace and his attempts to stay out of the reach of the police, which included the killing of PC Nicholas Cock and the attempted murder of PC Robinson.
His book on Peace will be published by Pen and Sword in August, two weeks before the conference.
Ben Johnson is an author, who has been prolifically contributing his columns to crime magazines on both sides of the Atlantic for almost ten years. Despite a huge body of work to his name, “Charlie Peace – Murder, Mayhem and the Master of Disguise” is his first full length book, and has been almost two years in the making.
Hailing from the very same neck of the woods as Mr Peace himself, Ben lives in Sheffield, and treads the same streets as the talented cat burglar (and violent killer), yet not usually in the small hours of the morning, and almost never with a violin case full of crowbars and weapons.
His energetic style of writing and tireless pursuit of fascinating and macabre stories has already paid dividends, as no sooner had his first book been completed, he was commissioned for a second by his publisher, Pen and Sword, which will be released in 2017.
The passion he found in studying and documenting the life of Charlie Peace stemmed from an innocuous trip to a local museum, where his attention was drawn to a vintage poster of the man himself, and from that point onwards, he never looked back.
The story of Charlie Peace is one of contrasting themes. An art-lover and talented musician, who was known for his joviality, yet prowled the streets when the sun went down, breaking and entering into the homes of the rich, before disappearing like a phantom into the smoky, industrial air.
Narrow escapes, brutal murders, and criminal genius provide unforgettable chapters in the life story of this unique Yorkshireman, and led to Mr Peace being the darling of the Penny Dreadfuls, and his effigy being the most popular exhibit in Madame Tussauds. That is, until certain events in Whitechapel knocked him from his lofty perch.
For more information on the Conference visit www.ripconference.com.
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