Corder, William (1804–1828), murderer
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An authentic and faithful history of the mysterious murder of Maria Marten, with a full development of all the extraordinary circumstances which led to the discovery of her body in the Red barn; to which is added the trial of William Corder. Taken at large in short hand specially for this work, with an account of his execution, dissection, &c., and many interestng particulars relative to the village of Polstead and its vicinity; the prison correspondence of Corder, and fifty-three letters, in answer to his advertisement for a wife / The whole compiled and arranged with upwards of three hundred explanatory notes, by J. Curtis.
James CurtisDate: 1828
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Above, the execution of William Corder by hanging in 1828; below, William Corder's head as it appeared on the dissecting table and the iron entrance door to the scaffold. Lithograph by Bean and Mundays.
Kristin Bean GreenfelderReference: 43542i- Books
William Corder and the Red Barn murder : journeys of the criminal body / Shane McCorristine, Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leicester.
Shane McCorristineDate: 2014