Who thre Matilda Crawford from a moving train at Handsworth and who shot Joseph Owen at Ryton on Dunsmore? Was Captain Glover shot by one of his own men in 1940, or by the advancing Germans? Some murders are never solved but one killer was caught by chance after 25 years and others after long manhunts. Greed and jelousy, guns, knives and poisen all feature in this collection of murder cases from all parts of the Midlands.