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Inside Broadmoor

Up Close and Personal with Britain's Most Dangerous Criminals

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Inside Broadmoor

By: Jonathan Levi, Emma French
Narrated by: Karl Jenkinson
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'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.

©2019 Jonathan Levi and Emma French (P)2019 Bonnier Books UK Murder True Crime Crime Mental Health Inspiring Thought-Provoking Scary Health

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This book is very graphic in places but interesting all the same. Taking you from Victorian times to present day with some of the many characters to have been there.

Graphic but interesting

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the book was extremely interesting, the narrator did a good job, gave me an insight into how it really was and not what we had been allowed to belive behind the closed doors of Broadmoor

easy listening

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Insightful and captivating book that helps to bring home the sense of duty at Broadmoor and the dangers too

I will listen to this again

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Whether you agree with the modern way of management of secure mental prisoners, this is a brilliant listen

Insightful into the history, the people and the development of an infamous British institution

Well written and good narration although fairly monotone if hyper critical

One of the few books recently I couldn’t wait to fire up again

Insightful and gripping

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easy to listen to and can picture what it must be like inside. Tries to be unbiased towards the crimes those inside have committed.

interesting and thought provoking

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This was a well narrated story of Broadmoor.. A good insight into all the different elements which come together to make Broadmoor function.

A good factual account.

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This audiobook is only 5 1/2 hours long so not an in depth history but certainly a very interesting one that goes beyond the stories heard in the tabloids about this place. It of course deal with the most famous inmates (shown on the cover) and also Jimmy Saville's numerous visits but also goes into more detail about day to day life for the patients there.

One minor issue is with the narrator's voice. It's a very good performance but the way his accent sounds on the end of some words constantly brings to mind the character Garth Marenghi so keep getting distracted picturing him doing the recording.

Interesting history of Broadmoor

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Although I enjoyed this book it's factually wrong.Maxine Carr was not convicted of the murders of the two little girls along with Ian Huntley. better get this sorted or legal papers will be heading in your direction.

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It's not bad. I listened to it all, it just wasn't for me. For people who are interested in this stuff would like it for sure.

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A very interesting read, would be an amazing starting point for your own research but also good as a general 'history' and introduction to the place.
The morbid curiosity in me would have liked more of the dark history/ inmate stories maybe even a testimony from old patients but that's just me. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed and found it quite an easy listen.

really good

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