What do the following have in common? The Cross-Eyed Lambeth Poisoner, the Teenage Butcher, Juana the Mad and Ismail the Bloodthirsty?
Answer: they are all horrors! People who have tortured, murdered, died in a revolting manner, or practise a particularly horrid habit. This book lists these and dozens more, each with its own Horror Rating, as well as their Horrible Deed, Horrible End and Specialist Skills.
Read on and shudder.
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Tracey Turner is a former editor and author of many non-fiction
books for children including The Disgusting Dictionary, The YUK Factor,
and titles for the Dead Famous series. Tracey lives in Bath.
