The Wicked Mr Hall - The Memoirs of the Butler Who Loved to Kill (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781857826838)

Growing up in Glasgow in the 1930s, Roy Archibald Hall was a natural thief. After moving to London, he became a familiar figure in the capital's underground gay scene. Due to his lucrative criminal career, he led an extravagant lifestyle - though eventually he was arrested and spent the majority of the next two decades of his life, in a cell. Upon release from prison in 1975, he returned to Scotland and ound employment as a butler. He was joined by David Wright, a former lover from prison, however, after falling out over the theft of a diamond ring they headed out on a shooting trip...and Wright never returned. Hall then moved back to London and teamed up with Michael Kitto. Working again as a butler, he and Kitto murdered his new employers.By the time he was finally arrested, he had carried out two more brutal murders, including that of his own half-brother. Hall would never be released. Before he died, however, he decided to share his story and write his memoirs. This honest, harrowing and chilling book is the result.

Author: Roy Archibald Hall
ISBN-10: 1857826833
ISBN-13: 9781857826838
Publisher: John Blake
Language: English
Published: 02/02/2015
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.80d