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William Corder was convicted of murdering his lover, Maria Marten, in what became known as the Red Barn Murder ...
His body was dissected and part of his skin was used to bind a book telling the story of his trial. This book was put on display at the museum in 1933. But recently curators were looking through ...
The cover of a book held at a Suffolk museum was recently found to be made from the skin of a man hanged for a notorious murder almost 200 years ago. William Corder was convicted of killing a woman in ...
Anthropodermic bibliopegy is the practice of binding books with leather made from human skin ... Corder’s body. Curators located the book when combing through the museum’s catalog.
William Corder was executed for killing Maria Marten and after his body was dissected, his skin was used to bind a work about his crime ...
A book bound in the skin of one of the UK's most notorious murderers is to go on display after being found in a museum's office.