The World's Greatest Trials

by Tim Healey

Down through the years there have been a number of sensational trials which have caught the public's attention. Trials that have altered the course of history, created new laws, caused public outrage or made heroes or villains of the people involved. The World's Greatest Trials delves back in time to retell the stories of many of the more infamous and sensational courtroom battles that have taken place. With a penetrating look behind the scenes, this book covers some of the worst crimes in history, including mass murder, high treason and scandal!

Genres: Nonfiction, Crime, History, True Crime

Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Carmen Tudor]

A quick read that, if I'm honest, has not aged well with its bawdy portrayals. Indeed, scandal is why we read these types of books, but -- my word! -- they're unsympathetic to women. On the plus side, there is more than just society content and these are absolutely the most interesting chapters.

[Pamela Wilson]

Interesting enough book. Just didn't like the little mini stories put in the middle of the chapters. It was a little bit off putting.

[Izzati]

3.5 stars

I have read The World's Greatest Crimes of Passion prior to reading this, and as I have noted in the review for that book, this one also used the word "world" too liberally. The "world" here really is from the lens of white people, so the cases focussed more on those that occurred where white people were, like America, Britain, and European countries.

I found the cases and subject matter very interesting though. They brought to mind Netflix docuseries such as Trial by Media and Depp vs Heard. I enjoyed the gossipy style of the story-telling as well. Definitely lent to the whole tea-spilling experience.

What I did not really like was the format and font of the book. Made to read like a cheap gossipy newspaper, the font was small and the content was very much crammed in such small spaces. It didn't help that I bought the book ages ago and the paper had turned very yellow and brittle.

Didn't deter me from finishing the book though. I still have one more from the series to read.

[Rajesh Mani]

A few gripping stories & all of them are real incidences. The only drawback is the stories are like movie trailers, u get interested & want to see them full but for that u need to wait for the release & go to the cinema

[Renz Homer Cerillo]

Excellent collection of trials which constitute some odd ones (animals on court), Nazi stories, witchcraft, etc etc. I found myself laughing at some point and at the edge of my seat from quite some time. Loved reading this!!

[Linda Jensen]

Interesting book

[Reef Pennington]

Really interesting

[Umar Hanazuwa]

A surf within trials of world record.