Now, a new book is shining a fresh light on the crime that made headlines in 1848.

Glenn Chandler, creator of the longest-running detective series Taggart, has published his new book Bloodlands, which explores the Stanfield Hall murders.  

The front cover of Bloodlands (Image: Jon Bradfield)

Bloodlands is the first book all about the 1848 Norfolk murders and tells the true story of James Blomfield Rush.  

Rush was executed after the killings of judge Isaac Jermy and his son. 

"One of the starting points of my interest in Rush was........

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