Modern Murders is the first comprehensive study of murder representations during the turn of the century, drawing on previously neglected archival material to explore the intellectual, cultural, and artistic contexts of the period.

Lee Michael-Berger is Head of the History Department at Beit-Berl College. Her research interests include modern British cultural history, theatre, and fin-de-siècle studies.

Prologue: Knocking at the Gate of Turn-of-the-Century Modernity 1. Murder Overkill 2. Hilarious Homicides: Satirizing Sensational Murders 3. "Craving for Everything that is Impossible in London" 4. "The Actual Catastrophe": Representing Murder on the London Stage 5. A Working Class (Tragic) Hero Is Something to Be 6. The Many Murders of Stephen Phillips, the Outdated Modernist Epilogue: The Big Bloodless Brawl Prior to the Big Blood Letting