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Tom Tullett

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Eric Vivian Tullett, known as Tom Tullett (1915 – December 1991)[1] was a renowned British Crime Journalist. He adopted the name Tom when he joined a busy National News Desk as a Crime Reporter. He was a big man in every sense of the word, and was a much loved and respected figure in Fleet Street. One of the last investigative journalists of his day, he died in 1991.

Biography

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He was formerly the Chief of the Daily Mirror's Crime Bureau and was one of the best known crime reporters in Fleet Street. Prior to this he was a member of the British Criminal Investigation Department at Scotland Yard and investigated many major crimes in the UK. He therefore developed an intimate knowledge of London's underworld.

Bibliography

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  • Portrait of a Bad Man. (The Life and Death of Ronald Chesney, an International Smuggler and Murderer) [2]
  • Murder Squad: Famous Cases of Scotland Yard's Murder Squad from Crippen to The Black Panther
  • Inside Interpol
  • Inside Dartmoor
  • Bernard Spilsbury: His Life and Cases (Pathologist) - co-author with Douglas G Browne
  • No answer from Foxtrot Eleven (Murder of Police Officers).
  • Strictly Murder
  • Clues to Murder: Famous Forensic Murder Cases of Professor J M Cameron[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Tom Tullett" (Obituary), The Times, 11 December 1991.
  2. ^ Initial detail from Clues to Murder, published by Bodley Head, and further comment from Portrait of a Bad Man published by Evans London.
  3. ^ Most of bibliography and biography detail from Clues to Murder, first published by Bodley Head and later published by Leisure Circle in 1986