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A book bound in the skin of one of the UK’s most notorious murderers has been found in a museum office, The Daily Mail reports.
The binding is made from the skin of Georgian murderer William Corder, who was hanged in Bury St Edmunds in 1828 for the murder of his lover, Maria Marten. The crime is known as the “Red Barn Murder.” Corder was publicly executed and then dissected.
Some of his skin was used to bind a book telling the story of his crime, and it has been on display at Moyse’s Hall in Bury St Edmunds since 1933.
A second copy of the book, also made from Corder’s skin, was found on a bookshelf in the museum office and is now on display alongside the original.
The second book was discovered last year, but, unlike the original, only has leather on the binding and corners of the books.
Dan Clark, heritage officer at Moyse Hall Museum, said it was made using "leftover bits of leather."
Speaking to BBC Radio Suffolk, he said the books were of "incredibly important" historical value.
However, Horrible Histories author Terry Deary described the books as "disgusting artifacts."
"A lot of criminals were genuinely terrified of it. It was worse than hanging, the thought of having their body dissected after death," he told The Telegraph.
The 1827 murder in Polstead, Suffolk, shocked Georgian Britain, and has since been the subject of many films, books and plays. Corder had an affair with Miss Marten, and invited her to meet him at the Red Barn, a local landmark, so they could elope and get married. But Corder shot Marten, burying her in the barn, but was eventually caught and publicly executed on August 11, 1828. And some of his skin was used to bind a book telling the story of his trial.