The Murder of Maria Marten Being an Authentic and Faithful History, with a Full Development of the Most Extraordinary Circumstances which Led to the Discovery of Her Body in the Red Barn. To which is Added the Trial of William Corder, with Anecdotes of His Life ..

Newspaper reports of the murder were "avidly" read by the English. Mr. J. Curtis of the London "Times" traveled to Polstead Heath, the scene of the murder. There he recorded the tangled alibis offered by William Corder, the actions of Maria Marten, the mystic dreams her stepmother offered, relating otherwise unknown details of the murder, the postmortem correspondence between Maria Marten and her father. Mr. Curtis also recorded the details of Corder's execution and the dissection of his body by medical students. Corder's manuscript was bound in skin removed from Corder's body for the purpose. -- revised from jacket flap copy.