Book bound in the skin of a 19th-century Suffolk murderer goes on display

The book about the trial of William Corder, publicly executed and dissected after being convicted of murdering his lover, is bound using his skin

A second copy of a book bound in the skin of a notorious 19th-century murderer is now on display at a Suffolk museum.

However, Horrible Histories creator Terry Deary has told the Guardian that the volume is a “particularly sick” artefact which “shouldn’t be on display”.