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Robert Walsh

Robert Walsh is a freelance writer based in the UK specializing in military history and true crime. He regularly contributes to Real Crime Magazine and has been an expert consultant on crime for the BBC. You can follow him on Facebook here.

Stories By Robert Walsh

The Secret History Behind England’s Deadly Sarin Gas Plant

During the Cold War, at a single facility, the British military covertly produced enough chemical weapons to kill every person on earth five times over.

He Killed 140 Men in the Electric Chair. Then He Took His Own Life.

The man who operated New York State’s “Old Sparky” was calm, collected and always professional. No one knew that every flick of the switch was tearing him apart.