Rupert Kenneth Furneaux (29 June 1908 – 1981) was a British writer who wrote many books on mysteries, murder trials and true crime.
Biography Rupert Furneaux was educated at Eastbourne College.Petrie, Charles. Aristocrats in the Dock. "Tried By Their Peers" by Rupert Furneaux. The Illustrated London News. 24 January 1959. p. 132 He spent seven years investigating the mystery of Oak Island and published his conclusions in 1972.Harris, Graham; MacPhie, Les. (2013). Oak Island and its lost treasure: Third Edition. Formac Publishing Company. p. 235. His book on the eruption of Krakatoa received a favourable review from Eric Shipton.Shipton, Eric. (1965). Reviewed Work: Krakatoa by Rupert Furneaux. The Geographical Journal 131 (4): 544–545.
Furneaux researched cases of true crime and his books on criminology were well received by academics.Hall, Jean Graham. (1961). Crime Documentaries 1 – Guenther Podola by Rupert Furneaux. The British Journal of Criminology 1 (4): 390–391.Waycott, J. A. (1962). Robert Hoolhouse. Crime Documentary No. 2. By Rupert Furneaux. The British Journal of Criminology 2 (3): 306. His research on Guenther Podola was described as a "fascinating reading and is a valuable addition to the studies of those criminal cases in which important psychiatric problems have been raised."Taylor, F. H. (1960). Crime Documentaries: 1. Guenther Podola by Rupert Furneaux. The British Journal of Psychiatry 107 (477): 348.
His great-great-great grandfather was the navigator Tobias Furneaux. In 1960 he authored a biography of Tobias.The World of Books. The Sphere. 6 February 1960. p. 218.
Furneaux was a golfer, he had been the County Champion of Sussex.
Publications The Other Side of the Story (1953) Fact, Fake, Or Fable? (1954) Famous Criminal Cases (1954) The Man Behind the Mask: The Real Story of the 'Ancient Prisoner''' (1954)Myth and Mystery (1955)The Medical Murderer (1957)Legend and Reality (1959)Guenther Podola (Crime Documentaries 1 (1960)Tobias Furneaux, Circumnavigator (1960)Robert Hoolhouse (Crime Documentaries 2) (1960)Brownlie, A. R. (1961). An Obscure Case. Journal of the Forensic Science Society 1 (2): 103.The Murder of Lord Erroll (Crime Documentaries 3) (1961)The Two Stranglers of Rillington Place (1961)The World's Strangest Mysteries (1961)Michael John Davies (Crime Documentaries 4) (1962)They Died by the Gun (1962)Courtroom U.S.A. 1 (1962)Courtroom U.S.A. 2 (1963)Massacre at Amritsar (1963)The Empty Tomb (1963)The Zulu War: Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift (1963)Great Issues in Private Courts (1964)Arthurs, Harry W. (1965). Book Review: Great Issues in Private Courts, by Rupert Furneaux. Osgoode Hall Law Journal 3 (2): 416–417.Krakatoa (1964)What Happened on the Mary Celeste (1964)The Worlds Most Intriguing Mysteries (1965)The Bourbon Tragedy (1968)The Great Treasure Hunts (1969)Great Clashes of the Twentieth Century (1970)Saratoga: The Decisive Battle (1971)Ranson, E. (1975). Saratoga: The Decisive Battle. Journal of American Studies 9 (1): 117.Money Pit: The Mystery of Oak Island (1972)The Tungus Event (1977)Ancient Mysteries (1978)Buried Treasure'' (1978)
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