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Six Little Heads : The 1905 Amesbury Murders
On a September day in 1905, Peter Robert Head, a beloved father and retired sergeant major in the Royal Artillery, committed what is believed to be the largest mass murder in the county of Wiltshire, shattering his family, shocking the town of Amesbury, and appalling the country.
This true story, researched and written by a former police detective, delves into Peter Head’s life from his childhood, military career, and family life to the events of that calamitous day, and looks at the people of Amesbury who were caught up in its consequences.
His traumatised daughter and devastated wife quietly left the town afterwards, as they navigated lives suddenly reshaped by this crime. Through the resilience of the surviving women and the ripple effects of their stoic grief, the narrative tells their previously unknown ordeal and reveals how generations of one family endured the impact of a single tragic day.
This true story, researched and written by a former police detective, delves into Peter Head’s life from his childhood, military career, and family life to the events of that calamitous day, and looks at the people of Amesbury who were caught up in its consequences.
His traumatised daughter and devastated wife quietly left the town afterwards, as they navigated lives suddenly reshaped by this crime. Through the resilience of the surviving women and the ripple effects of their stoic grief, the narrative tells their previously unknown ordeal and reveals how generations of one family endured the impact of a single tragic day.
167 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 29, 2025
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