Brotherhood of the Secret Graves
Criminal Cases That Shocked the Nation
Since 1988, Colonel Valerián has specialised in violent crime, particularly murders committed in the North Moravia region. However, some of his cases have garnered nationwide media attention – either due to the extraordinary brutality of the perpetrators (several prisoners sentenced to life are on Valerián's record), or due to the mobility of criminals who had previously murdered in other parts of the country.
This book of Colonel Valerián's stories and memories covers twenty different cases, organised into thematic chapters. The recurring theme running through them is the career and professional rise of a detective, from a typical beginner assisting experienced colleagues, through his first major case, to leading the 'murder squad'. Given the narrator's profession and his life experiences, the book has an exclusive character. For instance, Valerián's personal experiences with various types of murderers, with whom he spent many hours during preliminary proceedings, are exceptionally interesting.
Luboš Valerián
Born in 1957, he joined the then SNB (National Security Corps) in 1976. After graduating from the Basic Police School in Prague, he served at the MO VB Prague 4-Nusle, then at the OO VB Frýdek-Místek, and from 1981 as an investigator at the District Investigation Office in Frýdek-Místek. From 1982 to 1986, he studied at the SNB University, 4th Faculty of VB Investigation in Bratislava, graduating with the title of JUDr. He also obtained his Ph.D. there in 2006, as part of the Academy of the Police Force of the Slovak Republic. After returning to the OÚV Frýdek-Místek, he moved in 1988 as an investigator to the Regional Investigation Office of the then North Moravian Region. Here, he investigated violent crime. Following the establishment of the SKPV in 2001, he became the head of the general crime department, which also dealt with violent crime. He held this position, with a short break when he was the director of the office of the Regional Directorate of the Police of the Czech Republic for the Moravian-Silesian Region and Commander of the SKPV service, until his retirement in 2022, with the rank of colonel. During his career (almost 47 years), he went through basic positions (from patrol service to investigator at OÚV, KÚV, and finally to management roles). He is a member of the editorial board of the journal Kriminalistika, and the journal Kriminalistický sborník, to which he is also an active contributor with more than fifty articles. He founded and taught a security course at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, and currently teaches security courses at Palacký University, Faculty of Science in Olomouc, at Pan-European University, Faculty of VŠPP (University of Business and Law) in Ostrava, and at the Institute for State Administration Education in Prague, based in Benešov. He supervises bachelor's, master's and rigorous theses, acts as their opponent, and is a reviewer of several university textbooks and professional publications.
Viktorín Šulc
He graduated from FAMU (Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague). In 2000, his screenplay Muž, který vycházel z hrobu (The Man Who Came Out of the Grave) won a Czech Television competition for the best detective screenplay. He has other television films to his name: Agentura Puzzle (Puzzle Agency), Všichni musí zemřít (Everyone Must Die), Škodná (Vermin), Hrobník (The Gravedigger) and Stín smrtihlava (Death's-Head Hawkmoth's Shadow). He has also written several screenplays for the series Kriminálka Anděl (Angel CID). His book Příští stanice: Smrt (Next Stop: Death) won the AIEP award for the best Czech detective story in 2004. He has published a number of books on criminological topics with Epocha Publishing, gaining attention for his series Panoptikum sexuálních vražd (Panopticon of Sex Murders).
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