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The North London Cellar Murder would initially earn headlines as a “crime of the century.” Later it would be known simply as Dr. Crippen’s tale—told and retold from the perspective of the ...
In early 1910, Dr Hawley Crippen, a conman and purveyor of quack medicines, killed his wife Cora and dismembered her body, leaving only a torso buried in his coal cellar.
The story is, of course, a familiar one; yet in her new book, Hallie Rubenhold makes it exciting all the same, said Dominic Sandbrook in The Times.Rather than put Crippen centre stage, she focuses ...
Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen was hanged in November 1910 after being convicted of the murder of his wife Cora. Remains believed to be hers were found in his basement.
The case of Dr. Crippen, detailed in Hallie Rubenhold’s “Story of a Murder,” would have been familiar to many in 1910. According to contemporary newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic, the ...
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The New Yorker, January 18, 1930 P. 36. Discusses the famous Crippen murder case, in which Harvey Hawley Crippen poisoned his wife with hyoscin & then disposed of the body by burying it in the cellar.
If today’s true-crime podcasters are guilty of leering at sinister case files, the Edwardians were no better. In September 1910, when Hawley Harvey Crippen stood trial for murder at the Old ...
In the 100 years since the murder, Crippen – who was later hanged for his crime – has inspired numerous books, including The Mild Murderer by Tom Cullen(1977), ...
Later it would be known simply as Dr. Crippen’s tale—told and retold from the perspective of the murderer, a man Ms. Rubenhold describes as being “sphinx-like and imperturbable.” ...
The story is, of course, a familiar one; yet in her new book, Hallie Rubenhold makes it exciting all the same, said Dominic Sandbrook in The Times.Rather than put Crippen centre stage, she focuses ...