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 ...

Rubenhold has delivered belated justice for Belle, said Jennifer Wright in The New York Times. Contemporary newspapers presented Crippen as a meek man driven to murder by a grand passion and an ...

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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 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 ...

Belle’s murder was a grotesquely selfish bid by Crippen to enable — and fund — marriage to his young mistress-typist, Ethel Le Neve, “sandwiched between the working and the middle classes”.

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. A firm of London druggists had ...

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.

Police say a 17-year-old was charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. The charges are in connection to the death of DJ Crippen.

Author and social historian Hallie Rubenhold is explaining why she chose the 1910 murder perpetrated by the notorious Dr Crippen for the subject of her new book.

Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress, and Dr. Crippen By Hallie Rubenhold Dutton 512 pages We may earn a commission when you buy products through the links on our site.

Contemporary newspapers presented Crippen as a meek man driven to murder by a grand passion and an impossible wife.