Madness and Murder

Episode 51: The Case of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen: Closed or Cold?


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Authors: Norah Weiss and Raygan Hoover 

 

Description: Quoted as “the O.J. Simpson Case of 1910”, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen was convicted and hanged for the gruesome murder of his wife, Cora Crippen. A century later new evidence turned the case upside down.


Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-10802059. 

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hawley-crippen/199/. 

http://news.msu.edu/media/documents/2011/01/3cda8882-265b-4282-9eba-a13d880f09a2.pdf.

https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/was-dr-crippen-really-innocent-we-exam-the-startling-new-evidence-6639308.html.

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/execution-dr-crippen.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/crime-law.

https://thehistorypress.co.uk/article/the-notorious-case-of-dr-crippen/.

Crippen, H. H. to Lady Somerset. Borowitz Crime manuscripts. Box 1, Folder 16. Borowitz Collection. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives.

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