Mr Crippen Cora And The Body In The Basement

Author : Matthew Coniam
Publisher : Pen and Sword True Crime
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-01
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781399009737

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Mr Crippen, Cora and the Body in the Basement by Matthew Coniam Pdf

It was an 'open and shut' case. Hawley Harvey Crippen, an American quack doctor, had murdered his wife, the music hall performer Belle Elmore, and buried parts of her body in the coal cellar of their North London home. But by the time the remains were discovered he had fled the country with his mistress disguised as his son. After a thrilling chase across the ocean he was caught, returned to England, tried and hanged, remembered forever after as the quintessential domestic murderer. But if it was as straightforward as the prosecution alleged, why did he leave only some of the body in his house, when he had successfully disposed of the head, limbs and bones elsewhere? Why did he stick so doggedly to a plea of complete innocence, when he might have made a sympathetic case for manslaughter? Why did he make no effort to cover his tracks if he really had been planning a murder? These and other questions remained tantalising mysteries for almost a century, until new DNA tests conducted in America exploded everything we thought we knew for sure about the story. This book, the first to make full use of this astonishing new evidence, considers its implications for our understanding of the case, and suggests where the real truth might lie.

Author : Lawrence M. Friedman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781538166857

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Personal Identity in the Modern World by Lawrence M. Friedman Pdf

In a society of strangers, there develops what can be called crimes of mobility -- forms of criminality rare in traditional societies: bigamy, the confidence game, and blackmail, for example. What they have in common is a kind of fraudulent role-playing, which the new society makes possible. This book explores the social and legal consequences of social and geographical mobility in the United States and Great Britain from the beginning of the 19th century on. Personal identity became more fluid. Lines between classes blurred. Impostors abound.

Author : Alison Adam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135005597

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A History of Forensic Science by Alison Adam Pdf

How and when did forensic science originate in the UK? This question demands our attention because our understanding of present-day forensic science is vastly enriched through gaining an appreciation of what went before. A History of Forensic Science is the first book to consider the wide spectrum of influences which went into creating the discipline in Britain in the first part of the twentieth century. This book offers a history of the development of forensic sciences, centred on the UK, but with consideration of continental and colonial influences, from around 1880 to approximately 1940. This period was central to the formation of a separate discipline of forensic science with a distinct professional identity and this book charts the strategies of the new forensic scientists to gain an authoritative voice in the courtroom and to forge a professional identity in the space between forensic medicine, scientific policing, and independent expert witnessing. In so doing, it improves our understanding of how forensic science developed as it did. This book is essential reading for academics and students engaged in the study of criminology, the history of forensic science, science and technology studies and the history of policing.

Author : Jane Robins
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781848543850

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The Magnificent Spilsbury and the Case of the Brides in the Bath by Jane Robins Pdf

Bessie Mundy, Alice Burnham and Margaret Lofty are three women with one thing in common. They are spinsters and are desperate to marry. Each woman meets a smooth-talking stranger who promises her a better life. She falls under his spell, and becomes his wife. But marriage soon turns into a terrifying experience. In the dark opening months of the First World War, Britain became engrossed by 'The Brides in the Bath' trial. The horror of the killing fields of the Western Front was the backdrop to a murder story whose elements were of a different sort. This was evil of an everyday, insidious kind, played out in lodging houses in seaside towns, in the confines of married life, and brought to a horrendous climax in that most intimate of settings -- the bathroom. The nation turned to a young forensic pathologist, Bernard Spilsbury, to explain how it was that young women were suddenly expiring in their baths. This was the age of science. In fiction, Sherlock Holmes applied a scientific mind to solving crimes. In real-life, would Spilsbury be as infallible as the 'great detective'?

Author : Jonathan Goodman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : True Crime
ISBN : UOM:39015012062983

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The Stabbing of George Harry Storrs by Jonathan Goodman Pdf

Author : Bridget Heos
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780062387646

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Blood, Bullets, and Bones by Bridget Heos Pdf

Blood, Bullets, and Bones provides young readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics. Since the introduction of DNA testing, forensic science has been in the forefront of the public’s imagination, thanks especially to popular television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. But forensic analysis has been practiced for thousands of years. Ancient Chinese detectives studied dead bodies for signs of foul play, and in Victorian England, officials used crime scene photography and criminal profiling to investigate the Jack the Ripper murders. In the intervening decades, forensic science has evolved to use the most cutting-edge, innovative techniques and technologies. In this book, acclaimed author Bridget Heos uses real-life cases to tell the history of modern forensic science, from the first test for arsenic poisoning to fingerprinting, firearm and blood spatter analysis, DNA evidence, and all the important milestones in between. By turns captivating and shocking, Blood, Bullets, and Bones demonstrates the essential role forensic science has played in our criminal justice system.

Author : Dr. Andrew Rose
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Forensic pathologists
ISBN : 1606350196

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Lethal Witness by Dr. Andrew Rose Pdf

Sir Bernard Spilsbury, considered the father of modern forensic pathology, provided crucial and lurid testimony, not always entirely factual, in many classic murder cases in Great Britain.

Author : John Boyne
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429901796

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Crippen by John Boyne Pdf

July 1910: A gruesome discovery has been made at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. Chief Inspector Walter Dew of Scotland Yard did not expect the house to be empty. Nor did he expect to find a body in the cellar. Buried under the flagstones are the remains of Cora Crippen, former music-hall singer and wife of Dr. Hawley Crippen. No one would have thought the quiet, unassuming Dr. Crippen capable of murder, yet the doctor and his mistress have disappeared from London, and now a full-scale hunt for them has begun. Across the Channel in Antwerp, the S.S. Montrose has just set off on its two-week voyage to North America. Slipping in among the first-class passengers is a Mr. John Robinson, accompanied by his teenage son, Edmund. The pair may be hoping for a quiet, private voyage, but in the close confines of a luxury ocean liner, anonymity is rare. And with others aboard looking for romance, or violence, or escape from their past in Europe, it will take more than just luck for the Robinsons to survive the voyage unnoticed. An accomplished, intricately plotted novel, John Boyne's Crippen brilliantly reimagines the amazing escape attempt of one of history's most notorious killers and marks the outstanding American debut of one of Ireland's best young novelists.

Author : Matthew Coniam
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786497058

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The Annotated Marx Brothers by Matthew Coniam Pdf

Have you ever watched a Marx Brothers film and wondered what "habeas Irish rose" is? What is the trial of Mary Dugan with sound? What is a college widow? When exactly did Don Ameche invent the telephone? Their films are full of such in-jokes and obscure theatrical, literary and topical references that can baffle modern audiences. In this viewer's guide to the Marx Brothers you will find the answer to such mysteries, along with an exhaustive compilation of background information, obscure trivia and even the occasional busted myth. Each of the Marx Brothers' 13 films is covered by a running commentary, with points in the film discussed as they appear. Each reference is listed by its running time, with time code given for both PAL and NTSC DVD. An introduction for neophytes and a resource for fanatics, this book is a travel guide to the rambling landscape of these remarkable comedies.

Author : Mack R. Herring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : UCSD:31822025585753

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Way Station to Space by Mack R. Herring Pdf

Author : Gordon Lowe
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750966702

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The Acid Bath Murders by Gordon Lowe Pdf

John George Haigh committed five perfect murders – by dissolving his wealthy victims in sulphuric acid. Then he tipped away the resultant soup to avoid detection on a ‘no body, no murder’ principle and used his victims’ property to fund his luxury lifestyle of silk ties and flashy cars.Murder number six was less than perfect. When a guest in Haigh’s hotel disappeared, the police found half-dissolved body parts carelessly thrown into the yard outside his secluded workshop. But was the urbane Mr Haigh, the man brought up by strict Plymouth Brethren parents in Yorkshire and dressed like a city stockbroker, really the monster he said he was? Did he really kill six innocent people just so he could drink their blood? Using unpublished archive papers, including recently released letters Haigh wrote from prison while awaiting execution, author Gordon Lowe sheds light on whether Haigh’s claims were a cynical ploy for a ticket into Broadmoor Hospital, or if he was a psychopathic vampire with a penchant for disposing of his victims in acid.

Author : Marshall McLuhan
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153743005X

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Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan Pdf

When first published, Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media made history with its radical view of the effects of electronic communications upon man and life in the twentieth century.

Author : Nicholas Connell
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-15
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781445620206

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Doctor Crippen by Nicholas Connell Pdf

When Scotland Yard found the remains of Doctor Crippen’s wife under the cellar floor of their London home, a trial began that would fascinate and shock the world. In this carefully researched, gripping book, the whole remarkable story unfolds

Author : Darren Coffield
Publisher : Unbound Publishing
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781783528172

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Tales from the Colony Room by Darren Coffield Pdf

'Entertaining, shocking, uproarious, hilarious . . . like eavesdropping on a wake, as the mourners get gradually more drunk and tell ever more outrageous stories' Sunday Times This is the definitive history of London's most notorious drinking den, the Colony Room Club in Soho. It’s a hair-raising romp through the underbelly of the post-war scene: during its sixty-year history, more romances, more deaths, more horrors and more sex scandals took place in the Colony than anywhere else. Tales from the Colony Room is an oral biography, consisting of previously unpublished and long-lost interviews with the characters who were central to the scene, giving the reader a flavour of what it was like to frequent the Club. With a glass in hand you’ll move through the decades listening to personal reminiscences, opinions and vitriol, from the authentic voices of those who were actually there. On your voyage through Soho’s lost bohemia, you’ll be served a drink by James Bond, sip champagne with Francis Bacon, queue for the loo with Christine Keeler, go racing with Jeffrey Bernard, get laid with Lucian Freud, kill time with Doctor Who, pick a fight with Frank Norman and pass out with Peter Langan. All with a stellar supporting cast including Peter O’Toole, George Melly, Suggs, Lisa Stansfield, Dylan Thomas, Jay Landesman, Sarah Lucas, Damien Hirst and many, many more.

Author : Floyd I. Brewer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Bethlehem (N.Y.)
ISBN : 0963540203

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Bethlehem Revisited by Floyd I. Brewer Pdf