Doctor Crippen: The Infamous London Cellar Murder of 1910

by Nicholas Connell

Book Overview

In 1910 Cora Crippen, an unsuccessful music-hall artiste known as Belle Elmore, was murdered by her husband Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen, an American quack doctor, at their London home. During a search of 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Scotland Yard found the remains of her body under the cellar floor. Crippen's attempt to escape across the Atlantic, with his young mistress Ethel Le Neve disguised as a boy, made headlines across the world, as did his subsequent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445634651
• ISBN13: 9781445634654
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.9" x 7.7"