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  • Supper with the Crippens

  • The True Story of One of the Most Notorious Murderers of All Time
  • By: David James Smith
  • Narrated by: David James Smith
  • Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Supper with the Crippens

By: David James Smith
Narrated by: David James Smith
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Edwardian London in 1910, the notorious tale of Dr Crippen and Ethel Le Neve re-investigated by a prizewinning journalist.

At a time when Edwardian Britain seemed a golden place, basking in its imperial glory, Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen and his wife, Belle, lived among the suburban villas of North London, renting a house at 39 Hilldrop Crescent. After supper on 31st January 1910, their friends went home and Crippen killed Belle with poison, dismembered her body and buried some of her remains beneath the brick floor of the coal cellar. Crippen never admitted killing his wife and took the secrets of the crime with him when he was hanged, following his conviction for murder.

It is assumed that Crippen killed for the love of his mistress, Ethel le Neve. They began living together as man and wife, but under intense suspicion, they fled disguised as father and son. The chase - indeed everything about the murder - was reported in fine detail, in Britain, in America and the rest of the Western world. Crippen was finally arrested and with Ethel was brought back to England for trial.

David James Smith has investigated afresh this celebrated murder case, and his researches have uncovered unexpected and startling information about 'Chamber of Horrors' stalwart Dr Crippen, Belle and Ethel.

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©2021 David James Smith (P)2021 Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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"The definitive account of a crime which still intrigues, and to an extent baffles, aficionados of murder." (P D James)

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