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Story of a murder : the wives, the mistress, and Dr. Crippen
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Rubenhold, Hallie, author. 1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxWTPYf3xwfWhJkQmfyVC
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Abstract:
Reexamines the infamous Crippen Murder through the perspectives of three women: Dr. Crippen's first wife Charlotte, his mistress Ethel, and Belle Elmore, whose death propelled the case, offering a fresh, multifaceted view of their lives and roles in a crime that captivated Edwardian society.
On February 1, 1910, the vivacious, diamond-adorned music hall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her home, causing alarm among her friends, the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies' Guild. Their demands for an investigation would lead to the unearthing of a gruesome secret and trigger a fevered international manhunt for Belle's husband, medical fraudster Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen. Ethel Le Neve, Crippen's typist and lover, who fled with Crippen in disguise, has always hidden in the shadows of this tale--was she really just "an innocent young girl" in thrall to a powerful older man? And was there an equally sinister story behind the death of Crippen's first wife, Charlotte?
Contents:
Cast -- Prologue -- Act I: the first wife. Charlotte -- The Crippens -- Paralysis of the sympathetic -- Act II: 'I never expected anything like this'. Kunegunde -- Grand opera -- Lady typewriter -- Belle Elmore -- 'The business with Dr. Crippen' -- The garden of Eden -- Petty rat swindlers -- 80 Constantine Road -- Ladies of the guild -- Promises -- Potluck -- Act III: 'Somebody has gone to America'. Rising sun -- 'Brazen the whole thing out' -- Mrs. Crippen -- Observations and inquiries -- The bad girl of the family -- 'some little town in San Francisco' -- Serious trouble -- Act IV: 'Murder and mutilation'. 'Just a little scandal' -- Pieces -- Manhunt -- Titine and Old Quebec -- Crime of the century -- Homecoming -- Act V: 'Nothing to tell but the truth'. Spectacle -- 'A kind-hearted man' -- 'A little hysterical' -- Darling wifie -- 'Mad for me' -- Epilogue -- The final word -- Notes -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Picture acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.
Tema:
| Murder -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century. |
| Murderers -- Great Britain. |
| Meurtriers -- Grande-Bretagne. |
| Meurtre -- Angleterre -- Londres -- Histoire -- 20e siècle. |
| True crime stories. |
| Biographies. |
| Récits criminels. |
| Crippen, Cora, -1910. |
| Le Neve, Ethel, 1883-1967. |
| Crippen, Hawley Harvey, 1862-1910. |
Summary:
Reexamines the infamous Crippen Murder through the perspectives of three women: Dr. Crippen's first wife Charlotte, his mistress Ethel, and Belle Elmore, whose death propelled the case, offering a fresh, multifaceted view of their lives and roles in a crime that captivated Edwardian society.
On February 1, 1910, the vivacious, diamond-adorned music hall performer Belle Elmore suddenly vanished from her home, causing alarm among her friends, the entertainers of the Music Hall Ladies' Guild. Their demands for an investigation would lead to the unearthing of a gruesome secret and trigger a fevered international manhunt for Belle's husband, medical fraudster Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen. Ethel Le Neve, Crippen's typist and lover, who fled with Crippen in disguise, has always hidden in the shadows of this tale--was she really just "an innocent young girl" in thrall to a powerful older man? And was there an equally sinister story behind the death of Crippen's first wife, Charlotte?
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