Body in the basement: Dr Crippen and the 'crime of the century'
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Welcome. to the History Extra podcast. Fascinating historical conversations from the makers of BBC History Magazine. In nineteen ten. A music call performer called Bell Elmore.
Went missing. Her husband, Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, claimed that Bell had gone to America to visit a dying relative. But before long, Crippin's stories began to unravel. And it soon became clear that Belle hadn't gone abroad.
In fact She'd never left the house. Historian Hallie Rubenhold re examines the infamous case of Dr Crippen in her new book Story of a Murder. And she joined me in the studio to talk more about what the crime can reveal about medicine. Music call
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