Dr. Crippen Is Executed After a Transatlantic Manhunt
Hawley Harvey Crippen was executed in London on November 23, 1910, after conviction for the murder of his wife, Cora.
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The Event
Hawley Harvey Crippen was executed in London on November 23, 1910, after conviction for the murder of his wife, Cora.
The Wider Story
The case became famous partly because wireless communication helped police intercept him during a transatlantic escape. The arrest at sea had happened months before the execution.
Putting the Event in Perspective
Later challenges to aspects of the evidence should be attributed rather than treated as an officially established reversal.
Reading the Historical Record
A factual account can explain the historical verdict and communication technology without recreating an execution.
About the Historical Recreation
The accompanying visual is an illustrative reconstruction: a 1910 shipboard wireless room followed by an anonymous British court archive, no execution. It is not authentic archival footage, an eyewitness record or additional evidence for the event.
Sources
- The Execution of Dr Crippen – Pentonville Prison, London, 23 November 1910 | Britishnewspaperarchive.com — The British Newspaper Archive
- One Box, One Volunteer - The Subject Was Early Wireless, What Would I Find? - Science Museum Blog — Science Museum
- - The National Archives — The National Archives, United Kingdom
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