Ep. 3 - The Infamous Dr. Crippen
Husband kills wife. This is the classic true crime tale. The spouses of murder victims are always the first to be scrutinized as suspects. And for good reason. The CDC did a study in 18 states of murdered women from the years 2003 to 2014 and more than half were murdered by a former or current partner or family or friend of that partner and 93% of those cases were current or former partners. Hawley Crippen was a successful homeopathic doctor in the early 1900s and his wife Cora went missing. All eyes focused on Dr. Crippen as the search for his wife began. The murder of Cora Crippen and the trial that followed became international news. The Chamber of Horrors closed in April of 2016 at Madame Tussauds in London. Part of that exhibit was a wax figure of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen. Hawley Crippen was born in Coldwater, Michigan in September of 1862. He was a short man, standing only 5'3", and had what were described as very unusual buggy eyes. Crippen decided to pursue medici