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Birth of Hawley Harvey Crippen
Crippen was born in Coldwater, Michigan to a prosperous family -
Became a widower
After the death of his first wife, Crippen became a widower with his son. -
Crippen re-marries.
After leaving his son with his parents for them to raise him, Crippen married Cora Turner, also known as Belle Elmore. -
Crippen becomes General Manager
for the business Munyon's Homeopathic Remedies -
Crippen moves to London
He opens the company's first overseas offices -
Fired
He began to have more of an interest in his wife's career rather than his work, causing him to get fired. -
Crippen meets Ethel
Crippen meets 18 year old Ethel Le Neve at his new job -
The Crippens move again
This time, they move to Holloway -
Belle gets caught
Crippen comes home to Belle in bed with someone else. -
Belle and Cippen live in a broken home
They were living under the same roof but were not together, and were aware of each other's other lover. This lasted until 1909. -
They became intolerable
They had daily arguments, and could no longer tolerate living together. -
Crippen acts on his emotions
He orders 5 grains of the poison hydro-bromide of hyoscine. -
The poison backfires
Instead of over-sedating Belle, the poison made her hyperactive, so Crippen shot her with his revolver then dissected her corpse in the bath, removing her long bones and ribs, which he took down to the kitchen and burned, used acid to dissolve her internal organs in the bath. He lifted the stone floor of the cellar and buried her filleted torso there before disposing of her head and other weighted organs in a sack in a canal near Hilldrop Crescent. -
Crippen speaks of Belle's death
He sent a telegram to a couple whom he and Belle had shared their final meal, saying she had died then fled to France with Ethel. -
Walter Dew visits Crippen
After things were not adding up, Dew met with Crippen to question him about the death of his wife. Crippen admitted to making up the story. -
Crippen persuaded Ethel that they had to flee the city
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Dew organizes search
Dew organizes a two day search of the house and finds Belle's rotting remains -
Arrest warrant issued for Crippen and Ethel
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Crippen tries to go incognito
He went to Canada as "Mr. Robinson" with Ethel poorly disguised as his young son -
Crippen and Ethel are recognized
Captain Kendall recognizes them and sent a wireless telegram to the White Star Line in Liverpool claiming they were on board -
Dew boards the vessel in disguise
Dew disguised as a pilot and arrested Crippen and Ethel -
Crippen is found guilty
After only a 27 minute of consideration, the jury returned a verdict of guilty. -
Ethel is found not guilty.
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Execution
Crippen is executed, and requests that the letters and a photo of Ethel be buried with him.
Ethel left the country.
