Really enjoyed this as my last name is Crippen. I waited till the end to see if you included the update of the tests proving the corpse in the basement wasn’t his wife. You didn’t disappoint me!
Dr. Crippen should have never married his second wife considering they were so different. Pity his first wife died his life would have been a lot different. Thanks Brief Case.
Good point, but he also made that choice to remarry. Although divorce was a more scandalous event difficult decision back in the day, I'm thinking that there might have been a better solution than murder. Only my opinion. Good wishes.
Histrions generally make for lousy partners. They tend to be unauthentic, prodigal, frivolous and unfaithful. It's not without reason, that Roman civilization regarded actors with contempt. That being said, this doesn't justify how Crippen killed and butchered her. I see a common thread again: two people from different worlds, living different lifestyles, having nothing in common, yet marrying. If the doctor didn't rush to find a second wife, he'd certainly have lived a long and happy conjugal life with someone as devoted as Ethel.
Great story telling. 'Thunderstruck' is a book about this event. It is quite good, and highlights how important the invention of wireless radio was for these ships to communicate and cooperate in the capture of Crippen.
Thanks so much, Brief Case! I had heard of Dr. Crippen but didn’t know the particulars. I didn’t even know he was an American! For such an intelligent man, he didn’t have a lot of common sense. How could he think no one would care about his wife’s absence? Also, having his mistress move in and wear his wife’s jewelry was stupid in the extreme! If he would have just gotten rid of the torso the cops couldn’t have proved anything!
The last two details about the DNA preserved, suddenly don't make this seem so cut and dried! I have heard this story many times before, but your version has some great pictures and details i have not heard before! Great job as usual !
The chase on the high sea's was very interesting to me. Imagine their surprise when they got off to the boat to find a London policeman there to arrest them.
No. It was covered in lime which corroded the skin. The scar that was found would have been laying on the ground so the lime didn't burn it off. He should have poured some in the hole before he tossed the body in. Or just dismember and dispose of the torso in small pieces
My question is why go to all the effort of removing the head and limbs and then leave the torso. Which would arguably be the easiest part to cut into pieces, a human leg would be hard to cut off I bet, and isn't exactly small.
@@maveryk Scars are not just skin deep. They extend into the muscles and fascia as well. So even if the skin was corroded, they could have still made out the scar from the underlying tissue
Crippen's barrister was the famous defence lawyer Edward Marshall Hall. The BBC did a drama series on his cases a few years ago called "Shadow of the noose". According to the dramatisation Marshall Hall's defense was that Crippen had bought the drug not to poison his wife but to sedate her so he and his mistress could spend an evening in the house undisturbed. He would usually go in to her room to check she was asleep but on one occasion she did not wake up the next day and was dead. Crippen panicked and disposed of the body. If the defence was successful the verdict could have been reduced to manslaughter and the death penalty avoided. However the jury was not swayed by this argument . There is an interesting scene in the dramatisation where Marshall Hall's junior barrister argues with him that Crippen should take the stand to put forward his version of events. Marshall Hall was against it as the prosecution barrister was one of the best cross examiners in England at the time and Marshall Hall thought that he would destroy his client's testimony. In any event we will never know if the outcome would have been different if Crippen had taken the stand.
Never tire of hearing about this case. Fascinating in its details especially in the use of wireless, then a very new innovation. Keep the cases coming Brief Case! Love them 😀
Another great case! I really like how you almost exclusively post stories in which the murderers are caught and convicted. It’s reassuring. Also, even those these stories are all about murder, and sometimes even a little graphic, they almost never feel scary at all. Thank you BC!
It's both cool and creepy to realize my Grandparents were alive when some of these cases happened. I was only 5 when the mistress died. Funny how history isn't that far away.
It's possible that the women didn't want to care for someone else's child, as apparently, none of them had kids... I'm thinking tho, he just never wanted the responisbility.
Men still do that sh#% today! Give there kid/s to the grandparents to raise! The trauma they must feel, in not losing one parent but both of them! Never mind if they lose both there parents! The family then won't take them in, sending them away to become industry slaves!
there was another story I heard about, these two sisters who after their fathers death, the mother sent them to a nunnery. until she realized that the older of the two girls wanted to join the nunnery then she ripped both of them to have them work as maids and other people's houses to get her money. eventually the two sisters ended up working in the same household and ultimately murdered the owners of the house they were working in. I'm sure it does psychologically scar children especially without that parental love.
Bloody daylight savings got me again! I've been checking my internet connection for the last hour trying not to have a panic attack 🥴🤦♀️ Monday = Brief Case 💚
The only way for those who have done wrong to 'get a way with it..' is to confess, request absolution & remain in solitude. Not employed or in the wilderness or Civilization as instinct denotes. Hence slaughter-housing of any sort being the initial warning that corruption or perversity at all has occurred.......usually due to cannibalization or incest in particular.
BC thanks for the great stories. My only sadness is I haven't been able to listen to the stories every Monday like before. I have actually gotten other friends interested in your stories and like me they love the stories you tell and like me they love the details and at times the intensity of them. Again Thanks BC you're pretty awesome ☺️
Heard this story before but I so LOVE old stories it was great hearing it again.. Very interesting story BC thanks for including the information and their son
Also from Colorado here! So nice to know there's more than one person in the state who's a true crime/history buff! As far as the fire goes, the smoke is killing me! Hope the snow helps us, it might as well do something other than cause pileups for once lol ;)
Had me a bit worried this morning when it wasn't uploaded at 7 but better late than never. Gotta have my Monday morning fix of Brief Case!! A really good case this morning. Very interesting with the different theories. Thanks so much as always!! 😊 😊
Another solid video from BC. I have always wondered if: 1) Belle pulled a "Gone Girl" on Crippen 2) If she didn't (or did?), how fortunate it was that Belle had friends who raised the alarm as quickly as they did and that the police took it seriously. If anyone is interested in true crime/history, you should try Erik Larson's books. What's neat about his style of writing is that he does a dual/parallel subject narrative, almost like a "famous vs infamous" person. The book he did on this case is called "Thunderstruck"-He writes about what was going on with Crippen (infamous) vs what was going on around the same time in the life of Guglielmo Marconi (famous), the man who pioneered the radio telegraph system... PS If you read the book, you'll see the irony of the choice of pairing these two together as the subjects .
this is the first time that I have heard of her indiscretions and her extravagances. very much clears up a great deal for me. thanks for another great case!
Great job on this case, BC, I didn't realize they had both lived so long! Lots of details and great photographs, this was a particularly good video 👍💕 Thanks for making Monday mornings interesting :-) Take care and stay safe!
It is very unusual for a female to not have any sign of breasts. I do not know how they could think that torso was a female. A very intriguing case. Thank you for sharing ♥♥♥
It is entirely possible that she left him for some other man and he lied saying she had died hoping to marry again. Then even if he could track her down she might've refused to identify herself so they left to Canada hoping they could be married there... As they let rooms they were not the only ones with access right? Just a thought because it's often noted how easy it was to get away with crimes before DNA testing, but it also would be pretty easy to get railroaded. I don't know one way or the other obviously...
@@BriefCaseOfficial I look forward to your videos every Monday! However sometimes l cant watch until l get home from work! Today is a late in day so l get to watch early! Yeahhhh! Thanks Again Sir! Always great content!!!
I've heard of this one before but you mentioned several things I didn't know. I always look forward to your latest crime story. I just love the very interesting victorian era. Thank you!!
Thank you, Brief. It's a testament to your skills that I watched this one. It's a case that I, like many many others, think I know we'll, and I usually no longer bother with productions about it. However, I knew you'd have good info, and a nice way of conveying it. And was not disappointed, so, as usual, kudos. PS..off topic, but...that hat!!
I remember hearing this story a long time ago, but you have alot more details and I never heard there was any doubt about the body being his wife before. I don't think his child was even mentioned. What if he wasn't the murderer but it was one of those men. Very interesting.
Another great video!! ☺😍 I've seen videos about this case before and I think it's sad how Dr. Crippen felt he had no choice but to kill Cora. But it was a different age and divorce was frowned upon. I really appreciate the care that you put into the videos you make. Thank you for all of your hard work ☺
I have a theory about the torso in the coal cellar. Bearing in mind that there were no limbs or head found and the fact that medical cadavers were still hard to come by in the early 20th century, it is possible that Crippen was offering underground anatomy tutoring to medical students. He wasn't allowed to practice medicine but still had a wealth of knowledge and experience. His wife had expensive tastes as well, so it could be possible that he was earning a bit on the side by offering anatomy lessons in his cellar. This niche in the black market was actually fairly common (look at the number of body parts found in Benjamin Franklin's basement in France). If he was doing dissections it would explain the body being wrapped up and covered in quicklime. And if this were the case, Ethel may very well have had no idea it was there. And depending on the laws regarding grave robbers at the time, he may have considered the risk in telling the truth at his trial to be too high. It may have meant having to reveal student names, the universities involved, how he got the body, and maybe even being accused of murdering that one too. It certainly would have been a huge scandal at the very least. It still begs the question what happened to his wife tho. Did she run off? Did he actually kill her too and hid her body somewhere else? Whatever the case, it definitely would have been interesting to see just how deep the rabbit hole really goes.🤔😯😳😬🤯🕵🏻♀️
That's a great theory and would make a good story! Ironically the quicklime preserved an operation scar the wife had, so the bit of skin was identified as the wife's.
@@lazyhomebody1356 not necessarily. Research shows that Cora's scar was from an ovaryectomy. It could easily have been mistaken for an appendectomy scar. From a body badly damaged by quicklime it would be near impossible to be able to say conclusively what the scar was from. There is also the theory that the "scar" was actually nothing but a folded piece of skin and not a scar at all. And finally, mitochondrial DNA taken from the torso did not match any of Cora Crippen's surviving family members. Whether or not you chose to dispute the claim that the torso was really that of a man, there is more than enough evidence to call into question the conclusion that the body in the cellar was Cora Crippen's.
@@meemurthelemur4811 I believe Crippen was innocent. That his mistress overdosed the wife with sleeping medicine (they admitted they used to drug the wife to have some "alone time") So the body doesn't have to be Cora's. The theory that it was an illegal medschool cadaver--!!! But were did Cora go?? I love that we'll probably never be sure
@@lazyhomebody1356 idk. Like I said, it's just a theory based on what I could find. They may very well have over drugged her, but we'll probably never know. Wanna slide down the rabbit hole a little deeper? What if they did kill her, by accident or not, and decided to use her torso for an underground dissecting class? Might as well make the best of a bad situation, eh?
@@nancymontgomery8897 no doubt that the torso had rotted beyond any way to reasonably identify sex or organs, etc. If they could have dug in to the remains for an autopsy, don't you think they would have? The torso was probably useless to them except for that "patch of skin" with the scar on it. Or at least so they thought...
Thank You, Brief Case, Excellent🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟, as ALWAYS! What a Horrifying way to be found!! The ending Totally suprised me! Where is Cora, and What could have happened?? Very Disturbing! And his Mistress, had to know! I can't Believe she was acquitted!!! Crippen must have really been head over heels in love! Stay well! See you, in the Next Brief Case!
Crippen's living relatives have petitioned to have his case reviewed and want to locate his body and have it exhumed and moved to the USA to be buried in the family plot.
@@ifor20got well, I was an hour early and started to worry when I didn't see the new video drop... Luckily Crime Reel was kind enough to remind me it was daylight savings for GB before I started sending out a search party for BC.😂😂 How are things with you?
Classic. I always wondered why this murder became so famous. There was probably a lot more killings around the same time. I think that it was his name and his picture, both so creepy. Stay safe. ❤️
@ΑγαΡy well, I guess BC and TCR can rest secure in the knowledge that if anything ever happens to them we'll all be alerting authorities and organizing search parties within an hour of a missed video drop!!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🕵🏻♀️👮🏻♀️💂🏻♀️🦸♀️🚓🚒🚑☎️🖲🔎🔬
I'm extremely intrigued with 18th, 19th and EARLY 20th century murders and/or disappearances. Hindsight is 20/20 and listening to the facts now, years later, after we have all this technology and the depth of our understanding with crimes like this.. It's just very intriguing seeing how things were done even just a century ago- let alone a couple centuries ago. EDIT: So happy I found this channel! Thank you for the videos! I'm in a deep dive bingeing mode before I leave for work😂
Thank you for having close captions/subtitles. Watched the whole thing without them and couldn't tell you anything about this guy. Second time through being able to read along and my lawds. Keep it up!!
I still think that Dr. Crippen was fitted up. He would have know that lime would preserve a body and why would he cut up the body and then place it in a pyjama jacket with a tag? Did you know that inspector dew was a young constable during the Jack the ripper case?
@@thelogicaldanger Quicklime is calcium oxide. When it contacts water, as it often does in burial sites, it reacts with the water to make calcium hydroxide, also known as slaked lime. ... Thus, the use of quicklime may actually help preserve the body.
I actually knew about this one because I grew up like 25 minutes from Coldwater just across the IN border. For years, Coldwater had the newest nicest theater to us so we always went up there to see movies.
I also just remembered a line alluding to the case on the classic British comedy "Fawlty Towers." The John Cleese character is complaining about a guest (I think) as being insane, "completely mad." The Major replies, " Well, they said Crippen was mad, you know." Cleese looks up, astonished, and says, "Crippen WAS mad, Major!" I recall thinking, the British will recognize the reference, but how many of my fellow Americans will know what they are even talking about? Too bad. Good joke.
@@lazyhomebody1356 That's fascinating...Jack the Ripper is a universal hot topic, like the Zodiac, Gacy, and Bundy. Especially Bundy. But to find out that Crippen was that familiar in your area (and hint: my state borders yours) is amazing. Do you have any ideas why Crippen caught people's imagination? I also find it interesting that Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler has basically slipped off the cultural radar. Reading Gerold Frank's book on him back in the late 60s sparked my interest in true crime stories, and the Strangler was HUGE at that time; the movie based on the book features a very powerful performance by Tony Curtis, playing against type as a killer.
@@debmoadd The Boston Strangler never interested me, though I was in Boston many years. (That movie is scary though.) I think we just liked saying Doctooor Crrrippen. It's a scary name! I was disappointed when I found out the facts were so mundane. I think I was imagining him in a cape, prowling the night
An infamous character and crime but still well told. Even as i was watching I was thinking about any descendants as it was in the twentieth century and you answered it at the end.....brilliant !!
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Every time I see a new BC I am right here@!
Thankyou :)
Me too.
Same
Ok ok so im a little late 😥
@@akioseigi8186 😊
Hope his son had a good childhood with his grandparents and made a nice life for himself, despite his father's notoriety. Thanks, BC!
@Nicky L interesting thanks!
@Nicky L Thank you!
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@Nicky L yes i read it, it was very sad. Kids be aware that you can break your parents Hearts from your actions!
Really enjoyed this as my last name is Crippen. I waited till the end to see if you included the update of the tests proving the corpse in the basement wasn’t his wife. You didn’t disappoint me!
are you related?
Whole new meaning to “Crip Walk”
Dude looks like Eddie Murphy when he dressed up like a white guy.
😂😂😂
haha..That SNL sketch.
Maybe he was passing for black.
It would be so much better if he looked like a low key snoop and had the name Dr. Crippen.
That's exactly what I thought too🤣
Dr. Crippen be trippin'
I’m so mad at myself for laughing at this 😂
@@EddVCR couldn't help it either 😒😂
Hey you made laugh
For a moment I thought it was: rippen'
Crippen liked his women strippen
Why do I root for the bad guys when they are being chased? I want them to be punished but the chase makes me root for their getaway.
I think you watched too many gacella documentaries when younger. Or too few cheetah ones
So this was the edwardian version of a high speed chase! Fascinating. Great narration as usual!
Thankyou :)
Dr. Crippen should have never married his second wife considering they were so different.
Pity his first wife died his life would have been a lot different.
Thanks Brief Case.
Good point, but he also made that choice to remarry.
Although divorce was a more scandalous event difficult decision back in the day, I'm thinking that there might have been a better solution than murder.
Only my opinion.
Good wishes.
Histrions generally make for lousy partners. They tend to be unauthentic, prodigal, frivolous and unfaithful. It's not without reason, that Roman civilization regarded actors with contempt. That being said, this doesn't justify how Crippen killed and butchered her. I see a common thread again: two people from different worlds, living different lifestyles, having nothing in common, yet marrying. If the doctor didn't rush to find a second wife, he'd certainly have lived a long and happy conjugal life with someone as devoted as Ethel.
Yep. "Opposites attract" my ass
@@lon242 my old psych teacher said he hated that phrase lol he said "opposites divorce"
He probably killed his first wife too, though.
Remember fellas, even if you're innocent never gift your ex's things to the rebound chick.
I’ve always wondered why the rebound girl never seems to consider *her* things being passed on to the next in line.
Lol
Especially the engagement ring.
@@gusargoan !!! lol
Agreed. I don’t think anyone likes to receive hand me downs from their partners ex 🥴
Great story telling. 'Thunderstruck' is a book about this event. It is quite good, and highlights how important the invention of wireless radio was for these ships to communicate and cooperate in the capture of Crippen.
Do you know the author? I tried looking it up but cannot find it.
@@mindylance73 Erik Larsen.
Thank you
Thanks so much, Brief Case! I had heard of Dr. Crippen but didn’t know the particulars. I didn’t even know he was an American! For such an intelligent man, he didn’t have a lot of common sense. How could he think no one would care about his wife’s absence? Also, having his mistress move in and wear his wife’s jewelry was stupid in the extreme! If he would have just gotten rid of the torso the cops couldn’t have proved anything!
The last two details about the DNA preserved, suddenly don't make this seem so cut and dried! I have heard this story many times before, but your version has some great pictures and details i have not heard before! Great job as usual !
Thanks
The chase on the high sea's was very interesting to me. Imagine their surprise when they got off to the boat to find a London policeman there to arrest them.
Anyone else wonder how much 'torso' was left that no one could identify as male or female?
No. It was covered in lime which corroded the skin. The scar that was found would have been laying on the ground so the lime didn't burn it off. He should have poured some in the hole before he tossed the body in. Or just dismember and dispose of the torso in small pieces
My question is why go to all the effort of removing the head and limbs and then leave the torso. Which would arguably be the easiest part to cut into pieces, a human leg would be hard to cut off I bet, and isn't exactly small.
Well there were no bones, so...
@@maveryk Scars are not just skin deep. They extend into the muscles and fascia as well. So even if the skin was corroded, they could have still made out the scar from the underlying tissue
@@wrongturnVfor what if it was even more corroded tho
Great video again BC - The old pictures of London are superb
Hi Crimey! Thanks for the reassurance that we wouldn't be hearing a story on BriefCase any time soon 😂😉👋🕷👻
@@meemurthelemur4811 Hi Meemur, yes all is good and daylight savings time was the only reason lol
Poor Harvy so close and yet so far , let that be a lesson to all never marry a overbearing spouse
Crippen's barrister was the famous defence lawyer Edward Marshall Hall. The BBC did a drama series on his cases a few years ago called "Shadow of the noose". According to the dramatisation Marshall Hall's defense was that Crippen had bought the drug not to poison his wife but to sedate her so he and his mistress could spend an evening in the house undisturbed. He would usually go in to her room to check she was asleep but on one occasion she did not wake up the next day and was dead. Crippen panicked and disposed of the body. If the defence was successful the verdict could have been reduced to manslaughter and the death penalty avoided. However the jury was not swayed by this argument . There is an interesting scene in the dramatisation where Marshall Hall's junior barrister argues with him that Crippen should take the stand to put forward his version of events. Marshall Hall was against it as the prosecution barrister was one of the best cross examiners in England at the time and Marshall Hall thought that he would destroy his client's testimony. In any event we will never know if the outcome would have been different if Crippen had taken the stand.
Never tire of hearing about this case. Fascinating in its details especially in the use of wireless, then a very new innovation. Keep the cases coming Brief Case! Love them 😀
Thankyou :)
Me neither. I find it very intresting!
Another great case! I really like how you almost exclusively post stories in which the murderers are caught and convicted. It’s reassuring. Also, even those these stories are all about murder, and sometimes even a little graphic, they almost never feel scary at all. Thank you BC!
Dr. Crippen is like the coolest name for a killer...
I hope he wore nothing but the color blue like a Crip gang member
Totally agree cool name
Dr. Crippen is the person responsible for the end of the world in the American Hollywood Movie : I Am Legend. 🤔
Sounds like the name of a Bond villain?
@@bristal1000The original one? Been awhile since I've seen it.
It's both cool and creepy to realize my Grandparents were alive when some of these cases happened. I was only 5 when the mistress died. Funny how history isn't that far away.
My mother was negative 8
perhaps we should get my son now that I'm no longer alone with a small child. these people never went back for their own kids
Thats what I was thinking 😬
It's possible that the women didn't want to care for someone else's child, as apparently, none of them had kids...
I'm thinking tho, he just never wanted the responisbility.
Men still do that sh#% today! Give there kid/s to the grandparents to raise! The trauma they must feel, in not losing one parent but both of them! Never mind if they lose both there parents! The family then won't take them in, sending them away to become industry slaves!
@@nosphosfer Sad but true 😔
there was another story I heard about, these two sisters who after their fathers death, the mother sent them to a nunnery. until she realized that the older of the two girls wanted to join the nunnery then she ripped both of them to have them work as maids and other people's houses to get her money. eventually the two sisters ended up working in the same household and ultimately murdered the owners of the house they were working in. I'm sure it does psychologically scar children especially without that parental love.
Infamous man! You are knocking it outta the park, BriefCase thank you so much. Morning BriefCase Family! 😉
Thankyou so much :)
Hi Lisette!🤗👋🦄💐🦋👻
@@meemurthelemur4811 Hi Meemur!
Hi Lisette!
From Caroline in Melbourne.
Bloody daylight savings got me again! I've been checking my internet connection for the last hour trying not to have a panic attack 🥴🤦♀️
Monday = Brief Case 💚
I commented to CR, ready to have a heart attack 😂🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
@@meemurthelemur4811 well I'm a little less embarrassed now thanks Meemur 😂
Btw, G'day! 🦋🦜🦄🦘🐨👋
@@meemurthelemur4811 g'day matey 🦘👋
@Rico Lee g'day Tricky 🇦🇺 how's things?
Omg! A new brief case! Yay! I have been watching your videos like crazy these last few weeks. You are truly so talented at what you do!
Thank you so much :)
A most interesting story. I had never heard of it before.
I'm always amazed at how sloppy these murders are. Not that I've ever thought it through...😉
Great to have this to wake up to BC💚
How's tricks in Alaska?
Xxx
Because most of them are not devious, it just happens unplanned. And first timers are always sloppy 🤔😆
Insanity = loss
The only way for those who have done wrong to 'get a way with it..' is to confess, request absolution & remain in solitude. Not employed or in the wilderness or Civilization as instinct denotes. Hence slaughter-housing of any sort being the initial warning that corruption or perversity at all has occurred.......usually due to cannibalization or incest in particular.
BC thanks for the great stories. My only sadness is I haven't been able to listen to the stories every Monday like before. I have actually gotten other friends interested in your stories and like me they love the stories you tell and like me they love the details and at times the intensity of them. Again Thanks BC you're pretty awesome ☺️
Yes! Happy Monday 😁 family. Thanks Brief Case 🙂.
Hi Caddy!👋😊👻🦋🦄🕷🕸
Late greetings Xxx 🙏🏼 ❤️ 🍀 🗺️
Heard this story before but I so LOVE old stories it was great hearing it again.. Very interesting story BC thanks for including the information and their son
Thanks :)
We got over a foot of snow last night BC. But I'm from from Colorado and we're on fire. Fun year.
Thank you for being here.
It certainly has been a strange one. I'm in Pennsylvania and my mother's lilac bush is blooming!🤯
Stay safe out there!
Holy Moly, I know it's a HUGE country but.....
Stay safe Xxx
Also from Colorado here! So nice to know there's more than one person in the state who's a true crime/history buff! As far as the fire goes, the smoke is killing me! Hope the snow helps us, it might as well do something other than cause pileups for once lol ;)
Had me a bit worried this morning when it wasn't uploaded at 7 but better late than never. Gotta have my Monday morning fix of Brief Case!! A really good case this morning. Very interesting with the different theories. Thanks so much as always!! 😊 😊
Thanks for listening :)
It's daylight savings for Britain. I was worried too... thankfully Crime Reel helped set me straight 😂👻
@@meemurthelemur4811 yeah I watch Crime Reel also. Lots of good stories there too. 😊
Another solid video from BC. I have always wondered if: 1) Belle pulled a "Gone Girl" on Crippen 2) If she didn't (or did?), how fortunate it was that Belle had friends who raised the alarm as quickly as they did and that the police took it seriously.
If anyone is interested in true crime/history, you should try Erik Larson's books. What's neat about his style of writing is that he does a dual/parallel subject narrative, almost like a "famous vs infamous" person. The book he did on this case is called "Thunderstruck"-He writes about what was going on with Crippen (infamous) vs what was going on around the same time in the life of Guglielmo Marconi (famous), the man who pioneered the radio telegraph system...
PS If you read the book, you'll see the irony of the choice of pairing these two together as the subjects .
this is the first time that I have heard of her indiscretions and her extravagances. very much clears up a great deal for me. thanks for another great case!
Happy Monday Casers
YES...This case is so intriguing .
Great job on this case, BC, I didn't realize they had both lived so long! Lots of details and great photographs, this was a particularly good video 👍💕
Thanks for making Monday mornings interesting :-) Take care and stay safe!
I keep hearing Ethel and Eve 😂😩 her name is nice though.
TICAL METHOD 😂😂😂
It's Ethel Le Neve, not Ethel and Eve.....
Read this before I got to the part of her introduction and now that’s all I can hear also!!! Lmfao
@@delladylan8301 hahah it’s almost like the laurel and yannie thing
@@shirleyschork1504 it’s a joke dummy
Love your work briefcase, Watching all the way from Nigeria, I hope someday you will do a case from here
Hello, Yes I will look into some - Thanks :)
Interesting case. Ethel's innocense is really suspicious since she so obviously hid her identity leaving the country. Thanks for sharing, BC.
Your cases help me get through cleaning my kitchen, so thanks! Great case today.
Love this old story!!! Great information awesome footage. Love old photos and stories. Thanks for bringing us this lovely piece of work 👌
Thanks for watching :)
I think that he killed one of his wife's lovers, whose torso was in the cellar, and that she indeed married another man
what about the pj top the body was in it was a ltd comp in 1909 that means the body is his wife and they found poison in the body 🤔 he killed her
It is very unusual for a female to not have any sign of breasts. I do not know how they could think that torso was a female. A very intriguing case. Thank you for sharing ♥♥♥
AHHHHH I've been waiting for you to do this one!!! Every older horror or suspense story I read seems to mention it in passing. Thank you for this!!!
It is entirely possible that she left him for some other man and he lied saying she had died hoping to marry again. Then even if he could track her down she might've refused to identify herself so they left to Canada hoping they could be married there... As they let rooms they were not the only ones with access right? Just a thought because it's often noted how easy it was to get away with crimes before DNA testing, but it also would be pretty easy to get railroaded. I don't know one way or the other obviously...
Still strange to flee if he had nothing to hide. Someone could have planted the body there but they didn’t force the couple to take off.
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@@BriefCaseOfficial I look forward to your videos every Monday! However sometimes l cant watch until l get home from work! Today is a late in day so l get to watch early! Yeahhhh! Thanks Again Sir! Always great content!!!
Thanks brief case for another interesting video really enjoyed it 🙂 stay safe and I'll see u next week
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I've heard of this one before but you mentioned several things I didn't know. I always look forward to your latest crime story. I just love the very interesting victorian era. Thank you!!
Third!! OMG I love these these stories. Cant get enough of them. Thank you!!
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Never heard of this case. Another great episode Brief Case!! You should do a case from South America!!
I have done a few :)
@@BriefCaseOfficial I know, but you should consider another one I mean!! Love your channel!!
Will do - Thanks :)
Thank you, Brief. It's a testament to your skills that I watched this one. It's a case that I, like many many others, think I know we'll, and I usually no longer bother with productions about it.
However, I knew you'd have good info, and a nice way of conveying it. And was not disappointed, so, as usual, kudos.
PS..off topic, but...that hat!!
I remember hearing this story a long time ago, but you have alot more details and I never heard there was any doubt about the body being his wife before. I don't think his child was even mentioned. What if he wasn't the murderer but it was one of those men.
Very interesting.
Another great video!! ☺😍 I've seen videos about this case before and I think it's sad how Dr. Crippen felt he had no choice but to kill Cora. But it was a different age and divorce was frowned upon. I really appreciate the care that you put into the videos you make. Thank you for all of your hard work ☺
Thank you from Alaska BC! Love listening to you, even happier when I can actually watch your videos!
PS born and raised in Michigan- never heard of this case, nor anyone make the state name sound so good!
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Back in that day 11 years her senior was not unheard of by any means.
Seeing alerts letting me know about new Brief Case stories makes Monday's so much better.
I have a theory about the torso in the coal cellar. Bearing in mind that there were no limbs or head found and the fact that medical cadavers were still hard to come by in the early 20th century, it is possible that Crippen was offering underground anatomy tutoring to medical students. He wasn't allowed to practice medicine but still had a wealth of knowledge and experience. His wife had expensive tastes as well, so it could be possible that he was earning a bit on the side by offering anatomy lessons in his cellar. This niche in the black market was actually fairly common (look at the number of body parts found in Benjamin Franklin's basement in France). If he was doing dissections it would explain the body being wrapped up and covered in quicklime. And if this were the case, Ethel may very well have had no idea it was there. And depending on the laws regarding grave robbers at the time, he may have considered the risk in telling the truth at his trial to be too high. It may have meant having to reveal student names, the universities involved, how he got the body, and maybe even being accused of murdering that one too. It certainly would have been a huge scandal at the very least.
It still begs the question what happened to his wife tho. Did she run off? Did he actually kill her too and hid her body somewhere else? Whatever the case, it definitely would have been interesting to see just how deep the rabbit hole really goes.🤔😯😳😬🤯🕵🏻♀️
That's a great theory and would make a good story! Ironically the quicklime preserved an operation scar the wife had, so the bit of skin was identified as the wife's.
@@lazyhomebody1356 not necessarily. Research shows that Cora's scar was from an ovaryectomy. It could easily have been mistaken for an appendectomy scar. From a body badly damaged by quicklime it would be near impossible to be able to say conclusively what the scar was from. There is also the theory that the "scar" was actually nothing but a folded piece of skin and not a scar at all. And finally, mitochondrial DNA taken from the torso did not match any of Cora Crippen's surviving family members. Whether or not you chose to dispute the claim that the torso was really that of a man, there is more than enough evidence to call into question the conclusion that the body in the cellar was Cora Crippen's.
@@meemurthelemur4811 I believe Crippen was innocent. That his mistress overdosed the wife with sleeping medicine (they admitted they used to drug the wife to have some "alone time") So the body doesn't have to be Cora's. The theory that it was an illegal medschool cadaver--!!! But were did Cora go?? I love that we'll probably never be sure
@@meemurthelemur4811 But! The scar was described as having a hook at the end and the scars matched exactly
@@lazyhomebody1356 idk. Like I said, it's just a theory based on what I could find. They may very well have over drugged her, but we'll probably never know.
Wanna slide down the rabbit hole a little deeper? What if they did kill her, by accident or not, and decided to use her torso for an underground dissecting class? Might as well make the best of a bad situation, eh?
Omg I was late. Thank you BC for starting my week with your intresting and hard work. 💕💕
Thank you Brief Case. My best to you from Tempe Arizona USA
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It’s weird that they couldn’t tell whether the torso was a male or female, especially looking at the photo of his wife.
Cora's photo would be useless unless she was photographed topless to reveal moles or other peculiarities. The torso had no head.
@@nancymontgomery8897 But surely an autopsy would reveal female organs if it were her...this is assuming that the torso was cut above the groin area.
@@1928jazz I was thinking the same.
@@nancymontgomery8897 no doubt that the torso had rotted beyond any way to reasonably identify sex or organs, etc. If they could have dug in to the remains for an autopsy, don't you think they would have? The torso was probably useless to them except for that "patch of skin" with the scar on it. Or at least so they thought...
@@karina-oh7826 Right. That's pretty much the point I made.
Truth is spookier than fiction. Great delivery and great choice. Thanks for keeping us on the edge of our seats!😳😳
Thankyou so much
Good Afternoon Brief Case.love these old cases.the name Crippen sounds errie!! as always excellent narration.very interesting story Thank you ♥️🇬🇧
Thank You, Brief Case, Excellent🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟, as ALWAYS! What a Horrifying way to be found!! The ending Totally suprised me! Where is Cora, and What could have happened?? Very Disturbing! And his Mistress, had to know! I can't Believe she was acquitted!!! Crippen must have really been head over heels in love! Stay well! See you, in the Next Brief Case!
Fascinating story. I love this channel! ❤️
Thank you so much :)
I live very near Hilldrop Crescent and have always been fascinated with this case. It's part of our local history.
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Thank-you for doing this famous case. There have been films and documentaries but you doing it is extra interesting.
Oh a good morning story! Must see before I go back to sleep!
Great job as always BC...You & TCR are My faves...I've heard of this one...Cheers from Texas!!!
Legend has it he had the coldest C-walk you've ever seen.
Fantastic story BC! Thank you for sharing ❤️
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Thank you for the upload!
Crippen's living relatives have petitioned to have his case reviewed and want to locate his body and have it exhumed and moved to the USA to be buried in the family plot.
Morning BC and World. Sending Love from Arizona USA
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@@meemurthelemur4811 Thank you and a Great Morning to you today Meemur. How is your weekday starting out? Well I hope
@@ifor20got well, I was an hour early and started to worry when I didn't see the new video drop... Luckily Crime Reel was kind enough to remind me it was daylight savings for GB before I started sending out a search party for BC.😂😂
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Good morning to you from Tempe
And a good morning to you, Arizona, from Maryland 😉
Thank you Brief Case for another intriguing story, look forward to many more.
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Always love a new Brief case 🌸❤️👍 thanks
Another excellent Monday morning mini documentary.
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@@BriefCaseOfficial and thank you for creating such well researched and original content.
This is the most comprehensive covering of the Crippen case I've ever seen. Very well done, thank you.
Thankyou so much :)
Incidentally, the "Father of Forensics" Sir Bernard Spilsbury has quite an interesting life story himself.
Classic. I always wondered why this murder became so famous. There was probably a lot more killings around the same time. I think that it was his name and his picture, both so creepy. Stay safe. ❤️
I have read about this case before-what a story! I can't believe there has not been movie made about it!
@Nicky L I truly regret missing that 1962 film-Donald Pleasance would have been perfect casting! Thank you for the information, Nicky L.
Anybody else show up an hour early because they forgot it's GB daylight savings?😂😂😂😂🤦🏻♀️😂😂😂
THANKS Crime Reel for saving me from worrying!☺️🤪
@Dan Holan 😂😝
@@meemurthelemur4811 Next Sunday here in the US - hope I remember! 😂
@@lynnhoffman247 me too, tho if I'm late, you'll know why!😂😂
@ΑγαΡy well, I guess BC and TCR can rest secure in the knowledge that if anything ever happens to them we'll all be alerting authorities and organizing search parties within an hour of a missed video drop!!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🕵🏻♀️👮🏻♀️💂🏻♀️🦸♀️🚓🚒🚑☎️🖲🔎🔬
@@meemurthelemur4811 And Forgotten Lives, too! 🤗
I'm extremely intrigued with 18th, 19th and EARLY 20th century murders and/or disappearances. Hindsight is 20/20 and listening to the facts now, years later, after we have all this technology and the depth of our understanding with crimes like this.. It's just very intriguing seeing how things were done even just a century ago- let alone a couple centuries ago.
EDIT: So happy I found this channel! Thank you for the videos! I'm in a deep dive bingeing mode before I leave for work😂
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@@katewilliams9480 same to you Kelly!!! Love from Manchester England
Thank you for having close captions/subtitles. Watched the whole thing without them and couldn't tell you anything about this guy. Second time through being able to read along and my lawds. Keep it up!!
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Awesome, heard this tale before but you learn something new at each telling. Thank you BC.🇨🇦🐘🤗
BC made my morning once again!
I love the era & different countries the stories are about. Another interesting saga.
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That's a error-- era
@@lazyhomebody1356 thank you
I still think that Dr. Crippen was fitted up. He would have know that lime would preserve a body and why would he cut up the body and then place it in a pyjama jacket with a tag? Did you know that inspector dew was a young constable during the Jack the ripper case?
I thought lime was used to destroy bodies?
@@thelogicaldanger Quicklime is calcium oxide. When it contacts water, as it often does in burial sites, it reacts with the water to make calcium hydroxide, also known as slaked lime. ... Thus, the use of quicklime may actually help preserve the body.
I actually knew about this one because I grew up like 25 minutes from Coldwater just across the IN border. For years, Coldwater had the newest nicest theater to us so we always went up there to see movies.
I also just remembered a line alluding to the case on the classic British comedy "Fawlty Towers." The John Cleese character is complaining about a guest (I think) as being insane, "completely mad." The Major replies, " Well, they said Crippen was mad, you know." Cleese looks up, astonished, and says, "Crippen WAS mad, Major!" I recall thinking, the British will recognize the reference, but how many of my fellow Americans will know what they are even talking about? Too bad. Good joke.
To me, growing up in Oklahoma, Crippen was THE murderer, right after Jack the Ripper. People mentioned him frequently
@@lazyhomebody1356 That's fascinating...Jack the Ripper is a universal hot topic, like the Zodiac, Gacy, and Bundy. Especially Bundy. But to find out that Crippen was that familiar in your area (and hint: my state borders yours) is amazing. Do you have any ideas why Crippen caught people's imagination? I also find it interesting that Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler has basically slipped off the cultural radar. Reading Gerold Frank's book on him back in the late 60s sparked my interest in true crime stories, and the Strangler was HUGE at that time; the movie based on the book features a very powerful performance by Tony Curtis, playing against type as a killer.
@@debmoadd The Boston Strangler never interested me, though I was in Boston many years. (That movie is scary though.) I think we just liked saying Doctooor Crrrippen. It's a scary name! I was disappointed when I found out the facts were so mundane. I think I was imagining him in a cape, prowling the night
Is anyone else not getting notifications when BC uploads? I've hit the bell for all notifications and this is the first one I've had in weeks.
his name was literally ‘crippin’, how savage
Crip crip
Thank you for giving me a reason to look forward to Monday morning! :)
Love it looking forward to the next one
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An infamous character and crime but still well told. Even as i was watching I was thinking about any descendants as it was in the twentieth century and you answered it at the end.....brilliant !!
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