{"id":1262,"date":"2010-06-22T10:27:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T07:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=1262"},"modified":"2010-06-19T10:28:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T07:28:59","slug":"22nd-july-1910-100-years-today-wireless-telegraph-ss-montrose-results-identification-arrest-execution-murderer-dr-hawley-crippen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/uncategorized\/22nd-july-1910-100-years-today-wireless-telegraph-ss-montrose-results-identification-arrest-execution-murderer-dr-hawley-crippen\/","title":{"rendered":"22nd July 1910 (100 years ago today) A wireless telegraph sent from the S.S. Montrose results in the identification and later arrest and execution of murderer Dr. Hawley Crippen."},"content":{"rendered":"

This strange and unusual story begins in 1910 London, with 48 year old American born Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, MD. (who also enjoyed practicing dentistry) Dr. Crippen was married to Cora, who preferred her stage name ‘Belle Elmore.’ ‘Belle’ was a mediocre theatrical singer in her early 30’s originally from New York and the couple had moved to England some years earlier…[more<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This strange and unusual story begins in 1910 London, with 48 year old American born Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, MD. (who also enjoyed practicing dentistry) Dr. Crippen was married to Cora, who preferred her stage name ‘Belle Elmore.’ ‘Belle’ was a mediocre theatrical singer in her early 30’s originally from New York and the couple… <\/p>\n

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