Tag: forensic

• True Crime Blogs And Websites: Some Top Picks.

  

  So, as you’re no doubt aware, I have an interest in true crime and I ted to cover the more unusual bits and pieces. If you’re interested in the subject generally then it’s hard to avoid the plethora of websites and blogs out there that deal with it, although the tone and style of some…

  CrimeScribe

  August 18, 2014

  Odds And Ends, Press And Politics, True Crime

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• The Strange Case Of Leroy Henry

  

  The strange case of Leroy Henry attracts me for two reasons. One is that I like to look at the unusual. Even if posting on a widely-known and common story then I prefer one with a twist. It helps keep things interesting. Leroy Henry’s case was very interesting. Private Henry was one of the hundreds…

  CrimeScribe

  August 16, 2014

  History, Odds And Ends, Press And Politics, True Crime

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• ‘Doctor’ Crippen, Hanged Today In 1910. Innocent? Or Hanged For The Wrong Murder..?

  Most people know the name. Most who know the name, know the story. ‘Doctor’ Hawley Harvey Crippen (actually a salesman of quack remedies) unwittingly became one of criminal history’s most infamous names. His wife Cora disappeared. Her remains were found beneath  the coal cellar of their home, 39 Hilldrop Crescent. Crippen flees to Canada with…

  CrimeScribe

  November 23, 2013

  True Crime

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