Hawley Harvey Crippen: References & Edit History
Additional Reading
Tom Cullen, Crippen: The Mild Murderer (1988), provides an account of the murder itself. An exposition of the case and trial is laid out in Filson Young (ed.), The Trial of Hawley Harvey Crippen, 2nd ed. (1950, reprinted 1995). Jonathan Goodman (compiler), The Crippen File (1985), brings together newspaper clippings and other documents relating to the case. A biographical account of the detective who arrested Crippen is found in Nicholas Connell, Walter Dew: The Man Who Caught Crippen (2006). Erik Larson, Thunderstruck (2006), weaves together Crippen’s story and that of the development of wireless telegraphy, which was employed in Crippen’s capture.
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| Anniversary information added. | Nov 19, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 18, 2024 | ||
| Added photograph. | Jan 23, 2014 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Sep 17, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Sep 17, 2008 |
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