Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress and Dr Crippen - Hallie Rubenhold
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Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress and Dr Crippen - Hallie Rubenhold
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Title: Story of a Murder: The Wives, the Mistress and Dr Crippen
Author: Hallie Rubenhold
Narrator: TBD
Format: Unabridged
Length: 0:00:00
Language: English
Release date: 03-27-2025
Publisher: PGRH UK
Genres: Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Mystery, Thriller & Horror, Women
Summary:
Brought to you by Penguin. This is the story of a murder, not a murderer ... Throughout the 20th century, the infamous 'Crippen murder' was told in such a way as to cast doubt on Crippen's guilt and to victim-blame his wife Cora, a musichall actress, for her own murder. It also astonishingly depicted Crippen's younger mistress Ethel as innocent of any involvement in the killing of her love rival. Not so, says Rubenhold. In fact, Ethel got away with murder, and the same Edwardian beliefs about women that demonised his wife also blinded society to Ethel's guilt. By telling the story through the women's eyes, we see clearly who this lying, deceitful, misogynistic criminal doctor was. He was not 'the mild-mannered murderer' as everyone from Raymond Chandler to Dorothy Sayers has suggested, but a dead-eyed, unrepentant killer. STORY OF A MURDER is a grand experiment in subverting a famous history. With a galloping narrative at its centre, it explores the late Victorian and Edwardian era, class aspiration, the transatlantic world and the incredible period of social revolution for women. © Hallie Rubenhold 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025
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