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Poisoned at the Priory: the death of Charles Bravo
Charles Bravo died in his own home in 1876. Two inquests later, no one was ever charged. Here's what the record actually shows.
Read the case → True crime · 1893Not Proven: the Ardlamont mystery
Cecil Hambrough died in a shooting on a Scottish estate in 1893. His tutor stood trial for murder and the jury gave neither verdict.
Read the case → True crime · 1897Curtain Call: the murder of William Terriss
Actor William Terriss was stabbed outside London's Adelphi Theatre in 1897. His killer was found guilty but insane and sent to Broadmoor.
Read the case → True crime · 1902Providence House: the Peasenhall mystery
Servant Rose Harsent was murdered at Providence House in Suffolk in 1902. William Gardiner was tried twice and never convicted.
Read the case → True crime · 1906The Red Velvet Swing: Stanford White and Harry Thaw
Architect Stanford White was shot dead at Madison Square Garden in 1906. Harry Thaw's first trial deadlocked; his second ended in insanity.
Read the case → True crime · 1910The Cellar at Hilldrop: the trial of Dr Crippen
Dr Hawley Crippen was hanged in 1910 for killing his wife Cora. Here's what the evidence showed, and what's been questioned since.
Read the case → True crime · 1922Under the Crab Apple Tree: the Hall-Mills case
A minister and his choir singer lover were found shot dead under a tree in New Jersey in 1922. Four relatives were tried in 1926 and acquitted.
Read the case → True crime · 1928–1929A death in the family: the Croydon poisonings
Three members of one Croydon family died of arsenic poisoning within about a year. No one was ever charged. Here's what two inquests found.
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