... Blumenfeld The British public has always loved reading about murderers . Top of the list is Jack the Ripper . Next comes Dr Crippen . Whereas the Ripper was pegged as a scoundrel whose identity was never discovered , the little American doctor was just ...

... Firstly , the notorious case of Dr Crippen who poisoned and later dismembered the body of his wife Cora – aka music hall star Belle Elmore – and second , the murder of playwright Joe Orton by his lover Kenneth Halliwell . Dr Crippen murdered his wife in February ...

... Eveline St Maur . He was later known as Robert St Maur , then Robert Seamour . They were friendly with Marie Lohr and knew Dr Crippen and his wife , who was in showbusiness . There are many vital pieces of information missing . The fact that the grandparents ...

... hit numbers for Venus – the smoochy Speak Low and the affectionate Him – the raunchy Way Out West in Jersey and the dark Dr Crippen extravaganza . Two evocative ballets depict a New York of faceless and the routine of blue collar bliss . William Tuckett ...

... 1956 ) , Harold Hubbard in The Entertainer ( 1960 ) and several horror films including The Terror of the Tongs ( 1961 ) and Dr Crippen ( 1962 ) . His later career was mainly spent in television both here and in America . He made guest appearances in series ...

... of Weimar and Broadway that effortlessly handles pastiche – the Way out West in Jersey , the Expressionist perversity of Dr Crippen and love songs both touching and smoochy as in Him and Speak Low . William Tuckett choreographs the music , his faceless ...

... an extra layer to their consistently and off the wall skits . The show reveals how much Conan Doyle , Jack the Ripper , Dr Crippen et al have wormed their way into our subconscious but also how much has changed since then . The Penny clearly love all ...