David Foran is the DNA expert who using DNA found on one of the original slides used in the trial to prove that the remains found in the basement were not those of Cora Crippen.

Over a hundred years later, these “Crimes of the Century,” sensationalized in the media like the Crippen case, are still the subject of horror stories and films.

In the case of Hawley Crippen, the unusual poison choice, Hyosine, led investigators to question the validity of the remains. What are the more common poisons used in murders?

Download a casebook with articles and media surrounding the original Crippen murder trial.

The quiet Dr. Crippen moved to the U.K. in 1910, and worked as a homeopathic doctor in London. How did this man end up convicted for a grisly murder?

In 1910, an American doctor named Hawley Crippen was convicted in England of poisoning and dismembering his wife. The vicious murder—and execution that followed—made international headlines. But did the prosecutors get it right?