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Blackbeard’s Lost Ship: Learn About The Producers

Read about the key players that made this documentary on the discovery of Queen Anne’s Revenge possible.

Apr 17th, 2009 | 5 comments

Executed in Error: David Foran

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.

Oct 1st, 2008 | 8 comments

Executed in Error: Perennial Thrillers: Murder, Mystery, Obsession

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.

Oct 1st, 2008 | 5 comments

Executed in Error: The Five Top Poisons

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?

Sep 26th, 2008 | 21 comments

Executed in Error: The Mild Mannered Murderer

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

Sep 25th, 2008 | Comments Off

Executed in Error: Hawley Crippen

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?

Sep 25th, 2008 | 28 comments

Executed in Error: Watch the Full Episode

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?

Sep 25th, 2008 | 57 comments

Bombing Nazi Dams: Bomb the Dam

A special modification created a backspin that allowed Wallis’ bomb to hug the wall of the dam as it sank and detonate near the base. Now it’s your turn to deliver a direct hit to the Nazi’s Mohne Dam.

Jul 25th, 2008 | 13 comments

Bombing Nazi Dams: George “Johnny” Johnson

George “Johnny” Johnson flew forty missions under McCarthy as a bomb aimer and flew on the mission to destroy the Nazi hydroelectric dams.

Jul 25th, 2008 | 5 comments

Bombing Nazi Dams: Barnes Wallis’ Bomb

While working to aid Britain’s military efforts Wallis toyed with a problem the British military had largely considered unsolvable — how to destroy the Nazis’ most important hydroelectric dams.

Jul 25th, 2008 | 1 comment
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