Agatha Christie's True Crime Inspirations (2011)
“Quote from The Labours of Hercules (1947) The plot of Agatha Christie’s Mrs McGinty’s Dead (1952), a murder mystery investigated by Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver, is transparently based on the notorious crime committed by Dr Hawley Harvey Crippen, who was famously brought to justice when wireless was used for the first time in a murder hunt.
In 1900, the American-born dentist and his actress wife, Belle Elmore, had moved to England where Crippen’s US qualifications did not allow him to prac...tice medicine. Therefore, he took various jobs selling patent medicines. Ten years later he killed his domineering wife by administering a lethal dose of poison, then carved up her body and buried the remains in the cellar. The mild-mannered doctor explained Belle’s disappearance by telling enquirers that she had returned to America because of a relative’s illness. Meanwhile, he moved his secretary and mistress, Ethel le Neve, into his London home and when she began to openly wear Belle’s furs and jewellery, suspicions were aroused and the police called in.MoreLess
In 1900, the American-born dentist and his actress wife, Belle Elmore, had moved to England where Crippen’s US qualifications did not allow him to prac...tice medicine. Therefore, he took various jobs selling patent medicines. Ten years later he killed his domineering wife by administering a lethal dose of poison, then carved up her body and buried the remains in the cellar. The mild-mannered doctor explained Belle’s disappearance by telling enquirers that she had returned to America because of a relative’s illness. Meanwhile, he moved his secretary and mistress, Ethel le Neve, into his London home and when she began to openly wear Belle’s furs and jewellery, suspicions were aroused and the police called in.MoreLess
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