Secrets of the Dead  Executed in Error

Investigators have re-opened the files on one of the crimes of the century Details

 

Program: Secrets of the Dead

Episode: Executed in Error

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. It was a landmark case-the first trial by media, and the first to be dominated by forensic science. But did the prosecutors get it right? Almost one hundred years later, investigators have re-opened the files.

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Duration: (54:16)
Premiere Date: 09/30/2008
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: TV-PG


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