Hallie Rubenhold

He says that she escaped from him and basically charged up the stairs and warned Crippen that they were coming.

That, I mean, was a catastrophic error because they had obviously between the two of them, it's so obvious in the statements they give and everything they say from that point on was so well rehearsed.

And it was like, OK, pull the emergency lever.

You know, the police have arrived.

Let's do this.

And they were concerted in their responses and everything they did.

And they said from that point, God, I mean, he should never have let her run up those stairs.

I think modern policing was in a state of evolution.

I don't think there's any one point where modern policing arrives.

It's in a state of constant flux and refining and changing.

Obviously, Scotland Yard, the police are getting better resourced, technology comes in, it makes things a bit easier, but also the police respond to the law and the laws that are passed and how those laws are implemented.

So I don't think there was anything particularly tricky about this case, other than the fact that one thing that this case is very famous for is, of course, the use of Marconi Wireless.

and Inspector Dew getting on the Lorentic and beating them into port.

And in that sense, it is, you know, that is quite modern.

That is quite a step forward.

But I think that's more of an accident.

It wasn't something which profoundly changed policing.

Yes, I believe the public thought that Crippen probably was guilty.

Most of the coverage seemed to indicate that if your wife goes missing and then some remains are found in your basement in a state of decomposition, that's kind of a no-brainer.

Men won't always be the protagonists.