It's a tale as old as time a girl falls in love with a monster.

In this story there is of course a beauty, aka Bell, but not the Bell of Disney fame.

No, I'm referring to Bell Elmore, the stage name of music hall singer Cora Henrietta Crippin.

As for her beast, well that would be her husband, Holly Crippin.

But these two, I'm afraid to say, were not destined for a fairy tale ending.

You see, Holly Crippin, better known as Dr. Crippin, murdered Cora.

It was January of 1910 when she first disappeared. Then Dr. Crippin's mistress Ethel was seen

wearing the missing woman's jewelry and the final nail in the literal coffin, the police

found a torso in the Crippin's basement.

Suffice to say authorities were on to Dr. Crippin, but by then he and Ethel had fled, hopping

aboard a steamship headed to Canada.

Naturally, they would have to travel in disguise so

Ethel dressed as a boy the two pretending to be father and son which sure might

have been convincing if not for the fact that they couldn't keep their hands off each other.

The ship's captain took notice, sending a message via telegraph to the police, and that was

that.

Crippin was caught, convicted, and executed.

And look, it might sound like your standard old murder case,

but it turns out Crippin's capture was unlike anything the world had seen before.

You see, that telegraph call had made history. Why? With a few

simple radio waves Crippin became the first criminal ever captured thanks to

wireless communication. The case went on to inspire numerous adaptations

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