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Adam offers a wide range of talks on every aspect of historic true crime and policing on a wide range of cases and events, from the internationally well known to local cases, to audiences of 20 to 200+.

 

Example subjects include:

 

NATIONAL INTEREST

 

The Truth About Jack The Ripper

The real story of the Whitechapel murders of 1888

Deadly Witness: Sir Bernard Spilsbury

Life of the famous pathologist, who worked on many famous cases including Dr Crippen and the Brides in the Bath murders

Scotland Yard and the CID

History of the Metropolitan Police, from its formation in 1829 to the creation of the Detective Department in 1842 and corruption scandal of 1876

Murder on the Brighton Railway

Britain's second railway murder, by Percy Lefroy Mapleton in 1881

Murder in the Red Barn

The notorious murder of Maria Marten in Polstead, Suffolk in 1827

The Aberdeen Bodysnatchers

The story of the theft of the Earl of Crawford's remains, in what was Britain's first case of bodysnatching for fifty years

WARWICKSHIRE (Adam's local county)

The Watchmaker’s Revenge

1880 case of a Coventry watchmaker who shot six people in a jealous rampage

Case Of The Painted Bicycle Lamp

1906 unsolved double murder in Coventry

Witchcraft Murder On Meon Hill

The 1945 slaying of Charles Walton at Lower Quinton is Warwickshire’s oldest unsolved murder

Coventry Under Fire: The 1939 IRA Bomb In Broadgate

Telling the story from the victims’ viewpoints

Warwickshire True Crime Tales

Different talks featuring a selection of true crime stories in the Victorian era, including Coventry, Kenilworth and Leamington Spa

Personalised true crime talks: I am able to research and prepare a talk on a local historic true crime case, if possible, to tailor a talk to your location. To be confirmed following initial contact!

 

All talks are illustrated with powerpoint presentations.

See Events for forthcoming talks.

Get in touch to book Adam to speak to your group or to discuss a theatre engagement.

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