Speaker.
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, dispelling the myths which have grown around the case
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.
