black museum
Summary: Opening in 1875, the Crime Museum at Scotland Yard is the oldest museum in the world purely for recording crime. The name Black Museum was coined in 1877 by a reporter from The Observer, a London newspaper, although the museum is still referred to as the Crime Museum. The idea of a crime museum was conceived by Inspector Neame who had already collected together a number of items, with the intention of giving police officers practical instruction on how to detect and prevent burglary. It is this museum that inspired the Black Musuem radio series. The museum is not open to members of the public but is now used as a lecture theatre for the curator to lecture police and like bodies in subjects such as Forensic Science, Pathology, Law and Investigative Techniques. A number of famous people have visited the musuem including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.
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French English Dictionary. A Frenchman with poor English is staying at an inn where he becomes infatuated with the landlords wife. After a while, the landlord dies from what the doctor later determines to be strychnine poisoning
Jack Handle. In London during the Blackout, a U.S. Army deserter and his girlfriend go about robbing and assaulting people in the street for thrills.
Jar of Acic. A woman staying at a hotel with a friend is concerned when said friend seemingly disappears without a trace after going out with the charming man they had recently met.
Khaki Handerchief. After an extensive search, a missing woman is found murdered in the countryside outside the village she lives. Some physical evidence left behind suggest that the killer was from a nearby army camp.
ladys shoe. The recent marriage of a middle-aged couple is starting to show some strain when the husband starts harassing the maid and making large withdrawals from their joint account. The wife states her intentions of seeing her solicitor in London, but she then vanishes without a trace shortly thereafter.
Leather Bag. A payroll clerk is found murdered with the payroll cash he was carrying gone. The police manage to build a strong circumstantial case, but there are still a few bothersome incomplete details.
Letter. An unknown person is writing near perfect check forgeries and having dupes cash them so as to make it more difficult to trace.
Gas Receipt. A constable pulls over a speeding car that was stolen and gets shot almost immediately. The superstitious perp also shoots out both eyes, believing itll keep him from getting identified..
Glass Shards. A man returns home to find a burglar ransacking the place. He then attempts to take on the burglar on his own, not realizing that he is armed.
Hammerhead. The search for a missing person dredges up a murder. The victims petty crook husband seems the most likely suspect, but he denies it and the case against him is not strong enough to go to court.
Jack Handle. In London during the Blackout, a U.S. Army deserter and his girlfriend go about robbing and assaulting people in the street for thrills.
Jar of Acic. A woman staying at a hotel with a friend is concerned when said friend seemingly disappears without a trace after going out with the charming man they had recently met.
Mandolin String. A womans husband dies when he falls down the basement steps. When her second husband dies in the same manner, a neighbor gets suspicious and sends an anonymous letter to Scotland Yard.
Khaki Handerchief. After an extensive search, a missing woman is found murdered in the countryside outside the village she lives. Some physical evidence left behind suggest that the killer was from a nearby army camp.
ladys shoe. The recent marriage of a middle-aged couple is starting to show some strain when the husband starts harassing the maid and making large withdrawals from their joint account. The wife states her intentions of seeing her solicitor in London, but she then vanishes without a trace shortly thereafter.
