Wednesday, 9 April 2025

ANOTHER NEW TALK

I've been pondering for some time as to what my next talk should be about.

I considered doing Witches Wizards and Warlocks but don't seem to be able to decide on a format so instead I'm currently working on Four Famous Murders - and Murderers, Dr Crippen, Reginald Christie, John George Haigh and Ruth Ellis.

They all have one unique characteristic which sets them apart and I think will make an interesting subject, and as they are all 20th century crimes there is plenty of information available on them.

They all pre-date the abolition of capital punishment in the UK so all the murderers ended up on the gallows, which should make for some interesting questions and comments afterwards.

                                The gallows at HMP Wandsworth

PS - The above talk is finished and ready to go, all I need now is a brave speaker finder to give it a whirl so I can find out if it's any good. 
It is always difficult to judge one's own work and usually all my talks have been revised after a first outing, in fact some have been in an almost constant state of revision as I've ironed out any wrinkles in the story.

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