The Notorious Dr Crippen | Operation Handcuffs
4/8/202648 min
A murder, a lover, and a desperate flight across the Atlantic. As Inspector Dew closes in, Hawley Crippen must outrun a frenzy of journalists in the world’s first media manhunt.
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First 90 secondsAlice Levine· Host0:00
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Matt Forde· Host0:17
Oh, that's my box of disguises.
Alice Levine· Host0:18
Disguises?
Matt Forde· Host0:19
Yeah, I'm gonna go undercover on other big podcasts so that we can stay ahead of them, get intel on them, so that we can beat them.
Alice Levine· Host0:25
You know I don't like to back you up on things, but that's actually not a bad idea.
Matt Forde· Host0:29
Thank you very much. I've got like a curly wig and some glasses, so I'm gonna do Josh Widdicombe, and Rob Beckett will never know. I'll just be there going, "Oh, I don't think I should be a parent, Rob."
Alice Levine· Host0:38
This is genius. Absolutely. You could do a whole episode, to be honest.
Matt Forde· Host0:41
Yeah. Gonna go on Off Menu. I've got a ginger wig. I'm gonna go as James Acaster and be like, "Ah, Ant, top of the mornin', lad."
Alice Levine· Host0:47
They're all sort of the same impression, but I think it'll work.
Matt Forde· Host0:49
And then I'm gonna go on Diary of a CEO.
Alice Levine· Host0:51
Oof, I don't... Sh, that, that feels a bit inappropriate, if I'm honest.
Matt Forde· Host0:56
I'm not gonna dress as Stephen Bartlett, don't worry. I'm gonna go as the bottle of Huel.
Alice Levine· Host0:59
Genius. [tense music] [waves crashing] 31st of July, 1910, 4:30 AM, off the coast of Canada. [tense music] Inspector Dew pushes the heavy oars through the dark water, shudders at the cold. His eyes strain for sight of the SS Montrose, but the fog is too thick. He glances at the shadowy figures of the other men in the small boat,