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Ideas for market for Dr Crippen and his women?
I'm planning on writing an anniversary piece for my next WB assignment with the title 'The Women in Hawley Harvey Crippen's life. It's the anniversary of his death on 23 November and I thought it would be interesting to look more closely at the wife he was supposed to murdered and the mistress he ran away with. I'm stuck for a market for this, though. Do you think this is the sort of thing The Lady might possibly be interested in? Or any ideas for any other markets? I did think of a crime magazine, but can't seem to find one that would be suitable. The only crime mags I came across on the net are looking for fiction. Nothing in Writers' and Artists' Year Book - nothing I could find, anyway. Any help gratefully received. :-)
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I was rather hoping that The Lady was a bit spicier under Rachel Johnson, Carol.:-)
And try newspapers the DM often have articles like this in their weekend supplements.
I had an article that I'd written about the acid bath murderer Haigh published in our local paper once ,my dad had met him though, which helped.
Maybe try one of the London papers at the time of the anniversary you have in mind - Evening Standard, or one more local to the Holloway area? Local papers rarely pay though!
eta - I've just checked the address where they lived and it's Hilldrop Crescent, London. The house has since been demolished. I'm afraid I don't know London at all - is that Holloway?
Good luck, whatever you choose to do!
Good luck.