Those interested in the Crippen case can also make a homage to Cora Crippen’s grave, which is in St Pancras and Islington Cemetery. #graves #graveyard #cemetery

Metropolitan Police Dog Raja training Imber Court 1950 Met Police increase no of PDs from 23 to 35 (75yrs ago) When these Amazing Animals now retire support is available from Brilliant Charities London Retired Police Dogs Trust part of Association of Retired Police Dog Charities Metropolitan Police Museum & Crime Museum Focus On Animal Law Murphy's Army Purple Poppy Campaign Chappers 🐾🐝 🙋‍♀️

1/2 This door could be the last remnant of 10 Rillington Place. It was once the door to the outhouse, where on 2 December 1949 the bodies of Beryl Evans and her baby Geraldine were found. #truecrime #crime

2/2 Notoriously, her husband Timothy was executed for the murder, but later their landlord John Reginald Christie was discovered to be a serial killer. Evans was posthumously pardoned in 1966 and 10 Rillington Place has long since been torn down. #crimemuseum #rillingtonplace

The business card of hangman William Marwood. He was renowned for developing the ‘long drop’ a method of hanging which snapped the neck, thus avoiding prolonged strangulation. He executed 175 people, including Irishman Maolra Seoighe, who was pardoned in 2018 #truecrime

1/2 One of the bathtubs from the Bride in the Bath Murders. Alice Smith married George Joseph Smith in 1913, & drowned in the bath during their honeymoon in Blackpool. Her father & the landlady were suspicious, & spotted a similar drowning case in Highgate soon after #TrueCrime

2/2 Noticing similarities with the Highgate victim, Margerat Lloyd, police waited for Smith when he attempted to collect her inheritance. Smith married 7 times and killed 3 of his wives. The investigating officer has ‘signed’ the bath with his initials. #crime #historyofcrime

Death mask of Franz Muller, executed for the 1st murder on British railways. Muller robbed Thomas Briggs & threw him from a train outside London. Muller fled to the US but police beat him there on a faster boat. He was among the 1st to be extradited from America to UK #truecrime

#OnThisDay 115 years ago began the trial of the murderer of Cora Crippen, a Polish-American music hall artiste also known by her stage name Belle Elmore. The investigation leading to it is fully covered in our #CM150 exhibition in Sidcup. #OTD #OnThisDayInHistory #truecrime

1/2 Why’s there crockery in Scotland Yard’s Crime Museum? These plates were found at Leatherslade Farm, a hideout for the gang behind The Great Train Robbery. Despite attempts to clean fingerprints, prints were found which were used to tie the perpetrators to the crime #TrueCrime

2/2 File & photo of Ronnie Biggs. He was convicted but escaped prison & went on the run for 36 years. Biggs enjoyed much publicity but his failure to move the train (with a former train driver) led to driver Jack Mills being violently forced to do it. Mills never recovered #crime

Remembering PC Patrick Dunne, of the Metropolitan Police, murdered on duty on this day in 1993. #LestWeForget

Glad you enjoyed our visit! (Though it hasn't been known as the 'Black Museum' since at least 2000, as was explained in the tour ...)

We hold material on the Howorth Cricket Cup, founded in his memory.

Remembering PC Karpal Kaur Sandhu of Metropolitan Police who was murdered while on duty this day 1973. #LestWeForget

#Museum30 - map This map from @mpsheritage, on display in the Museum, shows the 17 beats of 'E' Division. Dating from 1932, these hand-drawn maps would be regularly updated to include new businesses and landmarks. How many can you spot that are still around today?

Today we remember all Met officers and staff killed in conflict, whether with the armed forces or still with the Met, and all who came home from war to resume their Met roles. #remembrance #remembranceday #remembrance2025

In 1892 #OnThisDay eight people visited the Crime Museum in the newly-opened New Scotland Yard by the Thames. They included three authors - Arthur Conan Doyle, his soon-to-be-brother-in-law E. W. Hornung, and Jerome K Jerome. #OTD #OnThisDayInHistory #Sherlock #ConanDoyle #CM150

Being responsible for sweeping out the chimney once a year was included in your contract if you moved into married quarters in 1964.