Alice Crimmins
| Alice Crimmins | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1936 or 1937 The Bronx, New York, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Edmund Crimmins |
| Children |
Alice Marie Crimmins Eddie Crimmins |
Alice Crimmins is an American woman who was charged with killing her two children, who were discovered missing on July 14, 1965.[1][2][3] The Crimmins trial was compared by some in the media to the Casey Anthony trial.[4][5] She was paroled in 1977.[6]
In popular culture
Many works have been made based on the incident:
- The Alice Crimmins Case by Kenneth Gross
- Ordeal By Trial by George Carpozi, Jr.
- The Investigation by Dorothy Uhnak
- Where Are The Children? (book and subsequent 1986 movie) by Mary Higgins Clark
- A Question of Guilt, aired in 1978
- Landscape of the Body by John Guare, opened in 1977
- Two Small Bodies by Neal Bell, opened in 1977
- Two Small Bodies by Beth B., made into a film in 1993[7]
- Investigation Discovery miniseries A Crime to Remember, aired in 2013[8]
References
- ↑ Bovsun, Mara (June 26, 2011). "'Sexpot' trial tale: Crimmins custody fight in 1960s ends in death". Daily News.
- ↑ Amper, Susan (June 15, 2012). "Did She or Didn’t She?: The Case of Alice Crimmins 47 years later". Criminal Element.
- ↑ Noe, Denise (2012). "The Alice Crimmins Case". Tru TV.
- ↑ O'Shaughnessy, Patrice (June 30, 2011). "From Casey Anthony to Alice Crimmins moms on trial mesmerize". Daily News.
- ↑ LaRosa, Paul (07/14/11). "Before Casey Anthony, There Was Alice Crimmins...". The Huffington Post. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Queens Tribune, The Crimmins Affair, Forgotten Queens History. accessed 31 May 2012
- ↑ Crime Library, The Alice Crimmins Case, accessed 31 May 2012
- ↑ "A Crime to Remember: Go Ask Alice" Discovery Communications Retrieved December 3, 2013
External links
- Murderpedia
- Find A Grave's story of the murder of Alice Marie Crimmins
- Find A Grave's story of the murder of Eddie Crimmins