The Dead Alive

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Extract from Tribune popular science (1974) by Louis Agassiz

The Dead Alive, also called John Jago's Ghost,[1] is a novella written in 1874 by Wilkie Collins based on the Boorn Brothers murder case.[2][3] It was reprinted with a side-by-side examination of the case by Rob Warden in 2005 by the Northwestern University Press.[4]

Radio adaptation[edit]

The Dead Alive was presented on Suspense March 9, 1953. The 30-minute adaptation starred Herbert Marshall.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lundin, Leigh (21 February 2016). "Wilkie Collins — The Dead Alive". SleuthSayers. London: SleuthSayers.org.
  2. ^ Lundin, Leigh (16 March 2016). "The Boorn Brothers". SleuthSayers. Manchester: SleuthSayers.org.
  3. ^ Borchard, Edwin (1932). Convicting the Innocent, Errors of Criminal Justice. New Haven: Yale University Press. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  4. ^ Collins, Wilkie; Warden, Rob (2005). Wilkie Collins's The Dead Alive: The Novel, the Case, and Wrongful Convictions. Northwestern University Press. ISBN 0810122944.
  5. ^ Kirby, Walter (8 March 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. The Decatur Daily Review. p. 46. Retrieved 23 June 2015 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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