The Secrets Of The Scotland Yard Essay

The film was a documentary produced by PBS media. It was titled “the secrets of the Scotland Yard” and was produced and directed by Susannah Ward. Steven Gray narrated it. Commentaries were done by inspector Bickely, a curator at the crime museum new Scotland yard. Farndon, an author, and dramatist of Napoleon crime Chamber, a Ripperologist, Jonathan Evans, an archivist at the Royal London museum, and Dr. Watson, a senior lecturer at Oxford Brook University and Stephen Smith, the author of stop armed violence are another character that participated in making the film. The setting of the documentary is in London city. The documentary attempts to trace the history of the British Scotland Yard together with some of its most famous cases. As depicted in the documentary, the Scotland Yard
It was not until 1842, when a madman attempted to assassinate the then beloved Queen Victoria that justification to give the Yard investigative powers was found. Before then, the institution conducted investigations illegally. The first case decrypted by the yard was the murder of Lord Russell. This had occurred way before the yard had been legally given its investigative powers. Nevertheless, it conducted investigations that led to the arrest of the murderer. Second famous case tackled by the yard was a railway murder in 1864. The successful arrest of the murderer, after he had fled to America was remarkable (Zelda). The murderer was later tried and hanged in front of a 50000 crowd. Other incident by the yard was that of Adam Worth. He was an international criminal involved in gambling rackets, diamond robberies, and pornography. He would later come to London and steal the portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire. The inspector assigned to the case was John Shaw (Zelda). Sadly, the inspector never cracked the