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Press coverage of my second true crime book THE LADY IN THE LAKE: A Reporter's Memoir of a Murder (Mirror Books, 2024).

The Northern Quota •

Former news editor turned true-crime writer: NQ's interview with Jeremy Craddock - The Northern Quota

A ManMet journalism lecturer who specialises in writing true crime books has lifted the lid on a shocking murder case involving a woman who went missing for 21 years before being discovered at the bottom of Coniston Water in the Lake District. His latest project, The Lady in the Lake, details the court proceedings that would result in the conviction of her husband as her murderer.


We had the chance to sit down with the author for an interview in which we discussed topics from true-crime sensa...
SundayWorld.com •

Episode 788: How the 'Lady in the Lake' killer almost got away with murder

Carol Park’s body was found almost two decades after she vanished.
A mystery in the Lake District as a mum goes missing without trace. 21 years later divers find a body weighted down and concealed in a canvas bag - but despite the best efforts of police the killer husband of Carol Park remains free for another decade.Now journalist Jeremy Craddock has documented the fascinating story which reads like an Agatha Christie novel in his new book The Lady in the Lake.Nicola speaks with Jeremy about a...

The Lady in the Lake by Jeremy Craddock

LoveReading Says
Written by one of the first journalists on the case, Jeremy Craddock’s true crime tome, The Lady in the Lake, reads like a gripping murder-mystery thriller.
As for the case, in summer 1991, divers discovered a suspicious package in Coniston Water in the Lake District. When it emerges that the package contains the body of Carol Park, a young wife and mother who’d been missing since 1976, suspicion falls firmly on Carol’s husband Gordon, w...

The Lady in the Lake by Jeremy Craddock

Jeremy Craddock is a lecturer and former journalist with a genuine talent for narrative. I've known him for a number of years and I was extremely pleased by the success of his first true crime book, The Jigsaw Murders, a readable and long-overdue account of the Buck Ruxton case, which has fascinated me for years - so much so that, at one time, I toyed with the idea of writing it up myself. Now he's turned his attention to a more recent mystery. Again it's one in which I've long been very interes...
The Mill •

Congratulations to Jeremy Craddock, journalism lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University, on the publication of his true crime book The Lady in the Lake.

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Manchester Metropolitan University •

True crime book by journalism lecturer to be developed for TV

The first-hand account of a notorious murder case written by an ex-newspaper reporter and Manchester Met journalism tutor is published this month – and is already being developed for television.
Jeremy Craddock’s true crime book, The Lady in the Lake: A Reporter’s Memoir of a Murder, is the first to tell the full story of the Coniston Water murder in the Lake District.
The case began in 1997 when Craddock was a young local newspaper reporter covering the story of a suspicious package discovered...
Warrington Guardian •

Appleton author releases memoir on gripping murder case he covered as young reporter

Jeremy Craddock is the first to reveal the full story of the 1990s Coniston Water murder, which generated global media interest in his latest novel The Lady in the Lake: A Reporter’s Memoir of a Murder.

Jeremy, 56, who now teaches journalism at Manchester Metropolitan University, covered the case as a young newspaper reporter in the Lake District in the 1990s.

The mystery began when the body of 30-year-old mother Carol Park was discovered by amateur divers in the lake in the summer of 19...
HoldtheFrontPage •

Reporter writes book on Lake District murder case - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage

A former regional journalist who covered a notorious murder as a young reporter has written a book about the crime.
Carol Park had gone missing in 1976 and her disappearance remained a mystery until her body was discovered by divers in Coniston Water in 1997.
Jeremy Craddock was a young reporter on the Westmorland Gazette at the time and was instantly thrust into the biggest story of his career.
Now Jeremy has written a book about the case entitled The Lady in the Lake which he also describes as...
The Mail •

Former reporter to publish true crime book about Lady in the Lake murder case

Jeremy Craddock’s The Lady in the Lake: A Reporter’s Memoir of a Murder is said to be the first to tell the full story of the tragic murder of Carol Park.

After going missing in 1976, her body was found trussed up and weighed-down in Coniston Water in 1997.

The murder mystery sparked huge global media interest and spanned decades before the legalities of the case were laid to rest in 2020.

At the time, Jeremy was a journalist at The Westmorland Gazette and was part of the team that r...
The Westmorland Gazette •

Former reporter to publish true crime book about Lady in the Lake murder case

Jeremy Craddock’s The Lady in the Lake: A Reporter’s Memoir of a Murder is said to be the first to tell the full story of the tragic murder of Carol Park.

After going missing in 1976, her body was found trussed up and weighed-down in Coniston Water in 1997.

The murder mystery sparked huge global media interest and spanned decades before the legalities of the case were laid to rest in 2020.

At the time, Jeremy was a journalist at The Westmorland Gazette and was part of the team that r...
Prolific North •

'Lady in the Lake' journo to publish memoir of events in Lake District murder mystery - Prolific North

‘Lady in the Lake reporter Jeremy Craddock is to publish a memoir of his involvement with the notorious Lake District murder.In August 1997, Craddock was a young newspaper reporter in the Lake District. When divers discovered a suspicious package weighed down in Coniston Water, he was thrust into the heart of the biggest story of his career.Craddock said: “When Carol Park’s body was found by divers in Coniston Water in 1997, I was a reporter on the Westmorland Gazette at the start of my journali...

Press coverage of my first true crime book THE JIGSAW MURDERS: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics (The History Press, 2021).

TOD Productions •

RIGHTS SECURED FOR TRUE CRIME BOOK ON INFAMOUS ‘JIGSAW MURDERS' | TOD Productions

Tod Productions and production partner, STV Studios (then STV Productions), have optioned The Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics – a new true crime book written by journalist and author, Jeremy Craddock.  Due for release in 2021, the book throws new light on the murder mystery that electrified the public and press across the UK in the 1930s.
In September 1935, Dr Buck Ruxton murdered his wife and their nanny before disposing of their bodies in...
The Westmorland Gazette •

Kendal author's true crime book to be developed into new ITV drama

The work of Jeremy Craddock, 52, who is a former Westmorland Gazette journalist, and University Lecturer, ‘The Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics’, is being developed for TV.

Jeremy spent four years researching case of Dr Buck Ruxton in 1935.

Dr Ruxton murdered his wife, Isabella, and their children’s nanny, Mary Rogerson. He dismembered their bodies and discarded the remains in a ravine in Scotland.

The case is considered one of t...
Jeremy Craddock •

The Jigsaw Murders. BBC North West Tonight interview with true crime author Jeremy Craddock

Author Jeremy Craddock talks about his true crime book THE JIGSAW MURDERS on BBC North West Tonight.
It is the first narrative nonfiction account of the 1935 murders of Lancaster GP Dr Buck Ruxton. The case was a landmark thanks to revolutionary forensic techniques pioneered by the police and scientists. Many of these new methods are still in use today.
The Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics is published by The History Press.
It is being developed as a television drama by Elaine Collins (ITV's Vera and BBC's Shetland) and STV Productions.

BBC interview by Ian Haslam. Aired on Friday, April 23, 2021.
Manchester Evening News •

The story of the Jigsaw Killer and the Manchester trial that made history

Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inboxSign up for our daily newsletter to get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inboxOn the morning of September 29, 1935 Susan Haines Johnson glanced over an old stone bridge and down into the Gardenholm Linn stream in Moffat, Scotland and saw a gruesome sight. Her eyes caught a bundle rocking slightly in the water with the shocking and unmistakable shape of a human arm sticking out where the fabric...
Warrington Guardian •

Writer and journalist's book on 1935 'jigsaw murders' set to become TV drama

Jeremy Craddock's The Jigsaw Murders focuses on a real murder case from the 1930s, throwing a new light on the case which pioneered modern forensic techniques.

The 51-year-old writer and journalist explained: "In Lancaster in 1935, Dr Buck Ruxton was an Indian doctor who was very popular and respected, but in private was a jealous and controlling man.

"He suspected his wife of having an affair and one night murdered her and also their children's nanny, who had witnessed the first killing...
DNG Online Limited •

TV show will highlight grisly Jigsaw Murders - DNG Online Limited

A DOUBLE murder mystery connected to Moffat is to be made into a new TV drama.The Jigsaw Murders shocked and gripped people across the UK in 1935.
In September that year the dismembered bodies of two women were found in a ravine near Moffat. They turned out to be Isabelle Ruxton, a doctor’s wife, and Mary Rogerson, the family nanny. Both were from Lancaster and had been killed there by Dr Buck Ruxton, Isabelle’s husband.
After murdering them in a fit of rage, he cut up their corpses into 70 piec...
Backstage •

True crime adaptation The Jigsaw Murders in pipeline with Tod Productions

The Jigsaw Murders
Tod Productions and STV have begun development of a true-crime drama series based on the infamous “jigsaw murders” committed by Dr Buck Ruxton. Following the discovery of body parts in a Scottish village in 1935, police will have to use every tool at their disposal to find their killer, including ground-breaking forensic techniques. Based on journalist Jeremy Craddock’s book of the same name, the drama explores the scientific breakthroughs of the case and aims to give an unprecedented voice to Buxton’s female victims. More info, including who’s casting, as soon as we have it.
Edinburgh News •

Notorious 'Jigsaw' murder case is to be made into new television drama

Following a huge search, more than 80 body parts – including two severed heads – were found, each neatly bundled up in newspapers, wrapping paper and sheets, and scattered. Teeth and fingertips had been removed to prevent identification.The case, which became known as “The Jigsaw Murders”, led eventually to the hanging of Dr Buck Ruxton – originally Bukhtyar Rustomji Rantanji Hakim from Bombay in India – who emigrated to Canada before moving to the Capital.He was already married but struck up a...
The Herald •

Infamous Jigsaw Murders from the 1930s to be dramatised

The case became known as 'The Jigsaw Murders' after police later discovered 70 body parts nearby including two severed heads. Teeth and fingerprints had been removed by the killer to prevent identification.

Suspicion fell on Dr Buck Ruxton, of Lancaster, whose Scottish wife Isabella, and their maid, Mary Rogerson, had been reported missing by their families.

It was a landmark case for forensic science and the first in which insects helped solve a crime.

Scientists from Edinburgh and...
Daily Record •

Killer doctor who scattered body parts in Scotland to be turned into TV drama

Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletterGet the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter AN infamous double murder case solved by pioneering Scottish forensic experts is to be turned into a TV drama. The series will tell the story of Dr Buck Ruxton who murdered his wife and maid and scattered their bodies in Moffat, Dumfriesshire, in September 1935. Th...
businessInsider •

STV Productions partner snaps up true crime drama

STV Productions and partner Tod Productions have signed up to make true crime drama The Jigsaw Murders. The show will be based on a book by journalist and author Jeremy Craddock, due for release in 2021. The Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics investigates the case of Dr Buck Ruxton. In September 1935, he murdered his wife and their nanny before disposing of their bodies in the Scottish borders. Edinburgh professors Sydney Smith and John Glaist...

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