Edwardian London, 1910. After financial ruin forces Dr. Hawley Crippen and his ambitious actress wife Cora to flee New York, a mysterious benefactor offers them salvation. But generosity comes at a price. As debt, desire and manipulation tighten their grip, Crippen is drawn into a web of deceit that ends in murder, disappearance, and one of the world’s first modern manhunts.

Inspired by real events, Dealing With Crippen reframes a notorious crime as a psychological study of guilt, class, and control.