In 1935, England-particularly its yellow press-was caught up in the news that distinguished 60-year-old architect Francis Rattenbury had been fatally bludgeoned in his home in the tony seaside resort ...

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Re: “Changes desecrate iconic hotel,” letter, April 8. Now that the grounds of the Empress Hotel have been “decluttered,” how about a fine statue in the hotel grounds of Francis Rattenbury to ...

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EIGHTY years ago, a murder in Bournemouth captured national attention in the way few crimes could. The Rattenbury case, or the ‘Murder at the Villa Madeira’, as it came to be known, had the ...