The Stratton Brothers

SEASON 1 : EPISODE 20
JANUARY 25, 2023

To continue with the theme of Victorian true crime firsts in celebration of the new year, tonight’s story covers something that nowadays we just consider to be fact. But in the Victorian era, it was all brand new. And that something is fingerprinting. Tonight’s story is the first murder case solved by the use of fingerprint evidence. This is the story of the Stratton Brothers

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Court drawing of Albert and Alfred Stratton

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Print comparison

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Store owned by the victims

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Masks found at crime scene

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Cash box

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Albert Stratton

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Alfred Stratton

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Fence cycle - Victorian era invention

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Wave & Rocking Bath - Victorian era invention

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Multi-purpose cane - Victorian era invention

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Electric hairbrush - Victorian era invention

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Electric corset - Victorian era invention

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How the Stratton Brothers Became the First British Killers Busted by a Fingerprint

The U.K.’s first murder case solved by a fingerprint.

Fingerprint evidence is used to solve a British murder case

The Stratton Brothers: Hanged by a Fingerprint

'Mask murder' brothers hanged for slaughter of pensioners during a botched robbery were the first convicted of murder using finger print evidence

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