Summary: A seminar exploring Frederick Bailey Deeming's brutal murder of his wife Emily in December 1891, and the police investigation and trial that followed.

Duration: 2:06:00 (approx)

Download: video file of entire seminar (mp4): 418 MB

Download: audio file of entire seminar (mp3): 67 MB

You can also download each of the presentations delivered at the seminar separately:

Seminar Introduction
Diane Gardiner

Manager Community Access, PROV
Nineteenth-century criminal justice system researcher

Summary: General introduction to seminar and presenters, and introduction to the Deeming story.

Duration: 14:00 (approx)

Download: video file (mp4): 45 MB

Download: audio file (mp3): 7 MB

Aspects of the police investigation of the Windsor Murder
Ralph Stavely

President Police Historical Society
Retired Detective Chief Inspector of Victoria Police

Summary: A discussion of the police investigation into the murder of Emily Williams that resulted in Deeming's swift capture at Southern Cross in Western Australia.

Duration: 23:00 (approx)

Download: video file (mp4): 76 MB

Download: audio file (mp3): 11 MB

Introduction to the revised online exhibition Bigamy, Theft and Murder
Sebastian Gurciullo

Archivist Online Exhibitions and Publications, PROV
Curator of online exhibition Bigamy, Theft and Murder

Summary: A 'guided tour' through the revised online exhibition on Frederick Bailey Deeming.

Duration: 12:00 (approx)

Download: video file (mp4): 38 MB

Download: audio file (mp3): 6 MB

Forensic Aspects of the Deeming Case and Notes on Judicial Hanging
Malcolm Dodd

Senior Forensic Pathologist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine

Summary: A discussion of the post mortem of Emily Williams that was conducted as part of the inquest into her death and what it revealed about the circumstances of her murder.

Includes audience questions to Diane Gardiner, Ralph Stavely, Sebastian Gurciullo and Malcolm Dodd.

Duration: 25:30 (approx)

Download: video file (mp4): 84 MB

Download: audio file (mp3): 12 MB

The Deeming Trial
Maurice Gurvich

Magistrate, State of Victoria
Author of The Scarlet Thread

Summary: A discussion of events of Deeming's trial for murder.

Duration: 28:30 (approx)

Download: video file (mp4): 93 MB

Download: audio file (mp3): 13 MB

The Deeming Sensation
Rachael Weaver

Writer and researcher
Author of Criminal of the Century

Summary: An exploration of the way in which the Deeming trial became a focus of public entertainment that combined fascination and horror.

Includes audience questions to Rachael Weaver and Maurice Gurvich.

Duration: 26:30 (approx)

Download: video file (mp4): 87 MB

Download: audio file (mp3): 12 MB

References

Rachael Weaver, Criminal of the Century, Melbourne, Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2006.

Maurice Gurvich and Christopher Wray, The Scarlet Thread: Australia's Jack the Ripper, A True Crime Story, Sydney, Fairfax Books, 2007.

Links

Bigamy, Theft and Murder: The Extraordinary Tale of Frederick Bailey Deeming
is a PROV online exhibition about Deeming's crimes, the public reaction to the discovery of his murder, the police investigation to find Deeming, and the trial and execution that followed his capture.

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