81 years ago 337 men of the Royal Navy died in an accident involving one of the most famous ships in the world, and, owing to the exigencies of war, the accident went unreported. But the men who died deserve to be remembered.
The “Murder at the Regatta” was a story of jealousy, passion, and some say even madness that shocked and fascinated the nation, and changed the very nature of how murder was seen and prosecuted in the United States.