The Crumbles Murders are two separate and unrelated crimes which occurred on a shingle beach located between Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay, England—locally referred to as "the Crumbles"—in the 1920s. Th
One of the perpetrators of the first of the Crumbles murders, William Gray, arrives at Lewes Assizes, December 1920
Irene Munro, murdered by Jack Field and William Gray on 19 August 1920
The Archery Tavern, seen here in August 1920. Munro and her murderers were seen at this location on the afternoon of her murder.
Gray (left) and Field (right), pictured at their trial for Munro's murder, December 1920
A shingle beach, also known as either a cobble beach or gravel beach, is a commonly narrow beach that is composed of coarse, loose, well-rounded, and waterworn gravel, called shingle. The gravel typic
Crumbles murders
…The Crumbles Murders are two separate and unrelated crimes which occurred on a shingle beach located between Eastbourne and Pevensey Bay, England—locally referred to as "the Crumbles"—in the 1920s. The first of these two murders is the 1920…
Pebbles on a shingle beach in Somerset, England
Shingle Beach in Hillsburn, Nova Scotia, Canada
Shingle beach at Torrisdale Bay, Argyll and Bute, Scotland