The Schippan Mystery (1984)
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How it feels
This TV film dramatizes the 1902 murder of Bertha Schippa in Australia. It follows the investigation and events surrounding a real historical crime case.
historicalsombermethodicalrestrainedunsettlinggloomyslow-pacedperiod-adjacent
What happens
The Schippan Mystery is a 1984 Australian television film about the murder of Bertha Schippan in 1902. Written by Kenneth G. Ross, and directed by Di Drew, it was last of four telemovies called Verdict produced by the ABC dramatising real cases (the others being The Dean Case, The Amorous Dentist and Who Killed Hannah Jane?). It is the only one of the four cases set outside of New South Wales. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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