THE STORY OF LORD LUCAN
THE STORY OF LORD LUCAN Lord Lucan, whose real name was Richard John Bingham, was an Anglo-Irish aristocrat who became infamous for his involvement in a high-profile murder case and subsequent disappearance. On the evening of November 7, 1974, Lord Lucan's children's nanny, Sandra Rivett, was found bludgeoned to death in the kitchen of the Lucan family home in Belgravia, London. Lady Lucan, Lord Lucan's estranged wife, was also attacked and identified Lord Lucan as her assailant. Lord Lucan's story took a dramatic turn when he disappeared shortly after the murder. He drove to visit a friend in Uckfield, East Sussex, and telephoned his mother to ask her to collect his children, claiming that there had been an incident at the family home. Lord Lucan then penned a letter and vanished into the wintry darkness. Since that night, Lord Lucan has never been formally sighted and his whereabouts remain unknown. The mystery...
