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Welcome to the January issue. This month, how teenage heartbreak turned into a dangerous obsession, and the absolute tragedies of parents who killed the children they were meant to care for. We also speak to the daughter of a serial killer, a member of the Parole Board who makes tough decisions, and a woman held captive for a decade. Plus, we investigate the cult leader who abused those in her care, and much more. There’s also our roundup of all the latest crime TV, books and podcasts. As ever, email us at Crimemonthly@bauermedia.co.uk. See you next month.…

TEEN LOVE TURNS TO DEADLY OBSESSION

Madison Schemitz and Spencer Pearson seemed like the epitome of American high-school sweethearts. Pearson, 18, was the star football player at Ponte Vedra High School in Florida. Madison, 17, was also a gifted athlete, who played for her school’s celebrated softball team. But like most teen love affairs, it wasn’t to last and after eight months together, Madison called time on their union in April 2023. While she looked forward to her future, picking colleges and graduating from high school, the break-up hit Pearson hard. Beneath the surface, Pearson was a deeply troubled young man. The couple hadn’t been dating long when Pearson’s darker side began to reveal itself and, despite Madison’s efforts to help her boyfriend, his mental health issues would eventually become too much for her to handle.…

TEEN LOVE TURNS TO DEADLY OBSESSION

DELPHI KILLER GIVEN 130 YEARS BEHIND BARS

Richard Allen has been sentenced to a total of 130 years in prison for the murders of Liberty German and Abigail Williams. Allen was convicted in November 2024, and it was reported he refused to address relatives of the victims and ‘rolled his eyes’ during the sentencing last month, where he was handed 65 years for each murder – the maximum possible for killing the teenagers in Delphi, Indiana. The girls went missing while hiking along the Monon High Bridge on 13 February 2017, and were found dead the next day. The case went unsolved for five years, before Allen was identified as a suspect after being linked to a bullet found at the scene. During the sentencing, Judge Frances Gull told Allen, ‘I’ve spent 27 years as a judge,…

DELPHI KILLER GIVEN 130 YEARS BEHIND BARS

WOMAN CHARGED OVER CHRISTMAS CAKE POISONINGS

A Brazilian woman has been charged with murder and attempted murder after three of her husband’s relatives died from eating a cake laced with arsenic. It is believed Deise Moura baked the cake at the home of her mother-in-law Zeli Dos A njos in Torres, southern Brazil, before taking it to a family party on 23 December. Shortly afterwards, Zeli’s sisters Maida da Silva and Neuza Dos A njos died, alongside Neuza’s daughter Tatiana Dos Santos. Others who fell ill at the party included Zeli, and a 10-year-old boy. Arsenic was found in the blood of all those who ate the cake, and 13 days after the gathering, police arrested Moura, who is married to Zeli’s son Diego. Police seized ingredients including dried fruit and flour, as well as pesticides,…

WOMAN CHARGED OVER CHRISTMAS CAKE POISONINGS

MORE EVIDENCE IN NEW ORLEANS TERROR ATTACK

As New Orleans continues to grieve the loss of 14 innocent victims killed in the shocking terror attack committed on New Year’s Day, investigators have unearthed new details showing the killer had made meticulous preparations for the mass murders. Agents at the FBI have now been able to track the movements of alleged mastermind Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old army veteran, and confirmed that he made several ‘suspicious’ overseas visits in the months prior. Jabbar, who is alleged to have pledged his allegiance to terrorist organisation ISIS, used a rented truck to drive directly into a crowd of New Year’s revellers with devastating consequences. And while the agency maintain that Jabbar acted alone, a chilling video recording of Bourbon Street, the exact location of the attack, was discovered on Jabbar’s Meta…

MORE EVIDENCE IN NEW ORLEANS TERROR ATTACK

US MAN SENTENCED FOR 'AFFAIR' SHOOTING

A Montana man has been given life behind bars for murdering his wife and a man he believed she was having an affair with. Kraig Benson was found guilty of deliberate homicide after killing Jenny Benson and bartender Logan Gardner at the Four Aces Bar in Superior on 27 August 2023. He was captured on CCTV leaving the table he had been sitting at with his wife to go outside and get a gun from her car. When he returned, Jenny was at the bar with Logan, and Benson took the gun from his waistband and shot his wife in the head, before firing at Logan as he started running. He then shot them both again, before fleeing in his wife’s car. Logan died at the scene, while Jenny died…

US MAN SENTENCED FOR 'AFFAIR' SHOOTING

BRONSON TO MAKE 'FINAL' PAROLE BID

Charles Bronson, who has been dubbed Britain’s ‘most violent’ prisoner, is making a final bid to get freed on parole. The attempt will be his ninth, and comes after his last parole appeal was denied two years ago, due to concerns about his potential for future violence. Bronson was first jailed for armed robbery in 1974, but was handed extra time on his seven-year sentence for attacking a fellow prisoner and staging a rooftop protest. After being released in 1987, he returned to jail a year later, and was in and out, until being given life in 1999 for kidnapping a prison teacher. During his time behind bars, Bronson has held numerous staff and inmates hostage, as well as participating in multiple sieges, all leading to parole being denied. Now,…

BRONSON TO MAKE 'FINAL' PAROLE BID

'DEVIL OF AVIGNON' GIVEN 20 YEARS FOR DRUG RAPES

Dominique Pélicot has been given 20 years in prison for allowing 72 men to rape his wife Gisèle while she was drugged. The grandfather – who was dubbed the ‘Devil of Avignon’, after the quiet village where the crimes occurred – wept in the dock as his sentence was handed down. He was also found guilty of making and distributing images of a sexual nature of Gisèle, their daughter Caroline, and the wives of their two sons. Pélicot, 72, had been on trial with 51 other men, but while all were found guilty of either aggravated rape, attempted rape or sexual assault, their sentences varied, and it’s believed all were lower than prosecutors had hoped for. Some of the men received suspended sentences, allowing them to walk free, while one…

'DEVIL OF AVIGNON' GIVEN 20 YEARS FOR DRUG RAPES

CEO 'ASSASSIN' COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY

The man accused of shooting the CEO of a healthcare company could face the death penalty if he is convicted of a federal charge of murder. Luigi Mangione, 26, is accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in an ‘act of terror’, and has been charged at both state and federal levels. He also faces additional charges of weapon possession and forgery. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the 4 December shooting was designed to ‘provoke terror,’ adding, ‘This was a well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock, attention and intimidation.’ University graduate Mangione – who was reportedly in possession of an anti-corporation manifesto when arrested – was extradited from Pennsylvania to Manhattan, but after the high-profile and very public move, his law yer said, ‘I am…

CEO 'ASSASSIN' COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY

'SERIAL KILLER' SUSPECT CHARGED WITH SEVENTH MURDER

The prime suspect in the Long Island serial killings has been charged with a seventh murder. Architect Rex Heuermann, 61, replied, ‘Your honour, I am not guilty of any of these charges’ when he was accused of the second-degree murder of Valerie Mack, whose skeletal remains were found in 2000 and 2011. The married father was arrested in July 2023, after multiple women were found on or near Gilgo Beach. An indictment alleged hairs found on Valerie’s body match Heuermann’s wife and daughter, indicating she had been inside the family home at Massapequa Park. Prosecutors have alleged all the murders were carried out in the basement there. Heuermann has denied all charges. Valerie’s parents were in court as Heuermann was charged, and Suffolk County DA Ray Tierney said they were…

'SERIAL KILLER' SUSPECT CHARGED WITH SEVENTH MURDER

THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL

Sara Sharif had her whole life ahead of her. A cheerful ‘chatterbox’, the ten year old – who loved music, dancing and fashion – would ‘sing to anyone who would listen’ and dreamt of appearing on The X Factor. Tragically, Sara never got to live out her future. Her spirited demeanour and sweet smile hid the brutal hell she had endured during her childhood at the hands of her father Urfan Sharif and stepmother Beinash Batool. Last month, the callous pair wept as they were sentenced to life for her murder. Sharif must serve a minimum of 40 years, and Batool 33. Sara’s uncle Faisal Malik, 29, was jailed for 16 years for causing or allowing the death of a child. Sara’s lifeless body was found in her bed at…

THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL

'NEGLECTED AND MALNOURISHED'

While most toddlers should be thriving, Abiyah Yasharahyalah never had that opportunity. The three-year-old boy suffered severe cruelty and ‘wilful neglect’ throughout the years leading up to his death. His parents Tai and Naiyahmi were jailed for 24-and -a-half years and 19-and-a-half years respectively in December 2024, as a judge ruled they showed ‘breathtaking arrogance and cruelty’ in their severe neglect of their son, who died between December 2019 and January 2020. Music producer Tai, 42, and 43-year-old Naiyamhi, a graphic designer, lived an off-grid existence after they were evicted from the home in Handsworth, West Midlands, in March 2022. Their grim history came to light when a social worker grew suspicious of the couple, who were living in wretched conditions in a caravan in Somerset with a young child.…

'NEGLECTED AND MALNOURISHED'

With three beautiful children, Lisa Snyder had the life many can only dream of. Now, she’s spending life behind bars after she was convicted in October 2024 of the murders of her two youngest. Conner, eight, and Brinley, four, were hanged in the basement of their home in Albany Township, near Philadelphia, in September 2019. Snyder called 911, claiming to have found them unconscious, and they were rushed to hospital and placed on life support, but the siblings died three days later – just 14 minutes apart from each other. The coroner ruled that the children died by homicide as a result of hanging. ‘HE WAS A HAPPY KID, WHO ALWAYS PLAYED WITH HIS SISTER’ When questioned by detectives, Snyder – who was arrested in December 2019 – claimed that…

MOTHER ALLOWED HER CHILD TO DIE

Gloria Williams was sentenced to 50 years behind bars in November for her son’s death. The mum of four, 38, pleaded guilty to two charges of injury to a child, seven months after her partner Brian Coulter, 34, was given life without parole for punching and kicking Kendrick Lee, eight, to death at the family’s Houston flat in 2020. Kendrick’s brothers – then aged seven, 10 and 15 – reported his death after being left to live alongside their sibling’s decomposing body for a year in squalid conditions, while Williams and Coulter moved out to another apartment. They left the kids to fend for themselves, only returning every few weeks with food. Williams’ 15-year-old son called police on 24 October 2021 to report that his younger brother had been dead…

MOTHER ALLOWED HER CHILD TO DIE

'UNLOVED AND ABUSED'

Leilani Simon was sentenced to life for the murder of her son in November 2024. Twentymonth-old Quinton was reported missing by his mother on 5 October 2022, after disappearing from his indoor playpen at the family’s Georgia home. She told 911 he must have been abducted, but after a search of their home and the neighbourhood, he was believed dead, with Simon named as the prime suspect. Despite mounting suspicion, the mother of two, 22, maintained her innocence, saying she hoped that her son would be found ‘happy and alive’ in a televised press conference. ‘I want my baby home. We want him back in our arms, holding us,’ she said. Sadly, this turned out not to be the case when Quinton’s bones were found in a landfill site nearby…

'UNLOVED AND ABUSED'

IMPRISONED FOR A DECADE

As the school bell rang for my next lesson, I stuffed my notebook and pens into my bag and got to my feet. Heart racing, I hurried past the classroom and bolted out of the school gates. Aged 14, I was fed up with being picked on by some of the other girls, so I’d decided to skip class. Life at home wasn’t much better, either. After my parents’ divorce, I’d struggled to adjust to living with my dad and his new partner, and my mum was distant. But just as I thought I’d escaped the school grounds unnoticed, Tom the security guard spotted me and asked why I was trying to get out of school. Blinking back tears, I told him I was being bullied and, to my surprise,…

IMPRISONED FOR A DECADE

ANATOMY OF A TRIAL THE 'BURN PILE MURDER'

On 5 July 2018, Scott Farris made a grim discovery on his family’s 10-acre farm in Alpharetta, Georgia, when he found the body of his father Gary on top of a burn pile. At first, investigators believed Gary had suffered a heart attack and tragically fallen into the fire. But when a postmortem found a bullet lodged in his rib, his death was declared a homicide – and it was his wife of 38 years, Melody Farris, who would become their prime suspect. THE VICTIM Prominent attorney Gary, 62, was much admired by the local community. In 1995, he founded the Atlanta office of law firm Burr & Forman, where he served as a partner. Following his death, his colleagues expressed their deep sorrow, with one saying, ‘Gary was a…

ANATOMY OF A TRIAL THE 'BURN PILE MURDER'

'MY DAD TAUGHT US RIGHT FROM WRONG – BUT HE WAS A SERIAL KILLER'

Growing up in Ohio, April Balascio adored her father Edward Wayne Edwards. Life was an adventure for the family, with endless house parties, barbecues and festive feasts as they moved around the country. ‘My dad was a lot of fun,’ April tells Crime Monthly. ‘Charismatic and personable, he organised family parties, birthday parties, and Christmas and New Year’s parties. He also organised a lot of games, like haunted trails or hide and seek. He was the life of the party and people loved being around him. I lived for those times.’ But Edwards wasn’t always this perfect father to April and her siblings David, John-John, Jeff and Jeannine. He often beat them and would play horrible practical jokes, such as letting two of his sons get electrocuted by an electric…

'MY DAD TAUGHT US RIGHT FROM WRONG – BUT HE WAS A SERIAL KILLER'

THE HOUSE OF PRAYER

On 1992, Anna Young was a fugitive – wanted by the authorities for a child abuse charge relating to 12-year-old Nikki Nicholson. Nikki, who was a member of religious collective United House Of Prayer For All People, had suffered severe burns after Young told her followers that Nikki ‘smelt bad’ and that the only remedy was bathing her in bleach. This would, she said, ‘burn the evil out of her’. Young would remain on the run for eight years, until she was finally apprehended while hiding in the loft of a relative’s home. In 2001, she was convicted of the abhorrent abuse, but would only serve six months behind bars. After her release, she attempted a reinvention of sorts, and spent the next 15 years moving from city to city,…

THE HOUSE OF PRAYER

THE RAILROAD KILLER

On 17 December 1998, police were called to do a welfare check at a home in West University Place, Texas. George Benton and his twin daughters had been away overnight, visiting family in Arizona. But George’s wife Claudia, 39, who worked as a geneticist and researcher at the Texas Children’s Hospital, had stayed home as she was giving an important presentation the next day. When she didn’t turn up that morning, her co-workers contacted her husband. It was completely out of character for Claudia not to be in touch, so he immediately called police. It was eight days before Christmas, and the home was decorated for the holiday season. But police entered to disarray, with the carefully-wrapped presents ripped open and other belongings tossed around. It was clear someone had…

THE RAILROAD KILLER

DEATH ROW MUM 'DIDN'T KILL TODDLER'

With her execution date looming, it seemed almost certain that Melissa Lucio would lose her life on April 2022 at Mountain View Unit in Gatesville, Texas. Convicted of the murder of her daughter Mariah Alvarez in 2007, Melissa maintained her innocence throughout the years she spent on Death Row. Then, with just 48 hours until her sentence was to be carried out, a Texas court ruled that her execution should be halted. The move followed a petition by over 100 Texas lawmakers, who urged the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to recommend clemency. With her stay in place, Melissa’s lawyers immediately sought to demonstrate that key evidence had been withheld from Melissa’s defence team and the court. That evidence, they argued, could have exonerated her. This included the ruling…

DEATH ROW MUM 'DIDN'T KILL TODDLER'

'I'M GLAD WE DON'T WORK IN SECRET ANYMORE'

In the UK today, there are approximately 97,000 people in prison. A round 65 of those are serving whole life sentences and will never get out, but the vast majority will one day face release. Many will serve their allotted sentences and walk straight out of the gates, but for around 10-12,000 prisoners a year, whether or not they go free is up to the Parole Board. An independent body made up of judges, psychologists, probation officers and other professionals, its job is to assess whether a prisoner can be safely released back into the community. And they are often dealing with the most dangerous offenders, from murderers to armed robbers. Rob McKeon has been on the Board for over a decade, and has written a book on his experiences.…

'I'M GLAD WE DON'T WORK IN SECRET ANYMORE'

THE WEATHER DETECTIVES

When police found the bodies of teenager Arica Lynn Schneider and her 27-year-old boyfriend Samuel Holley in the apartment they shared in Troy, New York, in 2002, both showed signs of torture. They had been badly beaten, burned with a cigarette lighter, and stabbed 62 times with a kitchen knife. Holley was a known member of the Bloods gang as well as a crack-cocaine dealer, but despite his criminal background, investigators initially drew a blank in their hunt for the killer. Eight years after the double slaying, however, they matched a blood sample found at the crime scene to a local man called Michael Mosley. Officers knew the 41 year old had previously sold drugs for Holley and, having established it was his DNA in the apartment, he was charged…

THE WEATHER DETECTIVES

CAROL PARK: THE LADY IN THE LAKE

Sunday 10 August would have felt like any other day for the three men who’d decided to take a diving trip in Coniston Water in the Lake District. The amateur frogmen might have been hoping to find an old boat motor or other treasure submerged in the deep and soon the water had swallowed them up, becoming darker as they descended. At around 15 metres down, they found themselves on a natural shelf just before a steep drop. It was on this ledge that they saw an object in the beams of their torches. It was a large, heavy bag, and the men didn’t have the resources to bring it to the surface, so they made plans to go back. A few days later, they did just that – and…

CAROL PARK: THE LADY IN THE LAKE

Written by Ed Whitmore (Grace, Manhunt, Silent Witness) and directed by Marc Evans (Manhunt, The Pembrokeshire Murders, Steeltown Murders), this gritty drama looks set to be essential viewing. Out There – a slang term used by urban drug dealers to describe countryside locations they invade for county lines operations – stars Martin Clunes as Welsh farmer Nathan, who is caught in a numbing rhythm of work and grief following the death of his wife Sabine two years earlier. But when he discovers that his 15-year-old son Johnny (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) has been tricked into running drugs by recently resurfaced mate Rhys to pay off a debt, Nathan is spurred into action. Embarking on a personal journey that will take him ever further into a dark alternative world, Nathan initially tries…

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

MURDER DOWN UNDER North Shore ITVX, AVAILABLE NOW Six-part murder mystery starring Joanne Froggatt (Liar, Downton Abbey) as a British politician whose life falls apart when her daughter is murdered in Sydney, Australia. What starts off as a relatively simple homicide investigation soon spirals into anything but. LAST-EVER EPISODES Vera ITVX, AVAILABLE NOW In this epic two-part goodbye, DCI Vera Stanhope (Brenda Blethyn) investigates the murder of a young man found on the banks of the Tyne. A blow the victim received to the head rules out accidental drowning, so Vera investigates his complex past. HISTORICAL CRIMES Jack The Ripper: Lucy Worsley Investigates BBC IPLAYER, AVAILABLE NOW Interesting documentary in which historian Lucy looks into how the Ripper case influenced the way we cover true crime today. It also looks…

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

Get ready for the UK’s first high-end Gaelic drama series, An t-Eilean (The Island ), a murder mystery set on the atmospheric island of Lewis and Harris, Scotland, that combines Gaelic dialogue with English. Sorcha Groundsell (His Dark Materials) is Kat Crichton, a young Family Liaison Officer, investigating the brutal murder of the wife of a local tycoon at a remote island mansion, alongside her boss DCI A hmed Halim (Sagar Radia, Industry). Iain Macrae (Bannan) plays Sir Douglas, the head of the wealthy but very dysfunctional Maclean family. W hen Sir Douglas is wounded during the attack that killed his wife Lady Mary (Elspeth Turner), talk turns to whether the self-made millionaire could somehow be implicated in her demise. Joining the cast as the four grown Maclean children are…

Written by Drew Goddard (The Good Place), starring Kaitlin Olson (Hacks), and based on the French series Haute Potential, this new drama series follows single mother-of-three Morgan (Olson), who works as a cleaner in the LA Police Department and who just so happens to have a knack for solving crimes. So, she forms a partnership with a seasoned detective (Daniel Sunjata, Rescue Me). There’s also a subplot involving Morgan’s missing first boyfriend, and the supporting cast includes Judy Reyes (Scrubs).…

The Night Agent

The first run of this action-thriller series was an enjoyably exciting affair. It centred on FBI agent Peter Sutherland, who worked the night shift as a telephone operator at the White House. After picking up a call from former cyber-security CEO Rose Larkin, he was plunged into a high-level conspiracy that reached right to the very heart of the government. This new run features the same mix of twists and action that made the first series such a fun watch.…

The Night Agent

LIFE AND DEATH ROW

The death penalty is once again a hot-button topic in the US, thanks to outgoing President Biden’s blanket commuting of 37 out of the 40 federal Death Row inmates’ sentences to life imprisonment, enraging incoming President Trump. Now, 10 years on from its first run, this BA FTA-winning series returns for three new episodes to examine the issue of capital punishment in a dramatically altered America. The original series won praise for its balanced approach to telling the stories of both the victims and the accused. These new films are all informed by new developments in science and social media, as well as increased doubts about the effectiveness of the death penalty, thanks to a series of botched executions. The opener charts the run-up the sentence of Ivan Cantu. Convicted…

LIFE AND DEATH ROW

THE CURIOUS CASE OF NATALIA GRACE: THE FINAL CHAPTER

The stranger-than-fiction case of Ukrainian orphan Natalia Grace, who has a rare dwarfism condition, has fascinated people worldwide, with twists and turns throughout. Two years after adopting her in 2010, Michael and Kristine Barnett abandoned Natalia, claiming that she had lied about her age and was an adult who terrorised their family. Natalia appeared to find a new life with adoptive parents Bishop A ntwon Mans and his wife Cynthia, but within six months, there was another shocking twist when the couple accused her of wreaking havoc on their lives – while she claims they are a cult and have held her hostage. In the concluding season, viewers will see how Natalia was dramatically rescued by the DePaul family, and how she learned to rebuild her life in the wake…

THE CURIOUS CASE OF NATALIA GRACE: THE FINAL CHAPTER

NEW SEASON GANGS OF LONDON One of Sky’s best original dramas is back soon for a third season, in which chaos erupts when a spiked shipment of cocaine kills hundreds of people. Massive conflicts between the rival families and crime groups ensue, and one-time undercover cop-turned-actual gangster Elliot (Sope Dirisu) has to navigate his new role as a top-level crime lord. Expect dazzling action and thrills. (Sky Atlantic/NOW, 2025) Paradise This new 10-part drama stars the great Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) as a US Secret Service agent who gets embroiled in the murder investigation of a man in a privileged American upper-class community. Soon, he’s dragged into a dark and twisty conspiracy where the stakes are incredibly high. Also starring James Marsden (X-Men), the first three episodes drop…

HOT NEW PICKS TWISTS AND TURNS Beautiful, Ugly ALICE FEENEY (MACMILLAN, £16.99) When Grady Green finds out he’s just become a New York Times best-selling author, he’s waiting for his journalist wife Abby to get home. She calls him from the road to let him know she’ll be late, but then the unthinkable happens – Grady listens helplessly as she gets out of the car to investigate something strange and then disappears. A year later, Grady can’t write, can’t sleep – all he can do is wonder what happened to his wife that fateful night. He’s offered a lifeline when his agent Kitty, who’s also Abby’s godmother, suggests he heads to the tiny island of A mberley and spend three months writing in the log cabin of a former client.…

Top 5 JANUARY CRIME CRACKERS

Anything For You SOPHIE MCKENZIE (CANELO, £9.99) Alison is close to daughter Lola and knows everything about her – except for the fact Lola has been hiding a relationship with the older Brendan. But Alison won’t let this man from her own past ruin Lola’s life, too. Gripping. Death In The Arctic TOM HINDLE (CENTURY, £16.99) Travel writer Chloe has just bagged the trip of a lifetime on board an airship flying to the North Pole. But when a fellow passenger is found dead, nerves start fraying -and everyone is a suspect. Chilling. The Last Truths We Told HOLLY WATT (RAVEN BOOKS, £16.99) Two decades ago, a group of uni friends predicted how their lives might turn out. Now, they’re reuniting, but the recent death of one has cast a…

Top 5 JANUARY CRIME CRACKERS

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

What was the inspiration for this book? My love of the Norfolk Broads. My gran had a house on stilts on one of the rivers there, so we used to go a few times a year, and being down there among the history and mysteries of Norfolk inspired me constantly. Later, I started thinking about the cost soldiers pay to protect us – how they are often sent back and expected to crack on after the things they’ve seen and done. I wanted to explore that, but with a diver. Once I got the idea for an ex-soldier who only felt solace underwater, I was desperate to write it, then I remembered my love of the Norfolk Broads and it burst out. What attracts you most about writing crime? The…

BEHIND THE HEADLINES

This month’s podcast picks Was There Ever A Crime? The Trials Of Lucy Letby With John Sweeney (Apple Podcasts) To most, Lucy Letby is one of Britain’s most loathed killers. To a few – including pod hosts John Sweeney and Edward Abel Smith – the former nurse could be the victim of a modern-day witch hunt. Despite Letby being convicted of murdering seven infants, attempting to kill six others, and being given 15 whole life sentences, there are some who believe it was a deadly strain of bacteria present at the Countess of Chester Hospital that was responsible for the loss of those innocent lives. Offering a new angle on one of the most publicised cases of recent times, this podcast perhaps leaves you questioning if there is any truth in…

STAKEKNIFE: COVER

Ominously billed as ‘a story many would prefer was never told’, this new investigation from the Cover podcast team explores the case of Freddie Scappaticci – a member of the IRA’s feared Internal Security Unit (ISU), who were responsible for hunting down and killing alleged police informers. Born in Belfast to an Irish mother and Italian father, Scappaticci found himself caught up in the Troubles and, in 1970, was imprisoned under the British government’s notorious ‘internment without trial’ policy, along with other key figures in the republican movement, including Gerry Adams. By 1980, Scappaticci was a high-ranking member of the ISU, who were known to torture their victims. However, unbeknown to his fellow unit members, he was also a double agent working for the British Intelligence Services. Operating under the…

STAKEKNIFE: COVER

SOLVED BY… A TIKTOK POST

On 31 July 2021, Benjamin Williams convinced his estranged girlfriend to meet him at a cemetery in Florida, so he could finally see the son they shared together. It was a call that Joana Peca was pleased to receive, as she hoped Williams might at last want to be involved in his infant son’s life. And as the cemetery in St Petersburg was the final resting place of Williams’ sister, Joana felt sure he was attempting to make amends in a safe place that had meaning for him. But she was wrong. Williams had no intention of smoothing over relations between the once-happy couple. Instead, it’s alleged that he went to the Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery armed with a pistol. GUNFIRE At 5.30pm, Joana parked her van by the cemetery, cradling…

SOLVED BY… A TIKTOK POST

She found fame on the small screen aged just nine, and by 13, she was starring in major movies such as Notting Hill and The Sixth Sense. And bigger things were to come for Mischa Barton, who became a household name with her role in American teen drama The O.C, playing troubled character Marissa Cooper. By the time she left the show in 2006, Barton was being hailed as Holly wood’s latest ‘It girl’. But, much like her character, she was soon struggling with the pressures. In 2007, Barton, then aged 21, was arrested for driving under the influence, driving without a licence, and marijuana possession, after being pulled over in an early-hours stop by cops in West Holly wood. She was later fined and ordered to serve 36 months’…

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