When the internet and social media evolved, it created another method through which stalkers could intimidate their victims. In 2012 stalking laws were introduced in England and Wales which included cyberstalking. For some victims it was too little too late, they had already lost their lives.
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As there is not a new episode this week, we thought we’d post a short extract from the final chapter of our book ‘They Walk Among Us’
Ten brand new intriguing and unsettling cases that we have not covered on the podcast.
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For information regarding your data...From the outside in, there did not seem to be anything wildly different about the Barrass family. Six children and a single mother Sarah, living together in a semi-detached house in the South of Yorkshire. But the Barrass family were not the only occupants. Sarah shared her life with a secret so big she was willing to do absolutely...
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 4 - EPISODE 32’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE.
Benjamin Field and Martyn Smith were on trial, accused of murdering Peter Farquhar at his home and conspiring to murder Ann Moore-Martin before she died of natural causes. She had handed over more than £30,000 before she died. Peter Farquhar had...
“I think I will get away with most of it”. Those were the words uttered by a deputy churchwarden while he was in the custody police. He was arrested when his second elderly lover in as many years was admitted to hospital. The first had died under somewhat mysterious circumstances.
How had this man, in his late twenties - who bore all...
The fire was intense. The strap of the victim's wristwatch had disintegrated. The hands of the watch — still visible, had stopped moving at 2:58 am… about the same time its wearer had lost their life.
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PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 4 - EPISODES 27, 28 & EPISODE 29’ FOR PART ONE, TWO AND THREE OF THIS FOUR-PART CASE.
As the opening remarks were given to the court — describing the lives of two young girls who would now be in their early forties, Russell Bishop sat writing notes, observed from a public gallery full to the brim...
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 4 - EPISODE 27 & EPISODE 28’ FOR PART ONE AND TWO OF THIS FOUR-PART CASE.
In November 2002 there appeared to be some movement on the case. Following a speech by the queen, it was announced there were plans to remove the double jeopardy law across England and Wales in which a person could not be tried...
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 4 - EPISODE 27’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS FOUR-PART CASE.
The trial into the murders of Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows took almost a month, supported by evidence from one of the most significant investigations Sussex police had conducted at the time. However, Ivan Lawrence QC, defending —said there were...
Wild Park, is an area of land, several miles from Brighton's coast. Within that park stands a wooden bench and a brass plaque, inscribed with the names of two little girls. When the bench was built it sat between two maple trees that were planted in their memory. Karen and Nicola were only nine years old when they were murdered. The investigation...
In 1976 a boy was photographed. The picture appeared in The Daily Mirror. The 3-year-old was marching up and down in front of a sentry who stood outside Clarence House in London. Wearing a faux Queens Guard uniform, the boy was excited for the trooping the colour ceremony the next day. A snippet in the article mused about the child and his...
THIS IS A CASE UPDATE. PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 3 - EPISODE 29’ FOR MORE DETAILS.
Under Operation Ensign, Sussex Police completed one of the most significant mass DNA screenings in its history. Still, by December 2018 — the fifth anniversary of the murder, they were no further forward with capturing the person responsible. The...