A very wealthy family living in a gated community with a glowing future ahead for the children. The parents had expectations, do well in school, be an upstanding person, nothing too onerous. Or were they? What triggered the events of that night in 2015, an argument, resentment or a psychotic break? . . . This week we discuss: Murder, Motive, Source…

He was odd from a very young age, seemingly brought up by a Grandfather and a carer as the parents were far too busy. He became a voyeur at home, fuelled by his love of graphic films and comics. When they no longer meet his needs, he turns to killing. . . . This week we discuss: Murder, Motive, Marfan Syndrome, Radioulnar Synostosis Sources: https:…

You think your elderly relative is being mistreated by their spouse. Its possible that is true, its also possible a sibling is provoking you for their own reasons. You decide to deal with the problem in the only way you can think of. Doesn’t matter to you that other people are at the home and become collateral damage. After all, it is All Hallows D…

A young girl goes trick or treating on Halloween 1985, and vanishes. It’s the anonymous letters to the police that arrive almost daily that lead to her body being found. Could you have solve the riddles posed by the murderer the way the investigators had to? . . . This week we discuss: Murder, Parole, Motive, The Gorbals Sources: https://www.mysana…

A young man goes missing in strange circumstances, leaving behind items that have no connection to them. There are suspects, but no evidence and despite best efforts, the case goes cold. 15 years later a married couple expecting their first child also go missing. The connection is one of the suspects from the first disappearance. . . . This week we…

Most people in a new relationship want to impress their new partner by giving gifts, taking them on trips or events etc. Not everyone can afford to spend lavishly however, so extra income sometimes is a requirement. Murdering your boss after pulling off at least two financial frauds to fund a lifestyle is a touch extreme. . . . This week we discuss…

A dysfunctional relationship eventually becomes a dysfunctional marriage. There was domestic violence and the victim minimised the danger they were in. The perpetrator snapped. Not only their spouse was killed, they took the lives of two people they had never met. Was it the medicine, was it alcohol or was it an accident? . . . This week we discuss…

A group of misfits gather to discuss problems with a member of the community. Abuse of children is involved and is very much against their “code”. But it involved a couple whose marriage was marred by drugs and violence. Were the allegations even true? Some of the group were convinced they were and took it upon themselves to extract a confession. T…

You have been married almost 20 years with one child, to the outside world everything appears normal. Until you murder your entire family, the pets and then go on the run. You didn’t snap, you had been planning this for many years. But your videos that you took explaining what and how, never explained the why. . . . This week we discuss: Murder, Fa…

You form a relationship with an older, wealthy man which continues for a number of years. Until you discover he is married so you walk away, and form another relationship with someone your own age. The older man does not like being rejected and blames you and your new partner. Taking revenge goes way beyond social media abuse. . . . This week we di…

Your spouse is found dead at the bottom of the stairs, it's considered a tragic accident. You move on and remarry. That second spouse is also found dead in a tragic car accident that you were also involved in and miraculously unharmed. It takes a mysterious death in your office, at your desk, to finally reveal the truth. But are you as innocent as …

Your housemate is going to bail on you, leaving you in a difficult financial situation. You argue, fight and then they are found dead days later. Your boyfriend finds out you are stealing from them, you also argue with him. His body is then also discovered days later. It takes 30 years for the first murder to catch up with you, but are you innocent…

“If at first you don’t succeed, try try again” It shouldn’t apply to marriages but it seems to in this weeks case. Janet was on her second, her husband Richard Overton was on his third. They were very unhappy, so unhappy rather than divorce, Richard decides that murdering her is the best option. Funnily enough, its his second attempt at killing som…

A case from South America, largely forgotten with more myths than you can shake a stick at. He liked to cook, make soups, stews and even made a mean empanada. The ingredients were free but hard to come by. We all know prison food is not the best, but eating your fellow prisoners is an unusual tactic. A 17 year gap in someone’s life history that is …

Bodybuiling & brutality A niche sport high-profile couple that appear to outsiders have it all. Yet they are not as clean living as they portray. An employee becomes part of their inner circle and boundaries are crossed. The resulting murder caused shockwaves through the industry and even today there is controversy around the conviction for some su…

“‘Til death us do part” is not the vow it once was. Its much easier to kill an annoying, mentally unstable spouse and dispose of the body where no one can find them. Your newest spouse is a much better match. It’s a pity about their ex-spouse. Perhaps they need the same treatment? . . . This week we discuss: Murder, Family Annihilator, Familicide S…

The defence of “Stand Your Ground” is not uncommon. Using it against a Capital Murder charge whilst offering no evidence you were actually under attack, is a strange tactic. Screaming at the jury is unlikely to make them sympathetic. Swearing in Court and being admonished by the Judge would also be a negative mark. Add in your appearance, you becom…

A man falls instantly in love with a woman who does not reciprocate. He pursues her endlessly, confident in his ability to win her round. Sounds like a RomCom? He is a stalker, over three years he torments her, telephone calls, letters, unwanted gifts. He claims he intended to shoot himself in front of her if she refused him one last time. He faile…

A brutal murder of a child at Christmas is every parent’s nightmare. Why would someone kill a child they had never met before? Did detectives actually find a potential serial killer or was that statement to hide some questionable tactics? . . . This week we discuss: Murder, serial killer, forensics Sources: https://murderpedia.org/female.N/n/nelson…

Neighbours, we all know some are easier to get on with than others. But an elderly housebound widow who requires a bit of help now and again isn’t much bother to most. But what she has is what you do not, money. It takes two trials, a lot of forensic questions and a red herring before this case is done. . . . This week we discuss: Murder, Fraud, Ap…

A young man grows up in a seriously dysfunctional setting but goes on to get a good education. He starts to drink when memories start to creep in along with depression and anxiety. It’s a chicken and egg situation. A fraught relationship with a parent ends in murder. Was £36,000 really owed? Did the abuse really happen? . . . Sources: https://www.b…

A man with no history of violence commits a particularly brutal murder. It was what he stole from the victim that proved to be his undoing. His attention to detail meant the police were able to gather a lot of evidence from his own electronic devices but didn’t go as far as disposing of only half of the murder weapon. But why? Was it a foul mouth r…

A young boy commits two murders and goes on the run. He then becomes enmeshed in a life of crime and commits many more murders, eventually being sentenced to 400 years in prison but eventually released for good behaviour. His life story became almost an urban legend after being used as the inspiration for a character in a Grammy Award winning TV sh…

Was it a build-up of years of abuse and resentment? Was it struggling to accept a relative was not who he had been told they were? Or was he a fall guy? . . . This week we talk about: Murder, Serial Killer, Family Annihilator Sources: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11024691/Alabama-teen-tried-poison-stepmom-peanut-butter-killing-father-si…

Also known as Son of Sal or John Doe Duffle Bag but it's giving more "greasy moustache man" Was it a business failure then subsequent bankruptcy that made him snap? Jealousy or resentment that the victims were successful whilst he had failed? Or was he a pawn in a game by the CIA whose ultimate goal was world peace? . . . This week we talk about: M…

A woman and her husband form a church and school. It’s the “last chance saloon” for many people who have struggled with addictions and they gladly hand over themselves to God. They also hand over all their money and their children. Both of which are never seen again. Are there more victims? . . . This week we talk about: Murder, Cults, ChatGPT Sour…

A young man joins a gym and becomes enamoured with another female member. She is not interested in him and he doesn’t understand why, despite her rejecting his incompetant advances. It has to be the fault of the older man who works at the gym part time as a personal trainer, not because he's an awkward . The man has to be punished for muscling in o…

A dreadful childhood abused and neglected. Or is that embellished? His adulthood descends into gangs, drugs and stints in prison. A marriage to a much older woman and the birth of a child doesn’t straighten him out. His first proven murder has no motive. His next murder seems to be just for fun. But was the victim set up by someone in authority as …

A middle-aged married man discovers chatrooms. He gets talking to a young girl. The man and the girl fall out and the girl decides to punish the man by starting a relationship with the mans coworker. Nothing is what it seems. We can all pretend to be someone else online. . . . This week we talk about: Murder, Predators, Catfishing, Talhotblonde, Ma…

Spoilt rotten from a young age Ronald Jnr never takes any responsibility for his actions. His motives and explanations never make much sense but include the obligatory it was “The Mob”! His act defies explanation, but its what happens in the aftermath that made this case famous, but even that is surrounded in mystery. It goes onto spawn the cult cl…

In the town of McLean, Virgina, a woman snaps and kills her mother then herself after an argument. Yet all is not as it seems. Could two young men, strangers in the area, be responsible instead and it’s a staged crime scene? The truth may be closer to home. . . . This week we talk about: Murder, Suicide, Fraud, Resentment, Jealousy, Envy Sources: h…

A young woman who appears to be always searching for “something”, meets and married a man who disappoints her. Her final solution involves a Beretta and a chainsaw. Meets another man and the same pattern, the same result. She is however a business owner, none of her patrons ever knew they had been sat over the remains of both men for two years. Wou…

Three women murdered in one day in Canada in 2015 by one man driving from home to home extracting his revenge.. Had he always been this angry and hateful or was it religion that tipped him over the edge? Why refuse any and all attempts to mount a defence? Is it arrogance that made him call the Judge a liar or is there something deeper at play? . . …

A murder weapon comes in many forms and Forensic Temas spend a lot of time trying to work out what actually caused the injuries a victim died of. When you have a weapon that has been in use since the dawn of mankind, tracking down where it came from is even tricker. Two cases this week, one older and both British and both about money, to a degree. …

A troubled teenager commits an horrendous crime and there really isn’t any explanation for it. He very narrowly is stopped from also becoming a school shooter. He goes to prison and when he is eventually up for parole finally gives a motive. Do you believe him, or is it an attempt to pull on the heart strings of the Parole Board? . . . This week we…

A married couple with their first child on the way are forced to live apart by the husbands job. Eventually they are able to settle 800 miles away from their families and church support network when the child arrives. Three months later the wife and child are found dead, killed by burglars. Or were they? . . . This week we talk about: Murder, Famil…

A married couple with two children appear happy on the surface. But he is obsessed with following in his fathers footsteps working for the railway and grows bored with family life. His wife can do no right for doing wrong. His children are being children, but they fair no better. One by one, they die and its all put down to a genetic disorder. His …

A young man is attracted to a young woman who rejects him, a tale as old as time. What the woman doesn’t know is his history of stalking and harassment of women. She could never have expected her rejection to result in the wiping out of her family as well as the taking of her life by this man. . . . This week we talk about: Murder, pc bangs, South …

A young woman moves from France to the UK for more opportunities in her chosen field. She meets an immigrant from Eastern Europe in London for the same reason as her. They form a relationship until he gets sick and cant work and starts to borrow money. Where has all the money gone from his high profile Hollywood break? Why would he need to borrow m…

A young man kills his parents and brother ostensibly to stop them finding out his next move of a mass school shooting. But why? He was a popular YouTuber and slowly growing, had friends and many side jobs, his parents funded everything else. His reasoning was the Internet. But was it possibly the result of something that happened many years before …

A car explodes in the parking lot of an upscale country club. The occupant of the car dies. This is no accident, it’s a targeted attack using a pipe bomb. It takes 18 years to finally get justice for the victims family. To this day, many people still believe that the murderers are innocent and the victims business dealings are what triggered the mu…

A vulnerable woman is murdered. The murder boasts about it, even taking friends to view his handywork. He is acquitted of murder at trial, mainly due to lack of evidence. Apparently he was just showing off and never actually killed anyone. Five years later, he kills again. This time he is convicted. Four years later, he wants a move to a different …

A very young couple with young children are seemingly trapped in a contentious marriage with domestic violence on both sides. The wifes family do not see her for many months, initially unaware of anything wrong due to text messages and photographs being sent from the wife to her family. Yet eventually, the excuses run out why they cannot see her in…

Killing a relative is usually taboo. Being accepted back into the family after serving time for the offence is not always a given But in this case that’s exactly what happens, except for the sibling. That relationship is never mended. When the parent that seems to be holding this whole house of cards up dies, it comes tumbling down. The end result …

Bad Santa is a longstanding joke, even the subject of a film. But a family annihilator, consumed with resentment, jealousy and even hatred for his wife, children and even his in-laws, takes it to the next level. . . . . This week we talk about: Murder, Serial Killer, Massacre Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5p11UfgiSc https://www.houstonc…

A very quick update to one case we covered in the last episode. What Jessy did next...... Sources: https://www.courttv.com/news/i-cannot-be-silenced-jessy-kurczewski-denies-allegations-in-phone-call/ https://news.meaww.com/eye-drops-killer-jessy-kurczewskis-lawyers-want-to-withdraw-amid-allegations-of-her-plotting-to-fabricate-suicide-audio-message…

An everyday product that many people use. The product is part of an urban legend and people play tricks using it thinking it will just cause mild discomfort. It doesn’t, it will make people very ill and likely kill. This week we tell of three cases involving eyedrops. Steven Clayton / Lana Clayton Lynn Hernan / Jessy Kurczewski Stacy Hunsucker / Jo…

An horrific accident takes place on a rural property in Australia and a man is killed. Whilst clearing trees as a favour for the man’s former girlfriend, he is reported to have slipped and fallen into a woodchipper. It takes six years for the full truth to be revealed and ends up with two people serving life sentences. The motive is as old as time.…

An eviction from a property is taking place for nonpayment of rent, sadly an everyday occurrence. The US Marshalls tasked with this job are met with the unmistakeable smell of death. Was it drugs, mental illness, grief or a combination of all three that made this young mother commit filicide? Or was she forced to take this action due to the demonic…

A young man from poor beginning meets a former beauty queen and is smitten, as is she. This is Romeo and Juliette level love, so much so they run off and get married in secret. She thinks this is the start of the lies, but it has been going on for years. It takes years of dogged detective work by the family and authorities to finally reveal who thi…