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Dennis Nilsen Speaks
I wrote this after watching the recent Netflix series, and I'm posting it here as the BBC unveils its new study of the case.
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Sophie Toscan du Plantier: An Approach
This is my mission statement from August 2021, when I felt like I knew as much as anyone would want to know. I was wrong then, but what do you think of the approach in general?
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Sophie Toscan du Plantier: Who Do You Believe?
Some personal recollections and how they relate to the terrible mystery of West Cork. My second article on this case from August 2021.
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Sophie Toscan du Plantier: My First Post
From August 2021.
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Sophie Toscan du Plantier: The Nature of Memory
I no longer think that Eddie Cassidy's witness statements are significant in this case, but it is striking that most people find it next to impossible to recall what time something happened.
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Sophie Toscan du Plantier: Dodgy Eye Witnesses
Last summer, I decided to test my own accuracy as an eye witness. I was shocked at how bad I was and how little I could recall.
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Sophie du Plantier was not the Only Victim in 100 Years
This is about the definition of murder, and how short memories can be.
Reading is not Writing
I have always wanted to write some book length nonfiction, and a few years ago I decided that the format for me was biography or memoir…
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Sophie Toscan du Plantier: My Final Theory
In trying to set this case aside, I offer my strongest theory about what happened on the night of 22nd / 23rd December 1996.
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25 Years: Sophie Toscan du Plantier
23rd December, 2021 marked the 25th anniversary of the brutal killing of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier. It remains Ireland’s highest-profile cold case.
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Vicky Glass
Vicky Glass was murdered at the age of 21 in the early hours of 24th September, 2000. On the 21st anniversary of her unsolved murder, police have opened up a new appeal.
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Sophie Toscan du Plantier: What Would Paul Holes Have Done?
I'm an affirmed fan of Paul Holes. If he had been in West Cork in 1996, could the case have been solved there and then?