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Christopher Laverack & Kirsty Carver
Two notorious murders had a big impact on my young imagination, and in both cases police officers turned up at our house with awkward questions. Could these two lives cut short explain my fascination?
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Paradise: Peta Frampton and Chris Farmer
A new line of enquiry for Crime Guy heads to 1970s Guatemala.
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In Detail: Penny Bell
The case of Penny Bell is shocking. Penny was murdered in her own car outside a swimming pool on a summer day in 1991. Nobody was ever charged with the crime.
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Book: A Burglar’s Guide to the City
Whatever the title of this book makes you think of, you’re likely to be wrong. This book is incredible and original.
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Book: Injured Parties by Monica Weller
The 1966 murder of Dr Helen Davidson near Amersham, Buckinghamshire, is the subject of Monica Weller’s cold case investigation.
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Book: One Of Your Own by Carol Ann Lee
I love reviewing books, especially ones as good as this, about one of the cases that has haunted me since I first heard about it in my early teens.
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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.