“She got up suddenly, took out a gun and started shooting at each one of us. She started with the one closest to her, and went down the row shooting her targets in the head” Joseph Ng, Associate Professor and Survivor of the University of Alabama, Huntsville Shooting Amy Bishop was born on the 24th April…
Britain’s Longest-Serving Prisoner: Two Murders, an Escape and a Third Murder
“In this country we do not try people who are insane. You might as well try a baby in arms. If a man cannot understand what is going on, he cannot be tried”. Mr Justice Oliver The story of John Thomas Straffen begins in Bordon Camp, Hampshire on the 27th February 1930. Little did anyone know…
The British Army and Four Suspicious Deaths
“I don’t believe that my son pulled that trigger but at the same time, I don’t believe anyone wished him dead. I think in the regime at Deepcut at the time there was very little supervision. I think some silly prank went terribly wrong.” Yvonne Heath, mother of Pte Collinson My partner and I have been…
Burned Alive for Reporting Sexual Abuse: The Tragic Story of Nusrat Jahan Rafi
“The teacher touched me, I will fight this crime till my last breath” Nusrat Jahan Rafi Nusrat Jahan Rafi was 19 years old and lived in Feni, a small town 100 miles, or 160km, outside the capital of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She had been a student at Sonagazi Senior Fazil Madrasa. On the 27th March 2019, she…
The Disappearance of 7-year-old Mark Tildesley
“Tildesley’s body has never been found and the murder is among Wokingham’s most notorious crimes” **READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. This story contains discussion of child abuse which some may find distressing.** Mark Tidesley was born on the 31st August 1976 in Berkshire to parents John and Lavinia. Mark had a brother, Christopher, who was born…
The M50 Motorway Murder
“Mr Justice Turner said the former Army man, who stabbed Mrs Wilks in the throat as she made a emergency telephone call on the M50, had deliberately picked on a pregnant and defenceless woman” ‘Motorway Killer of Marie Wilks Sentenced to Life’ (9th November 1989) The Herald, Scotland This is the story of the cold-case of…
The Land Before Time Murder: Judith Barsi
“Yep! Yep! Yep!” Ducky Judith Barsi was born on the 6th June 1978 to parents Jozsef and Maria Barsi. Jozsef had fled Communist Hungary after the 1956 Soviet occupation, he moved to New York in 1964 and then he moved to California. It was in California that he met the then Maria Virovacz, also a Hungarian…
The Little Girl who Became a Double Murderer at 11 Years Old
“All that mattered was to lie well” Mary Bell Mary Flora Bell was born to a seventeen year old mother on the 26th May 1957. Her mother, Betty Bell, was unwed and worked as a prostitute, she was also mentally unstable involving Mary in sex acts with men from the age of five. Mary’s mother would…
The Babes in the Wood Trial Part 2: Discovering the Bodies
“No, I mean the Old Bill wouldn’t believe it would they… well if I found the girls and if they were done in I’d get blamed, I’d get nicked” Russell Bishop The Student’s Verdict has been following the trial of Russell Bishop who stands accused of the Babes in the Wood murders which took place in…
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