A Small Town Cover-Up?
Glimpsing through the social media accounts of 24-year-old Spenser Farr, one would not get the impression that he was a man with skeletons in his closet. Portraying himself as a dedicated student and...
View ArticleThe Murder of Leonne Weeks
Leonne Weeks was a vibrant and caring 16-year-old girl living in the town of Dinnington, near Rotherham, South Yorkshire with her family and twin brother. Studying hair and beauty at school, she had...
View ArticleAlabama Executes Carnival Boss Killer Who Asked to Die
On 15 March 2018, 50-year-old Michael Wayne Eggers was executed by lethal injection in Alabama. Eggers had received word less than two hours earlier that a stay of execution request submitted without...
View ArticleThomas John Ley: The Chalk-Pit Murderer
In 1928, with a failed political career trailing behind him in Australia, 48-year-old Englishman Thomas John Ley returned to England with his mistress looking to start again. In the late 1920s, London...
View ArticlePolice Inspector Found Guilty of Wife’s Murder
Last week at Chester Crown Court in England, police inspector Darren McKie was found guilty of his wife’s murder. After 21 years of service in the Greater Manchester police force, 43-year-old McKie...
View ArticleThe Ruthless Murder of Garry Newlove
The murder of 49-year-old Garry Newlove on 10 August 2007 in Warrington, Cheshire shocked people across the nation. He was a loving and hard-working man spending the evening at home with his family as...
View ArticleThe Role of Social Media in Violent Street Crime
On 4 December 2015 in Hoxton, East London, 18-year-old Macel Addai was murdered by four men who arrived in a convoy of cars with the sole purpose of attacking him. Members of the Fellows Court gang,...
View ArticleThe Beast of Wombwell: Death of Killer Ends Quest For Justice
At 80-years-old, convicted killer Peter Pickering has spent the last 46 years of his life locked up in a psychiatric unit with little possibility of release. A violent sexual predator known as the...
View ArticleWrongfully Imprisoned For 45 Years
On 25 October 1972, 27-year-old Richard Phillips stood in front of a judge in Wayne County, Michigan and listened as he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison with no possibility of...
View ArticleThe Revenge Killing of Prosecutors
The men and women who prosecute criminals are those who seek justice and dedicate their careers to convicting the guilty and keeping society safe. Their jobs, however, can carry serious risks. They...
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