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Episode Fifty Seven, Megan Newborough

Ross said "I have been trying to call her loads. She came on Friday for about an hour. Then she left about nineish and went to McDonald’s… said she’d give me a call or a text when she got home – she never did."

 

Sources:

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-leicestershire-63554849

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-63498160

https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-11-09/

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/megan-newborough-murder-trial-told-7772561?int_source=nba

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/search-teams-never-found-megan-7811591

https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/in-your-area/megan-newborough-trial-killer-revealed-25457491

https://www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-leicestershire-63456493

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/megan-newboroughs-brother-tells-murder-7785012

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/megan-newboroughs-killer-divulged-sadistic-7808133

Simon Hare & Liam Barnes BBC News Dan Martin BBC News ITV central news Leicester Live By Dave Owen Coventry Live By Dave Owen and Claire Harrison

 

Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QJnM_HyuhQ WATCH: Moment killer admits where he left the body of Megan Newborough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAPs2h2NtYE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qKfAGrtCDg

Ross stabbed his GF Megan Newborough 14 times and then dumped her body

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPbOhP-1Ido

Ross McCullam jailed for life for murder of Megan Newborough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgUxsSfpvdU

Image Andy Baker

Episode Fifty Six, Thomas, Jennifer and Ashlee

 Ashlee and Ryan cooperated with the police and when one of the officers asked Ashlee if she knew what they were being pulled over for, Ashlee said (qu) I assume it’s for what you guys are calling the murder.

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.mamamia.com.au/ashlee-martinson-tells-her-story/

 

https://morbidology.com/freedom-behind-bars-the-ashlee-martinson-case/

https://people.com/crime/ashlee-martinson-crime-watch-daily-interview/

 

https://people.com/crime/ashlee-martinson-horror-blogger-pleads-guilty-to-killing-parents/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhinelander,_Wisconsin#/media/File:Rhinelander_Wisconsin_Downtown_Looking_East.jpg

 

https://www.change.org/p/governor-of-wisconsin-justice-for-ashlee-martinson

https://eu.desertsun.com/embed/video/85734814/

Episode Fifty Five, Ashley Reeves

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The detective described the place they went to

"It was a very thickly- wooded, dense area. Spiderwebs, 2:00 a.m., very dark. I had two of my investigators with me. We searched so long that our flashlight battery started wearing out. And we came across her pretty deep into the woods."

 

 

 

Sources:

 

https://alt.true-crime.narkive.com/eSbkSHoj/ashley-reeves-suspect-had-web-sites-frequented-dance-club

 

https://thecinemaholic.com/where-is-samson-shelton-now/

 

https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/02/06/exclusive-illinois-teen-survives-older-lovers-murderous-attack-returns-to-scene-where-she-was-left-for-dead/

 

https://www.voxbliss.com/ashley-reeves-story/

 

 

Episode Fifty Four, Cherry Walker

HAPPY CHRISTMAS WITH THIS EARLY EPISODE

 

 

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The pizza-hut delivery driver made his way down the quiet, abandoned road- he quickly realised he’d gone the wrong way, so swung into a grassy area to turn the car around. As he did so, he noticed an object outside of the car. He stopped and got out… as he made his way towards the object laying in the overgrown grassy area. He stared in horror as he realised he was looking at the burnt, ashy body of a human being. He got straight back into his car to call 911 and waited for the authorities to arrive. Detectives found a rolled up carpet next to the body and a used coffee creamer container. More rubbish nearby but the container stood out because it looked pretty new, so it took their attention. Tyre tracks nearby, well preserved because of the nature of the dirt.

Episode Fifty Three, Amy Anderson

On Thursday the 9th of May, Dumfries police recieved a report from someone walking their dog along the bank of the River Leven. They had thought they'd seen something in the water, and as they made their way closer towards the item, they realised it was a torso.

 

This episode originally aired in April 2021 as a Patreon episode.

 

 

 

Show notes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6177417.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4045513.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1993206.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3253668.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2176963.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1977848.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2026451.stm

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11955517.murder-hunt-police-extend-search-to-rubbish-tip/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/homeless-and-hopeless-how-did-ordinary-life-end-so-brutally-179420.html

https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/criminology/people/teela-sanders/sex-work-and-homicide

https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=scot/cases/ScotHC/2006/HCJAC_83.html&query=homicide%20doreen

 

 

 

 

 

 

Episode Fifty Two, Helen Smith and Johannes Otten

As he approached the flats he saw blood on the ground and looked up to the railings on the wall that enclosed the courtyard at the bottom of the block. The near-naked body of a man was impaled on the railings. His head was facing towards the building and his legs were hanging down towards the street.

 

With the hugest thanks to our guest writer for their help with this episode!

 

References

• Paul Foot – The Helen Smith Story (Fontana) ISBN 978-0-00-636536-5
• Bingham, John (27 October 2009). "Father agrees to bury daughter's body after 30 years in mortuary". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
• Pavia, Will (28 October 2009). "Funeral to be held for nurse who died in Saudi Arabia 30 years ago". Times Online. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
• "Funeral for 1979 Saudi fall nurse". BBC News. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
• Bingham, John (28 October 2009). "Helen Smith: Father's campaign which led to Diana, Princess of Wales, inquest". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
• Martin Wainwright "British nurse who died at Saudi drinks party to be cremated after 30 years", The Guardian, 28 October 2009
• Maclean’s - The Death of Helen Smith. SEPTEMBER 22 1980.

Episode Fifty One, The killer dentist (Lesley and Trevor) part 2

This is the second part of a two-parter. If you haven't listened to part one, I'd recommend heading back to episode 50 and starting there.

 

Spoilers below!

 

 

 

 

 

This report, would be the official record of the events of that fateful day... all the way up until almost 20 years later, when the horrific and unimaginable truth would come to light. The joint suicide pact between a broken hearted husband, and a depressed, devestated wife, would be revealed to be an unbelievable series of events, that started with an affair, and ended with a double murder.

Episode Fifty, The killer dentist (Lesley and Trevor)

This is the first part of a 2 parter on The Killer Dentist. The second part is available to download immediately.

 

After she’d been in the bath for a little while, Colin came in and said he wanted to use the tape recorder. He lifted it up, and as he did so, the cable came out and somehow landed on Lesley’s arm, in the bath. This was attached to the main electricity supply and meant that as it touched her arm, and the water, it gave her an electric shock. Thankfully, the cord had then fallen straight onto the floor, so she was able to get up and out to safety. She didn’t really know how the cord had ended up in the bath, and afterwards, Colin asked her not to tell anyone. To promise she wouldn’t say anything. Lesley thought it was odd that he’d made her promise not to tell anyone, so she called 3 of her friends over the next couple of days, saying 'I’m telling you this in case anything happens to me’

Episode Forty Nine, Bessie Sheppard

As Bessie walked along the road, the murderer raised the stake up to shoulder height and brought it down with his full force on her head. The attacker then brought the 4 foot long sharpened fence stake down on her head again….. and again….. and again. The murderer then dragged her body into the ditch at the side of the road so it wouldn’t be seen by passers by.

 

With many thanks to our guest writer for their help with this episode!

 

Sources:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Bessie-Sheppard-True-Story/dp/1497543045

https://www.leftlion.co.uk/read/2016/october/street-tales-a-mansfield-road-murder-8624/

http://www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk/page/the_murder_of_bessie_sheppard?path=0p134p

https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/history/tragic-story-behind-rare-murder-6442415

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/tragic-story-behind-eerie-murder-25900098

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45651931

https://www.chad.co.uk/news/how-did-bessie-sheppard-really-die-mansfield-author-comes-uncomfortable-conclusion-2244748

Episode Forty Eight, The Chinatown murders

Benjamin pulled open the brown paper bag and threw the nylon chords onto the floor. One by one, the customers hands were tied behind them. Then their feet.

 

With many thanks to Tingying Dong and Kwok Hei Tung for their help on this episode.

 

 

 

Sources:

https://www.historylink.org/File/298

https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-xpm-2013-oct-26-la-na-nn-wah-mee-massacre-parole-20131026-story.html

https://www.woonlok.com/articles/wah-mee-massacre

http://courts.mrsc.org/supreme/105wn2d/105wn2d0692.htm#105wn2d0692

 

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