What is Wrong with People?

A crime has never played out more like a horror movie than this crime. 

The brutality of the crime, a life extinguished so young, and the time it took for the perpetrator to be sentenced, makes this crime even more heartbreaking. 

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It was the blood spatter trail in the pure white snow that haunted investigators. This case is well known in Scotland as one of the worst committed in it’s modern history. And the motive was…greed.

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The loving and well-liked couple Ian and Nancy Blackburn haven’t been seen in just under a week. Nancy’s car is parked at their home in Toronto, while Ian’s car is parked at their summerhouse in Caledon. 

This horrific case delves into the strange behaviours of a sexual sadist and narcissist. The perpetrator is the epitome of “What is Wrong with People?”

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In a quiet neighbourhood in the Illawarra Region - New South Wales, Australia, the usual Wednesday morning monotony was interrupted by the screams of an 18 year old resident.

Emerging from his house in hysterics, he told his neighbour that “Something is wrong with Mum and Sarah!”.

What police would find in the home was so horrific, that one police officer who attended the scene, would never return to work.

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Shiori Ino was enjoying young adulthood when she crossed paths with a man who would completely destroy her life, and the life of her family in less than a year. 

This case will have your blood boiling as a desperate woman begs for help from authorities, who later attempt to protect their inaction by publicly and falsely shaming and attacking the victim.

Ino’s horrific murder saw Japan introduce new laws in the hope of protecting futu...

This episode discusses one of Frances most notorious serial rapists and killers, who carried out his crimes with the help of an accomplice. His wife. 

Sadly the episode title cannot fit all the names of his victims, so this episode carries the name that the coward Michel Fourniret earned carrying out these wicked crimes.

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Carol Hickok was tragically found dead at the bottom of the outdoor staircase at her home. With a large, bloody wound to her head, it looked as though she had taken a nasty fall down the stairs.

But detectives weren’t convinced.

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Being an Eritrean asylum seeker in Israel is hard enough, but when you are faced with violence in your home, you start to believe that violence against women is normal.

Twelve-year old Sylvana and her mother Malay tried hard to build a new life, only to have it filled with the violent trauma they thought they had left behind.

This tragic crime would cause a nation to stop and say enough is enough.

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A hard working dairy farmer stumbles across the body of a naked man in his disused run-off tank.

Could it be the body of a local DJ who went missing from the area almost two years prior?

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The Adelaide River in the Northern Territory, Australia, is well known for it’s high concentration of saltwater crocodiles.

The Australian saltwater crocodile is one of the most aggressive and dangerous crocodiles in the world. Limited only by what it can overpower, the crocodile will eat almost anything.

So how did the bodies of two local prostitutes survive 30 hours in this river without a scratch on them?

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Ikeda Elementary School sits in the leafy green wealthy neighbourhood of Ikeda, Osaka, Japan. The pupils, who are junior primary school age, secure their position at this elite school through entrance exams and formal interviews. 

On the morning of 8 June 2001, the school, community and the whole of Japan would change for ever. 

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Thirty-three year old Sean McKinnon was enjoying a surfing holiday with his Canadian fiancee Bianca Buckley, on the north island of New Zealand. They had pulled into a free camping area in their Apollo campervan, planning to surf the waves after a night spent together looking out over the panoramic view of the Tasman Sea.

At 2am in the morning, they heard tapping on the window of their van, followed by thumping on the pane...

Yvonne Jonsson was embarking on an exciting career, having left her home country of Sri Lanka to study fashion design abroad. She returned to Sri Lanka for a quick vacation, planning to continue her studies in London.  

Nineteen year old Yvonne and her seventeen year old sister wanted to make the most of being home together and decided to head into the city to do some bar hopping. Their father cautioned his daughters as they were le...

Nineteen year old Katie Racklif was enjoying being a young adult. She had secured a hairdressing apprenticeship and wanted to own her own salon one day.

Katie would be last seen getting into a vehicle after a night out with friends.

The perpetrator of the horrific sexual attack, almost got away with her murder.

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Two year old Wang Yue wandered down a narrow street near her fathers hardware market store in Fushan, China.

The little girl had no idea she was walking straight into danger.

But what occurred during the next 7 minutes, horrified the world and had a nation asking where they had gone wrong.

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Sixty-six year old Lesley Potter was enjoying life in The Mumbles, Wales. She had been married for 26 years, had three children, five grandchildren and a sixth on the way. 

She enjoyed catching up with friends for drinks at the pub and playing games. 

So why was she found hanging naked from a beam in her home?


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63 year old, Rosa Elena Hernandez was enjoying the five block walk back to her home. She had enjoyed lunch with a friend, and she looked forward to stretching out her legs. 

Rosa noticed a man dressed in black coming toward her. She knew most of the people in the neighbourhood but wasn’t necessarily alarmed by the stranger. She had walked these streets for four decades. 

As the two crossed paths, the stranger erupted into a frenzy, s...

Clifford Bartholomew, a 40 year old family man, went on a killing rampage in the quiet rural setting of Hope Forest, South Australia.

His 10 victims were all family members, making him Australia’s worst family mass murderer.

Clifford murdered his wife; his sister-in-law; his 7 children, ranging in age from 4-19 years; and finally, he remembered his 18 month old nephew who slept through the horror. He walked up the hallway to his cot ...