A Podcast About Murder
Hosts Freya and Jem discuss shocking crimes and mysterious deaths from across the UK, Europe and beyond.
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On the 21 April 2011 in Nantes, France, the bodies of Agnès Dupont de Ligonnès and her four children as well as the family’s two dogs were discovered buried in their garden. Only one member of the family was missing: the patriarch, Xavier. He has never been found, but the trail he left cast a dark shadow. What happened to the family Dupont de Ligonnès?
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Meredith Kercher was a 21 year old British university student on exchange in Perugia, Italy, when she was found brutally murdered. The twists and turns of the trials and convictions that followed resulted in an international media frenzy and captured armchair detectives across the globe.
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It might be Scotland’s most infamous unsolved case: who is Bible John? This creepy character with a religious fixation is said to have haunted Glasgow’s ballroom scene in the late 1960s. Some believe him to have had 3 victims, some say more — still others wonder if he even existed.
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La Porte, Indiana, 1908. A farmhouse owned by widow Belle Gunness burns to the ground. The bodies of Belle and her children are discovered in the ruins, but it’s only the first of a series of gruesome findings on the property. The remains of murder victims begin to be uncovered one after another. And is that really Belle in the ruins of the fire…?
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In January 1935, a man checked into the Hotel President in Kansas City, Missouri. Two days later, he was dead — after being found beaten and stabbed in his hotel room. What did the man’s suspicious behaviour have to do with his fate? Who was he really, and who was he hiding from?
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Welcome to season 6 of A Podcast About Murder! We kick off with the story of Carl Panzram, a truly vicious American serial killer who terrorised his victims in the early 20th century. A brutal upbringing shapes this merciless killer, and an extremely unlikely friendship immortalises his tale.
Recommended reading: Panzram: A Journal of Murder by Thomas Gaddis and James Long
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A Podcast About Murder is written, hosted and edited by Freya Teagray and Jem Lewis
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In our season finale, we take a look at the notorious ‘Son of Sam’ murders, a spate of vicious attacks on New Yorkers in late 1970s that left six people dead and nine wounded. Eventually, a man would be arrested and sentenced for the crimes — but many wonder if David Berkowitz acted alone.
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In Renaissance Italy, women lacked basic rights and often faced a harsh life in violent and loveless marriages. In this episode we enter the world of cunning makeup maestro Giulia Tofana — a skilled poisoner who offered women a discreet way to dispose of problem husbands through the lethal concoction ‘Aqua Tofana’.
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When a young, seemingly healthy celebrity dies abruptly, questions tend to follow. In this week’s episode, we discuss the strange circumstances surrounding the death of American actor Brittany Murphy. Did Hollywood pressure ‘kill’ this gentle starlet — or was she murdered… by a loved one?
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An entire family, brutally slain on their farmland, Hinterkaifeck. A home invader who hid undetected on the property before and after the slaughter. Hidden abuse and family secrets. This spine-chilling unsolved case from 1920s Germany has prompted many theories, from a crime of passion to violent paranormal activity.
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In 2001, the world was shocked by the story of quiet and polite German computer technician Armin Meiwes, who killed and then ate a man. The twist? The victim volunteered to be butchered. Dive into this bizarre case, propelled to the international stage, that raised questions about the nature of crime itself.
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A Podcast About… Mystery! In 1900, the Flannan Isles Lighthouse was manned by three men, all of whom would mysteriously disappear, never to be seen again. In this strange case, all possibilities — from a cabin-fever murder to a giant, magical predatory seabird (yes, really) — must be explored…
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Countess Erzsébet Báthory — known to many as Elizabeth Bathory — has a gory reputation. The Hungarian noblewoman, along with companions who shared her sadistic interests, is believed to have tortured and killed hundreds of girls and women between 1590 and 1610. But did she really bathe in blood and eat human flesh?
Recommended reading: Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory by Kimberley L Craft
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This week we discuss the mystifying unsolved case of Billie-Jo Jenkins. On 15 February 1997, the well-liked 13-year-old was found murdered at the home she shared with her foster family. Foster father Sion Jenkins would be nailed for the crime, but could he have done - as the prosecution claimed - in just three minutes?
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Who was the Isdal Woman? Found dead at Isdalen, or “Ice Valley” in Bergen, Norway, on 29 November 1970, this mysterious person has never been identified. In this episode, we discuss the many theories surrounding this baffling cold case.
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This week we discuss the case of Lorraine Thorpe, a girl of just 15 who, along with partner in crime Paul Clarke, committed two heinous murders in 2011 - including that of her own father. Was Lorraine groomed by Paul, or were her actions the result of her own pent up rage and taste for violence?
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The Bikini Killer, also known as the Serpent - serial killer, fraudster and thief Charles Sobhraj preyed on Western tourists during the 1970s ‘hippie trail’ of South Asia. This killer’s sprawling backstory offers many clues to his psyche - and leaves us with just as many questions.
Recommended reading: 'On the Trail of the Serpent' by Neville and Clarke; 'Serpentine' by Thomas Thompson
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One of Britain’s most famous cases is that of Mary Bell - a ten year old girl who, in the company of a friend, strangled two young boys to death in Scotswood, Newcastle in 1968. What could have motivated a child so young to commit crimes so reprehensible?
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In the spring of 1997, the city of Kobe, Japan was terrorised by a mysterious killer who attacked schoolgirls and eventually claimed the lives of two children. When police unmasked the murderer, the whole nation was aghast - he was just a teenager.
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