Bang to Rights

In June 1983, Houston, Texas, 2 people were killed with a pickaxe – the kind of grisly double murder that would dominate the headlines any day of the week. But this crime captured more attention than usual – because the killer was a 5 foot 3, 121-pound woman. Her brutal slayings, and her subsequent reformation as a Born-Again Christian, divided a nation when it came to her fate. This is what happe...

In September 2018, a white police officer fatally shot a black man in Dallas, Texas. Allegations of institutional racism and police violence in the US had been rife for decades, but the circumstances of this case made it all the more shocking. The officer in question was not on duty at the time, and the victim was in his own home. This is what happens when mistakes cost lives. This is the murder o...

It’s believed 1% of the population is a psychopath. The vast majority of these individuals will not be violent during their lifetime. A minority, however, will use their anti-social personality disorder to fulfil horrific warped fantasies – fantasies often formed in childhood and played out in their minds 1000s of times. This is the story of one such individual. This is the disturbing case of Kevi...

A recent study by the Femicide Census found that a woman is killed by a man every three days in the UK. In June 2022, a violent predator was prowling the streets of Ilford, East London, looking for a victim. The brutal encounter that followed shocked the nation and added volume to a growing voice – a voice calling for action to address the serious issue of femicide in the UK. This is what happens...

Some murders are so horrific they live long in the memory. In 1995, Knoxville Tennessee, such a killing occurred. Victim and perpetrators were just teenagers, and the sadistic brutality of the crime caused a media sensation. It would only be after trial that the truth of the ringleader’s dysfunctional past would be revealed, dividing opinion across a nation. Should she pay the ultimate price in th...

In August 1993, a mother kissed her 4-year-old son goodbye as he set off to make the short journey to a park in the tiny, close-knit village of Savona, New York. 5 minutes later, he was deceased. The killing  was shocking enough, but when the perpetrator was finally identified, it caused a national sensation – the shockwaves from which still reverberate today. This is what happens when damaged chi...

In September 2021, in Killamarsh, Derbyshire, 2 children, their friend and their mother were brutally murdered in the place they should have been safest – their own home. A subsequent investigation uncovered catastrophic failings by the Probation Service – failings that had deadly consequences. This is what happens when a drug-abusing, violent predator enters the world of a happy family. This is t...

In March 2020, two men agreed to settle a dispute in an arranged fight at a remote beauty spot in Cornwall. What was supposed to be a one-on-one fight would end in a brutal assault on a vulnerable young father of one, who would be left for dead both by his attackers, and by those he thought were his friends. This is what happens when a dispute turns deadly. This is the murder of Callum Hill. Learn...

In October 2013, a 14-year-old boy went missing after leaving his high school in Danvers, Massachusetts. The same evening, his 24-year-old maths teacher was also reported missing. Whilst the boy would soon be found alive and well, his teacher would not be so fortunate. The subsequent police investigation would uncover a brutal, senseless murder that would send shockwaves through a community. This...

In November 1990, the body of a 17-year-old First Nation boy was found on the outskirts of Saskatoon city, Canada. It would not be until a decade later that the truth behind the teenager’s death would be officially acknowledged, exposing systematic racism within the city’s police department and its lethal practice of the ‘Starlight Tour’. This is what happens when those tasked with your protection...

In 1970s Denver, Colorado, USA, a serial killer was on the loose. Over the course of 2 years, 4 women had killed in similar circumstances. When police failed to link the killings and separate investigations produced no suspects, the cases went cold. The families of the victims would have to wait 40 years to find any form of closure via an unlikely link between latest DNA profiling techniques and t...

In 2011, a young Arkansan girl escaped abuse at the hands of her stepmother and drug-abusing father. Back in the full time care of her loving mother, she began putting the past behind her and was enjoying a happy childhood. But that all changed when a predator, hiding in plain sight, entered her world. This is the tragic story of a young life, marred by abuse, cut brutally short. This is the murde...

In 2014, a pregnant teenager was found dead in her home in Pearland, Texas. The police investigation focused on the victim’s 16-year-old boyfriend – the father of her unborn children. Teenagers can sometimes be accused of being egocentric, but one young man took narcissism to a whole new level. This is what happens when you interfere in the plans of a sociopath. This is the murder of Arrijana Hill...

Between 2010 and 2017 in Toronto, Canada, men were disappearing from the city’s gay village. The subsequent police investigations were criticised and It would take years for authorities to realise that the disappearances were linked, and they were hunting the deadliest serial killer in Toronto’s history. This is the story of a ruthless man hiding in plain sight. This is the case of the Santa Claus...

In November 2004, an intruder broke into a couple’s Delmar home in the US, brutally axe- murdering a man as he slept, and critically injuring his wife. What appeared to be a burglary gone wrong soon turned into something even more sinister, as police identified a family member as prime suspect. This is what happens when a cold-blooded sociopath is raised as a member of the family. This is the case...

In September 1978, a teenager hitchhiking through California narrowly avoided death after accepting a lift from a middle-aged man in a blue van. Whilst she would escape with her life, she would be left horrifically mutilated. Meanwhile, shortfalls in the criminal justice system would mean that, after a short term behind bars, her attacker would be released – free to hunt another unsuspecting victi...

In 2014, a wealthy California woman met the man of her dreams online. After four failed marriages, she finally thought she’d found Mr Right. Her dream man, however, soon turned out to be her worst nightmare, as the sinister truth about him was revealed. What’s more, her own children would find themselves in his line of fire. This is the story of a psychopathic con man living a web of lies. This is...

HE  AUSTRALIAN UNSOLVED CASE OF MR CRUEL !The unsolved Australian case about a man dubbed Mr Cruel is this weeks True Crime episode deep dive. Mr Cruel  is an Australian child rapist and killer who attacked  girls in the northern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, in the 1980s.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

KIDNAPPED BY MICHAEL LEE KINGDenise Amber Lee was known as a most loving mother and partner. When she wasn't home and her two young children left in their cribs her husband Nathan knew there was something extremely wrong. Join me in my latest true Crime episode where I take you through this tragic story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sebastian Malinowski had only lived in the UK for less than a year with his mother and her partner, Agnieszka Kalinowska and Andrzej Latoszewski . Join me in this new Bang to Rights True Crime episode where I go through this tragic story and how events unfolded.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

JEMMA MITCHELL -THE MURDER OF MEE KUEN CHONGJemma Mitchell is an Australian-born English former osteopath who murdered Mee Kuen Chong (Deborah Chong) and dumped her body in Devon. Was she an organised or unorganised killer? Let me take you through this very recent UK True Crime case.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Ivan Milat story is an Australian case of a killer who murdered backpackers!! Wolf creek in real life! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Junko Furuta was a highschool student who was kidnapped and tortured in the late 1980s. Her captors were Hiroshi Miyano, Jō Ogura,Shinji Minato and Yasushi Watanabe. Join me in my latest True Crime bang to rights episode where I go through the truly horrible story of ‘The concrete-encased high school girl murder case’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ed Kemper AKA The Co-Ed killer is 6' 9" American serial killer who murdered his paternal grandparents and then went on to become one of the most prolific serial killers ever known. Emma shines the spotlight on his journey to becoming the killer that he is today.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joanna Dennehy went on a 2 week killing rampage cross the UK.She wanted to be more notorious than Bonnie and Clyde. Join Emma Kenny in this riveting episode where she discusses what made Dennehy and how the tale unfolded. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices