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Over three decades ago, a 7-year-old girl vanished from her bedroom in the middle of the night while everybody else in the suburb slept soundly. It's frightening for a parent to think that someone could sneak into their child's bedroom completely undetected. It's terrifying for a parent to think that they could be suspected. This investigative true crime series dissects a case that has polarized a...

Nichola Sweeney and Sinead O'Leary were getting ready for a night out while on a break from college. While sitting in Nichola's bedroom doing their hair and makeup they didn't hear a stranger enter the house, switch off all of the lights downstairs, and walk towards the sounds of their voices. Sinead O'Leary speaks about the event, her trauma, her recovery and what needs to change. Please support...

Please visit and support https://m.facebook.com/fiona.sinnottmissing/ Broadway is a small village in County Wexford, located in the south east of Ireland. The hilltop area is just over 10 miles from Wexford Town. Located on the rural fringe of Lady’s Island Lake, the village contains just one primary school and a pub, Butlers. In February 1998, Fiona Sinnott was out at Butlers pub with friends. Wh...

On the night of April 26th 2014, Marcus Kaarma and his wife Janelle Pflager were watching a movie together at home. The couple had been under stress in recent weeks after a number of attempted break-ins. They had taken precautionary measures to try and stop the burglaries. While sitting together their phone lit up, the motion detectors in the front garden picked up someone on their property. They...

In April 1922, the bodies of the six inhabitants of the Hinterkaifeck farmstead were found brutally murdered. They had been dead for close to a week, but someone had been living in the house for days after the murders. Perhaps they had been living there before too. Sponsors: Podcorn.com Meet us at CrimeCon UK! Get your tickets on crimecon.co.uk using our code CRIMELAPSE for a 10% discount and we w...

On August 28th 2014, 14 year old Alice Gross left her family home to meet some friends at around 1pm. She had told her parents that she would be home later that evening, but she never returned. The eventual search operation launched was the largest deployment of Metropolitan police officers since the 7/7 London bombing attack eleven years earlier. But it was too late. All of our sources are availa...

*This episode contains graphic details of a violent murder, listener discretion is advised* On July 30th 2008, a Greyhound bus was travelling east along the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately 20 miles from Portage la Prairie. As night fell, some of the passengers, including 22 year old Timothy McLean, tried to get some sleep. The final stop was over an hour away, but the journey would come to an...

On Valentines Day 2007, a man walked into Macomb County Sherrifs office to report his wife missing. He hadn’t seen or heard from her for 5 days. She hadn’t turned up for work in Puerto Rico and no one knew where she was. On the night she disappeared the couple had argued and his wife left in a black sedan. It was snowing heavily in Michigan; the wind was blowing at speeds of 30mph and Tara Grant w...

CrimeLapse is a true crime podcast hosted by Eileen & Charlie. We use in extensive research, primary case audio and emotive narration to give you an immersive insight into the darkest tales.

On April 19th 2003, emergency services responded to a call about a fire at Sussex bird sanctuary. At 8:20pm a motorist who spotted the flames phoned the fire brigade who responded and extinguished the blaze. It was only when the fire was out that they realised what was burning... it was a womans body. The body was burnt beyond recognition, but it was well preserved. Police immediately suspected th...

Paranoia is defined as a mental condition, characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur. A paranoid person has an unreasonable fear that other people are out to get them. It is an instinct influenced by anxiety that creates a false belief that people are plotting against you. When someone who is extremely dangerous becomes incredibly paranoid the outcome can be catastrophic. After he was...

Located in the South East of England, 50 miles northeast of London is the historic market town of Colchester. In March 2014 a brutal murder sparked a community wide panic, people feared walking alone, the most vulnerable wore personal panic alarms and the police tried to track the perpetrator of one of the most sadistic crimes the County had ever seen. The killer intended to commit multiple murder...

Family, whether it’s biological or not are supposed to be your safe haven, people that, especially as a child, offer you love and protection. Growing up in a blended family offers opportunities to receive that love and protection from more people than your DNA attaches you to, but for 12 year old Tia Sharp, that sadly wasn’t the case. Written by CrimeLapse & Podcast she wrote Promo: Find Me In The...

There are many killers and criminals who use codes and cyphered communications to taunt the police. This type of action exerts more torture and control over many people. It is a power play that feeds the writers ego, knowing that they are on the minds of many. When human lives become something to play with, the game becomes much more dangerous. Julie Dart was kidnapped and murdered in 1991, her ki...

On August 10th 2011 the police were called to an apartment in New Road, Harlington, near Heathrow Airport, London. Inside the flat they were met with a gruesome scene. Receptionists Alice Adams and Tibor Vass were found brutally murdered. The hunt for their killer began, but they did not need to look far. Sponsors: Hero Cosmetics Featured podcasts: True Crime Witch - https://linktr.ee/truecrimewit...

On March 26th 2007 the body of Lindsay Hawker was found in a bathtub filled with soil on the balcony of a fourth floor apartment in Ichikawa, a suburb near Tokyo. Lindsay had moved to Japan five months earlier to teach English. Despite almost 10 police officers at the scene the killer managed to escape and evade police for the next 2 and a half years. SPONSORS: Hero Cosmetics - use code CRIMELAPSE...

As podcasters, we have a platform and duty to speak up and call out injustice. In light of the murder of George Floyd, we have come together in solidarity to use our platform to speak up against racial injustice and amplify the voices of black podcasters that deserve more recognition. Racism is prevalent in all industries; from the media who under-report on black victims to the justice system whic...

Listener discretion advised. On December 4th 1972, 7 year old Steven Stayner was abducted on his way home from school. He grew up with a new identity, believing his parents had given him away to the man he now called Dad. Steven was repeatedly sexually assaulted, physically abused and psychologically broken by his captor. He never tried to escape, until 7 years later when he heard another little b...

In July of 2018, 13 year old Lucy McHugh left her home in Mansel Road East, Southampton just before 9am. CCTV captured her walking intently in the direction of a Sports Centre nearby. The next morning her body was discovered in a wooded area overlooking the same sports ground. An arrest was made almost immediately but obstructions in the investigation meant that her killer wasn’t brought to justic...

On December 1st 1996, a couple were driving home after a night at the pub. The driver Lee Harvey was found stabbed over 30 times beside his car, his girlfriend Tracie Andrews was beaten and bloodied, holding him, when a witness called 999. The murder was a suspected road rage incident. Tracie publicly appealed for the driver of the other car to come forward, the nation was stunned. They feared a k...

This is the first episode in our new monthly mini series where we focus on cases that led to changes in legislation, protocol and practices. A consequence of an event that is "not in vain" has worth and means something. The disappearance of 6 year old Etan Patz in 1979 changed the public consciousness of missing children, he was one of the first children to appear on a milk carton and the annivers...

Shafilea Ahmed was like most teenage girls growing up in the UK. She was determined and ambitious with a rebellious streak. She got good grades in school, wanted to wear the latest fashion, to have a boyfriend and to break free from her family home and live independently. The difference between Shafilea and most teenage girls is that she was born in to, and brought up around one culture, but, was...

Warning: This episode contains graphic details of child abuse which some listeners will find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised. On December 6th 1961 a 17 year old, unwed mother, a ward of the state, gave birth while living in a school for girls. She was forced to give the baby up for adoption, hoping that one day they would meet again. Years later when she began searching for her son she...

*Warning, this episode contains graphic details of sexual assault and violence. Listener discretion is strongly advised* On September 13th 2016 a 911 call was made by a woman claiming to be abducted by a man called Shawn Grate. For the next 15 minutes the dispatcher kept the woman on the line as police officers scrambled to find her. The woman’s captor lay sleeping as she desperately tried to find...