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One man had managed to jump out of the way of the initial blast of glass and pickup truck that had come hurtling towards him. He ran towards the drivers side door of the pick up truck. He could see the window was open, or smashed open... either way, it didn’t matter. As long as the window was open, he’d be able to asses the state of the driver, and potentially help them out to safety.  As he appro...

On Christmas eve, William exchanged a facebook message with a friend where he he spoke of ‘brutally killing’ Mrs Maguire and spending the rest of his life in jail so he didn’t have to worry about life or money. Not that he was taken seriously. He also started contacting friends offering to “kill Maguire for a tenner".   Then his facebook profile picture changed. Instead of his image, there was now...

Michelle's lonely body lay at the farmhouse for hours before anyone came to discover her. Once the commotion had died down and both of the men were out of the house, Michelle's pet fox Dalton and Alsatian dog, Zaith came out of hiding and sniffed at Michelle's lifeless and bloodied body………. and then they started to eat her remains.   References https://www.thelawpages.com/court-cases/Gary-Chadwick...

Lucy tells the police that he has shot her mother and states that she was running for her life.   Knowing that she had provided all of the information the police needed she made the courageous decision to return to the scene of the incident and acknowledged the fact that going back to that scene might lead her to death.   Her last words to the operator were “I don’t know if I’m going to be alive i...

He pulled her over and got out of the car. He was wearing a police belt with handcuffs attached when he approached Sarah. He showed her his police warrant card, and used lockdown rules as a reason to falsely arrest her.  At 9.34pm he handcuffed Sarah. A passenger in a passing car saw this happen, and noticed that Sarah was compliant. She had her head down and didn't appear to be resisting. The pas...

HUMANS, from the producer of REDRUM.   True stories about the most intriguing stories of human behaviour, the good, the bad, and the downright horrific.    Episode 1 is available to download here, subscribe so you don't miss a new episode next week  https://youtube.com/channel/UCvGzDaluex7D_hPe7exgKhQ       See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://ar...

The two men, who had murdered six people, one as young as 18 months, had been found guilty and were sentenced to spend most of their remaining lives in prison. Both began their sentences but continued to protest their innocence and, as time went on, significant concerns began to emerge about the case. The main allegation was that the police had falsified evidence.   With many thanks to our guest w...

 She went on to ask him “You're not a serial killer, right?”  He typed back, “No”  The pair continued to exchanged messages, then on Tuesday the 22nd of November, they decided again to meet up.  Little did Sarah know, but the man who was messaging her under a false name, had googled ‘ “How to make homemade poisons to kill humans” and , “What chemical could you put on a rag and hold to someone’s fa...

Immediately he joined a small group of rescuers trying to reach the class rooms. What he saw he said would never leave his mind.  The children still at their desks, covered with slime, sludge and mud, dead by suffocation and the mummified form of the teacher still standing in front of the children with his arms out as though he was trying to protect them. He was dead.   With many thanks to our gue...

At around 8:30pm that night, after Kim had been onboard for around an hour and a half, she texted Ole jokingly, saying ‘I’m still alive by the way, but going down now’, before adding that Peter had brought cookies and coffee, and then typed ‘I love you’. That was the last time anyone heard from Kim.                     The Kim Wall memorial fund- https://www.rememberingkimwall.com/grant   SOURCES:...

This episode is a little different to our usual... it's a story that happened to Grace, told by Grace.   This is an unedited episode. We wanted to give you an extra Halloween special, but given the urgent nature of this episode, wanted to upload the raw, unedited version so bare that in mind whilst listening.   Thoughts to Samira, Richard, Grace at this time.                 **** Creative consulta...

The next morning, at around 6am Suzanne got out of bed and began getting herself ready for the day. She began her day, readying herself for work, and went to check in on Stephen. She knocked on his door but heard no answer. She began to feel an immense amount of worry. She opened Stephen’s bedroom door and then saw that his bed was empty.   Please note; as always, the information contained in this...

John agreed, and jumped over the low fence towards the back of the garden. He was followed closely by Lorcan who was carrying a sack, rolled up in one of his hands. Once both boys were over the fence and in the back field they made their way over to a large set of bushes out of sight of the houses from where they’d come from. There was a hole in the ground in front of them, and Lorcan told John to...

Officers made their way straight to the dorm that Bruce and Arlis shared, and when they arrived, knocked and waited for Bruce to answer the door. Once he did, officers were shocked to see that he was covered with blood. However, when they asked him who’s blood it was, Bruce insisted it was his own. He told the officers that he often got nose bleeds when he was under stress and Arlis being missing...

This is the story of the countess who survived 2 concentration camps and fought for others right to live, only to be murdered years later whilst living in London. Was it a random attack? A robbery? Or something more politically charged?   As the ambulance wound its way through the crowded London streets, Teresa did indeed come to and tried to speak. Although it was difficult and she sounded as tho...

As the evening wore on, some of Martine's’ friends began to feel tired and at about 2 am decided to go back to their flats. Martine wasn’t ready to go home just yet, and wanted to stay out and have more fun. CCTV shows Martine and Farook leaving the club together at between 2 and 3 am, and getting into a taxi apparently to go to another night club. At the time they were no more than a mile from th...

This is the final part of a two part series on The 7/7 London Bombings. Many thanks to our guest writer for this episode. He came to me with this episode in mind, because he was there.   All but Anthony had died in the three tube train bombings that happened at 08.49 on the morning of the 7th July 2005 that morning and the rescue effort to save survivors is already underway. As events develop in t...

This is the first part of a two part series on The 7/7 London Bombings. Many thanks to our guest writer for this episode. He came to me with this episode in mind, because he was there.    It is now 7.22am and the four bombers walk towards Luton Town Station, and are caught on CCTV as they inconspicuously pass through the platform barriers and wait on the platform for their train, the 7.24.  They h...

This episode was available for our $9+ Patreons. This week we are swamped with work so releasing it as a general release episode for all our listeners.     This week Russ and Grace talk about artists who have died for their art, their jobs, their passions.   Joi was filming the motorcycle stunt for Deadpool 2 in Vancouver Canada. The cameras track her riding out of the open doors of a building, ac...

Half and Susanne Zantop   Half arranged the wooden chair to face inwards, and with a smile, asked how he could help. After a few minutes of chatting, Half turned to get a phone number from his desk.   The person in front of Half waited patiently for him to turn, and at that very moment, silently opened the rucksack sitting on the floor, and pulled out a large, SOG SEAL knife.               Show no...

At the height of rush hour on the morning of the 28th of February 1975, 300 passengers sat, stood and leant on all areas of the packed tube heading to it's final stop at Moorgate station. Passengers and the guard towards the rear of the train realised the train wasn't slowing and was in fact accelerating. They began to panic, but had just seconds before darkness engulfed the 6 carriages and the pi...

In the early hours of September the 9th 2000, Angelina called the Montebello police department. She told them they needed to come to their home immediately. She had found her husband, Frank, lying facedown on a carpet in the bedroom. Officers arrived and Angelina led them through to their bedroom where they found Frank on his front, with blood coming from his nose.             Support us on Patreo...

After there was still no answer at the door, Mary decided to enter the house, and as she did, she noticed it to be eerily quiet. As she got further into the hallway, she noticed a dark figure lying on the floor, and as she got closer, she noticed that Robert was lying facedown on the floor, and his head was caved in. The surrounding walls and carpets were covered with blood.     Consider supportin...

This is the second part in a two part series, listen to part one (episode twenty four) for all the details. Officers made their way to the area to search for Renae, and at around 8:45pm, arrived to find Renae's abandoned car parked on Military Road, just around 150 metres from the steps at The Gap. Officers immediately ordered a land and air search but there was no sign of Renae. The search was ca...

This is the first part in a 2 part series.   Soon after that, the 4 of them decided to get back in contact with the the police and beg them to do all they could to find Renae. At this point, officer were taking Renae's disappearance very seriously because of the texts she'd sent, and inquiries were made with the phone provider to find out where Renae might be. The service provider informed officer...