True Crime August 2018

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FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND…
MAJOR BRITISH MURDER CASES: CHILLING CRIMES OF THE SLAUGHTERMAN
“Have you found the body yet? There will be four more. This is the Ripper,” the killer told Cardiff Police in a chilling phone call

ASK TC: CRAZED GUNMAN ON THE LOOSE IN LONDON’S WEST END
What was the Turkish tailor’s mission in London – and why did he go on a killing rampage in the city centre?

THEY MET ON THE GALLOWS: “I’VE COME TO FINISH YOU,” SCORNED HUSBAND TOLD FLORENCE
Two cases of Victorian domestic violence perpetrated by unrelated men – both named Robinson

DEATH ON THE RAILWAY: DOUBLE-MURDER AT LITTLE KIMBLE
The railway workers should have been happy working in their beautiful Chiltern setting but the foreman was paranoid and dangerous…

FROM THE USA…
DIANA’S DEADLY DIVORCE
Californian couple Greg and Diana Lovejoy seemed to have it all. But when the marriage crumbled, she found a secret weapon in the form of a gun instructor

GANGLAND CONFIDENTIAL: MEET JOE AND BILL – THEY RULED DETROIT WITH VIOLENCE, CORRUPTION…AND OTHER FAMILY VALUES
In for the long haul, Joe Zerilli and Bill Tocco were enforcers who rose to ultimate power in the Motor City’s underworld

KINDNESS REPAID – WITH DOUBLE-MURDER
Mother and daughter were killed and violated by the lodger they thought was “God’s gift”

…AND FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD
TRAPPED IN A SUB WITH A PSYCHO
When intrepid journalist Kim Wall and inventor Peter Madsen submerged in his home-built submarine, only one would surface alive…

MURDER THE FRENCH WAY: “MONSTER TWINS” RAPED AND MURDERED FOUR
When four girls set out in fancy dress for a night of fun, they were targeted by merciless predators whom a prosecutor would later call “the Siamese twins of horror”

PLUS…20 TC PRIZE COMPETITION
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