True Crime August 2023

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Highlights this issue include:

CASES FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND…
MAJOR BRITISH MURDER CASES: MAD THOUGHTS OF A MURDEROUS PSYCHOPATH
Infamous “Devil’s Disciple” Patrick Mackay committed his feelings to paper before going on trial for murder. He would go on to become one of Britain’s longest-serving prisoners

KILLERS RELEASED TO KILL AGAIN: TOTTENHAM KILLER WENT ON TO MURDER IN SURREY WOODS
Debt plagued Terry Bewley as a young man – and motivated his first murder. After being released from prison for killing a credit collector, he stood to gain financially by killing his married lover’s husband

ASK TC: THE WOMAN AT THE WINDOW AND THE SECRET SCIENTIST
When married Elsie Roe was found murdered in her own home in Barnet, her husband scientist Gerald came under suspicion. But could the killer have been an intruder?

LAST HANGINGS AT CAVAN AND CASTLEBAR
It’s 150 years this month since the last hangings at two Irish prisons. We present the murder cases that brought the culprits to the gallows

LAST MEN ON THE GALLOWS: THE LAST MAN HANGED IN SCOTLAND
Should he have gone to the gallows? How Henry Burnett controversially gained a place in Scottish legal history

FROM THE USA…
WHY DADDY’S GIRL HELPED MURDER MOM
When Michelle Neurauter was found hanging from a banister at her home in Corning, New York State, it looked like suicide. But what had actually happened was far, far more disturbing…

GANGLAND CONFIDENTIAL: “THE CRIME I CAN’T FORGET”
A case that started off as routine police work but led to horrific events that shocked California

REVENGE OF THE BLACK WIDOW
How Barbara Kogan avenged being dumped by her millionaire husband George

AND FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD…
MURDER THE FRENCH WAY: THE FINAL SEDUCTION
When Olivier Mugnier went for a drink in Paris it proved to be a fatal mistake. He met seductive Jessica Davies who was looking for a night of uncomplicated passion. But when Olivier failed to satisfy her needs, things turned nasty…

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