True Crime December 2023

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Highlights this issue include:

CASES FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND…
MAJOR BRITISH MURDER CASES: “COUNT THE DAYS BEFORE HE KILLS ME”
Uzma Arshad wanted to forge a new life as a modern woman. But her husband Rahan had deadly plans for her and their children…

LAST MEN ON THE GALLOWS: BIRMINGHAM KILLER SAVED FROM THE GALLOWS – TO MURDER 27 YEARS LATER
John Spriggs shot dead a pub barman and seemed destined for the hangman’s noose. But after years in prison he still remained dangerous…

KILLERS RELEASED TO KILL AGAIN: LAKE DISTRICT KILLER CAUGHT BY CRIMEWATCH
After taking over a hotel and turning round its fortunes, divorcee Bronwen Nixon deserved better than becoming the victim of a grudge killing

“I KILLED HIM WILLINGLY – HE DESERVED IT”
A crime of passion from Edwardian London

ASK TC: “REVOLVERS, TRUNCHEONS AND RAZORS”
When the Mooney Gang and their ilk ruled the tough streets of Sheffield, South Yorkshire

FROM THE USA…
BUCKET IN BASEMENT CONCEALED HER BOYFRIEND’S HEAD
How the relationship between Wisconsin’s Taylor Schabusiness and Shad Thyrion ended in horrific fashion

“KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON” – PART TWO
The true story behind Martin Scorsese’s new blockbuster

GANGLAND CONFIDENTIAL: ASTONISHING LIFE OF THE SERIAL KILLER NEVER CONVICTED FOR MURDER
Alvin Thomas, AKA Titanic Thompson, was a card sharp, con-man, grifter and four-times killer. How did he manage to escape justice?

“YOU WILL HAVE TO SHOOT HER – OR I WILL SHOOT YOU”
Copycat killings two years apart in the Texas of the 1930s

AND FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD…
MURDER THE FRENCH WAY: THE SWEDISH BEAUTY AND THE NAKED TAXI DRIVER
Susanna Zetterberg came to Paris to study. But no one had warned her about the illegal taxi drivers…

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