True Crime March 2020

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FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND…

CHRISTINE KEELER AND THE DEATH OF STEPHEN WARD
The Profumo Affair rocked the British establishment in the 1960s and made household names of its key players. Was the society osteopath Dr. Stephen Ward a victim of judicial revenge?

MEMOIRS OF AN EAST END COPPER – PART 5: TWO BROTHERS IN THE DOCK – BOTH SENTENCED TO HANG
Unscrupulous young brothers Marks and Morris Reubens were well known to the police for their thieving. But when they turned to murder even Detective Sergeant Leeson was surprised

MAJOR BRITISH MURDER CASES:
JULIE’S MURDER CHANGED THE LAW
Labourer Billy Dunlop thought he’d got away with the murder of young Teesside mum Julie Hogg. But after the government amended the double jeopardy law he found himself back in court again

REPRIEVED! PART NINE
More fascinating cases of British murderers who escaped the gallows in the days of capital punishment

FROM THE USA…

SPECIAL REPORT: GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER? KILLERS AND THE SLEEPWALKING DEFENCE
Wife-killer Raymond Lazarine told police he’d been in a dream when he shot his spouse Deborah dead at their home in Texas. And he was far from the first killer to make that claim…

GANGLAND CONFIDENTIAL: WHY BOOTLEGGER GEORGE BLEW AWAY HIS WIFE
Chicago pharmacist and criminal lawyer George Remus used all his experience to become the “King of the Bootleggers.” And it’s claimed he was the inspiration for the Great Gatsby

AND FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD…

ASK TC: THE SNATCHING OF SHEREE, 6
Who kidnapped, raped and murdered schoolgirl Sheree Beasley from the Melbourne suburb of Rosebud? Police had a suspect but could they get him to admit it?

MURDER THE FRENCH WAY: DARK DEEDS ON THE RIVIERA – THE SLAYING OF LORD SALISBURY
Anthony Ashley Cooper was the 10th Earl of Shaftesbury who eschewed the traditional aristocratic British lifestyle for glitzy Cannes. It proved to be a fatal mistake…

NEWS & VIEWS
Competition – Chronicles Of Crime – Comment – Movie Quiz