True Crime October 2023

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Highlights this issue include:

CASES FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND…
MAJOR BRITISH MURDER CASES: IN DENIAL: TRACIE AND THE TRUTH ABOUT ‘ROAD RAGE KILLING”
According to his girlfriend Tracie Andrews, Lee Harvey had been attacked and stabbed to death by a man, following a car chase. But soon doubts surfaced about Tracie’s account…

THE TRUE STORY BEHIND TV’S THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
Crime drama The Sixth Commandment, based on the real-life murder of retired Peter Farquhar, proved a hit with viewers. And, as our account of the actual events shows, the true story is every bit as disturbing as the TV serial

LAST MEN ON THE GALLOWS: WHEN MIDLANDS ROBBERY TURNED TO MURDER
Working at a gentleman’s outfitters shop hardly seemed like the most dangerous of jobs. But for David Keasey it proved fatal

KILLERS RELEASED TO KILL AGAIN: HE MURDERED TO GET BACK TO BROADMOOR
Double-killer Leslie Goodall didn’t want to be stuck in the north-east – so he hatched a deadly plan to seal a move south

ASK TC: LIKE DAUGHTER, LIKE FATHER
Mary Pearcey was one of the most notorious killers of Victorian-era London. And her father Thomas Wheeler was a merciless killer too

THE EDGEFIELD SLASHER
How a religious maniac caused death and mayhem in a sleepy Norfolk village

FROM THE USA…
LONELY CANNIBAL TURNS TO GRINDR FOR HIS SUPPER
Stylist Kevin Bacon hadn’t found the love and companionship he was craving. Hooking up with Mark Latunski via a dating app proved a fatal mistake

“IT’S EASIER TO KILL THE BITCH”
Kenneth and Carolyn Stahl were slain in their car on a highway. Investigators were puzzled – it looked more like an assassination than a robbery gone wrong. Why would anyone kill them?

GANGLAND CONFIDENTIAL: SMASHING NEW YORK’S “LITTLE ITALY” GANGS
The Navy Street gang’s bloody war with the Sicilian Morellos

AND FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD…
MURDER THE FRENCH WAY: 20 HOURS OF TERROR IN KILLER’S CAMPER VAN
Sadistic army sergeant major and serial killer Pierre Chanal had already killed more than 10 young men before he was finally captured…