...meanwhile, almost 20 kilometres away, the telephone at the Aigues-Mortes police station rang. The answering officer listened as a panicked male caller warned, “A guy who just left my place is about to kidnap a girl. He’s armed, and I think he’s about to do something horrific.”

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Researched and written by Milly Raso

Special thanks to Nicolas Deliez for his assistance

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VIDEO:

Trapped by the Internet: The Elodie Morel Case – Real Stories

ARTICLES:

The long and horrible agony of Elodie – La Depeche 

Perpetuity for the murderer of a young woman trapped by an internet ad – Le Parisien

30 years in prison for sequestering, torturing and raping a woman trapped on the internet – Faits Divers

30 years on appeal for the murder of a woman trapped by the internet – Le Point

The trial of the murder of a Marseillaise – La Provence 

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The Kimberley is one of the most remote areas in Australia. Tourists are advised not to leave the main roads and to avoid driving at dawn or during the night – mainly because of the dangers of wildlife and the road trains which dominate the night hours. You must ensure you are adequately prepared with several days of water, food and fuel. Off-road travel is only recommended with an experienced guide – and there is no mobile phone reception, only satellite.

Across the Top End and the Kimberley Regions, outside the comfort of the cities and main towns, tourists and locals search for the undiscovered – the secret spot where they can be alone with their thoughts.

Light filtering through the trees. The only sounds – the crunching of leaves and rocks underfoot, or the trickling of water as it flows by.

But whether deep in the bush, on a desert plain or alone on the banks of a remote river – it’s easy to leave yourself vulnerable.

Vulnerable to hazards you may not even realise.

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BOOK:

Australia’s Serial Killers – by Paul B. Kidd (pp.231–235)

ARTICLES:

‘Fear in the bush after 5 killings’ – The Sydney Morning Herald (17 June 1987)

‘Bolted doors in the town of fear’ – The Sydney Morning Herald (18 June 1987)

‘Outback tourists flee the shooting gallery’ – The Age (18 June 1987)

‘A lonely wait for the Northern killer’ – The Sydney Morning Herald (19 June 1987)

‘Outback manhunt for thrill murderer ends in gunfire’ –
United Press International

‘Policeman gets his man when all seemed lost’ – The Age. Melbourne (20 June 1987)

‘Gunman Killed’ – The West Australian (20 June 1987)

‘Shootout ends hunt’ – The Sydney Morning Herald (20 June 1987)

‘Last breath of Top End Killer’ – The Sydney Morning Herald (21 June 1987)

‘Outback terror ends in morgue’ – The Age. Melbourne (22 June 1987)

‘Police have positively identified a West German man killed...’ –
United Press International

‘Not our son, say parents of Top-End gunman’ – The Sydney Morning Herald (18 Dec 1987)

‘Weak gun law under attack’ – The Age (26 Dec 1987)

‘Josef Schwab’s killing spree, 30 years on: how the TRG stopped a madman in the Kimberley’ – The West Australian

‘On the Trail of a Madman’ – The West Australian

REPORTS:

Kennedy Royal Commission – (2004, pp.117–118)

Management of Misconduct by Western Australia Police – (2011)

ARCHIVES:

Kimberley Killer - Joseph Schwab – by John Horswell, Australian Police Journal

VIDEOS:

The Kimberley Killer – Crime Investigation Australia (2007)

OTHER:

Victoria River murder – Rae Allen

Guide to the Kimberley – Australia.com

‘A Forensic Collector’ – NT Police Museum & Historical Society Inc.

Home Valley Station

Home Valley Station – Wikipedia

Joseph Schwab – Wikipedia

Kennedy Royal Commission – Wikipedia

Klaus Kilian

Joseph Schwab – Murderpedia

Pentecost River – Wikipedia

Police Tactical Group – Wikipedia

Victoria River (Northern Territory) – Wikipedia

Western Australian Police – Wikipedia

Timber Creek – Northern Territory Police

Timber Creek – NT Police Museum & Historical Society Inc.

Crocodile safety: Be Crocwise – NT.GOV.AU 

Population of Northern Territory – Population Australia

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On the morning of Saturday, May 3rd, 1997; 33-year-old, single father Gary Patterson woke up before dawn in his home in Waco, Texas.

He got dressed in black jeans and a white shirt and boots. He didn’t need to wear a suit to his final job interview, he had already met with one of the business partners, and they had got to know each other pretty well over the previous three weeks.

That morning, the 7:30 am flight from Waco to El Paso was the last step in the process – he would meet the company’s CEO, and would hopefully return home that night, the new head of a large housing development project.

After a tough few years, things were starting to look up.

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BOOK:

Death in a Texas Desert: and other true crime stories from the Dallas Observer – Carlton Stowers (Chapter 1: Death in the desert)

ARTICLES:

Death in the Desert – Dallas Observer

ARCHIVES:

Assistant U.S Attorney Bill Johnston’s Law office website

Collection of archive newspaper articles:
– Odessa American (Odessa Texas)
– The Facts: Clute, Texas

The Texas Ranger Dispatch – Issue 15, 2004

Crime and Development in Central America

VIDEOS:

Interview with the devil – The Investigators

(Same footage also shown) Crime Stories: Interview with the Devil

OTHER:

Chihuahuan Desert – WWF

Chihuahuan Desert, US and Mexico – WWF

El Paso

El Paso named safest large city in America for fourth straight year – KVIA.com

Honduras

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Although Alcatraz Prison had since been repaired to a workable condition, the battle scars of Bernie Coy’s 1946 violent failed escape remained visible throughout the cell house. Areas of the floor were chipped, cracked, and faded black from where grenades had detonated.

In response to The Battle of Alcatraz that resulted in the deaths of two correctional officers, the imposing prison tightened its grip on its inmates. The stricter control was used to readjust the kinds of rebellious attitudes and behaviours that led to the siege in the first place – and aimed to crush all thoughts of escape.

In the ten years following The Battle of Alcatraz no inmates attempted an escape. It seemed the temptation had been overtaken by fear of death. However, the thought of escape never left the minds of battered inmates who resented Alcatraz and sought freedom. As days dragged on and felt like eternity, inmates found solace in passing the time by dreaming up elaborate escape plans and thinking of ways to get out of Alcatraz once and for all.

Every morning at 6:30 am inmates woke to the piercing sound of the morning whistle. They rose, made their beds, cleaned up their cells, and washed themselves in preparation for breakfast. By 7:15 am a second whistle blew signalling the start of the ‘count’. Inmates stood at the bars of their cell while a passing guard took a head count.
It was no different on the morning of June 12th, 1962. Inmates leant against the bars as guards walked past counting. Oddly, the guards realised they were missing three. Thinking they must have miscalculated, they walked back along the corridors and recounted, but they got the same result. Three inmates were missing...

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BOOKS:

Riddle of the Rock: The Only Successful Escape from Alcatraz – Don Denevi

Alcatraz: A History of the Penitentiary Years – Michael Esslinger

ARTICLES:

Alcatraz Escape – FBI  

Legendary 1962 Alcatraz escapees shown in Brazil 13 years later in newly-discovered photo – New York Daily News

After 50 Years, the U.S. Marshals Remain Diligent in Hunt for Renowned Alcatraz Escapees – U.S. Marshals Service

ARCHIVES:

Alcatraz History

VIDEOS:

Breakout From Alcatraz - History Channel The Big House: Alcatraz

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Alcatraz Prison was the solution to America’s overwhelming crime problem. It didn’t aim to rehabilitate like other prisons. It aimed to punish. The worst-of-the-worst inmates of all the other prisons across America were shipped to Alcatraz, inmates who were deemed unmanageable for traditional penitentiaries.

San Francisco residents were wary of having a prison crowded with the most dangerous criminals in America located in the heart of their harbour. Alcatraz Prison operators assured them that their one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art island prison was completely escape-proof. The prison was fitted with an abundance of safeguards to keep prisoners in.

But it didn’t stop some inmates from trying to get out...

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BOOKS:

Alcatraz: A History of the Penitentiary Years – Michael Esslinger

Alcatraz: The Gangster Years – David Ward

ARTICLES:

1946 Alcatraz Escape Attempt Led by Library Orderly from Kentucky – University of Kentucky

Battle of Alcatraz: One inmate’s story of how the jail guards tried to kill prisoners – Mirror  

ARCHIVES:

Alcatraz History

IMAGES:

Map of Alcatraz Prison

VIDEOS:

The Big House: Alcatraz

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“Even the judge will tell you that good character, a good name that’s built by good character traits, is to be considered by you because the law allows that a person with good traits and a good name is less likely to engage in criminal conduct..."

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DOCUMENTS:

Female Serial Killers

State v. Moore

Blanche Taylor Moore timeline

Arsenic Deaths: Trail Leads To Preacher's Wife

Blanche Taylor Moore remains on death row after 25 years

Blanche (Kiser) Taylor Moore

BOOKS:

Women and The Death Penalty in the United States 1900–1998 – by Kathleen A O’Shea

Historic Alamance County: An Illustrated History – by William Murray

Killer Church Lady – The true story of Blanche Moore – by Katie Stone

ARTICLES:

Burlington History

Montgomery Is Sly And Chilling As Arsenic Killer

Pastor's Wife: Arsenic and Old Lace?

Blanche Moore can sometimes look through a thin strip of unpainted window and see birds flying past

The Daily Times-News (06 Jun 1958)

The Daily Times-News (05 Jul 1972)

The Daily Times-News (22 Feb 1951)

Asheville Citizen-Times (20 Jul 1989)

Asheville Citizen-Times (12 Jan 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (08 Feb 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (18 Aug 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (06 Nov 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (25 Sep 1997)

Asheville Citizen-Times (16 May 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (18 Jul 1989)

Asheville Citizen-Times (17 Nov 1990)

Woman Poisoned Ex-Boyfriend; Also Charged in Husband's Death – Los Angeles Times

Asheville Citizen-Times (03 Oct 1989)

Asheville Citizen-Times (16 Aug 1992)

Asheville Citizen-Times (05 Mar 1994)

Asheville Citizen-Times (26 Oct 1990)

Asheville Citizen-Times (23 Sep 1997)

Asheville Citizen-Times (23 Aug 1989)

VIDEOS:

Black Widow Murders: The Blanche Taylor Moore Story (1993)

'Black Widow's' Ex-Husband Reacts To Death Row Challenge

A Very Giving Person – The Blanche Taylor Moore Story

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Gerard woke up around 6 am.

Allison wasn’t in bed.

Their three daughters, then aged ten, eight and five weren’t awake yet. Gerard got out of bed and walked through the house to see if Allison was already up, or if she had fallen asleep on the sofa the night before. She had done that in the past. But she wasn’t there.

Gerard assumed Allison must have gone for her early morning walk, something she usually did around 6 am, but that would be odd considering she had the conference that day, and she had mentioned wanting to leave by 7. He thought she mustn’t be far away, so he went to the bathroom for a shave.

At 6:20 am he sent Allison a text: ‘Good morning! Hope you slept well? Where are you? None of the girls are up yet! Love G.’

At 6:45 am Allison still hadn’t returned home.

Gerard grew concerned, he didn’t want her to be late for the conference, so he tried calling Allison’s phone, but she didn’t answer. He sent Allison another text message saying the girls were ready and could she text him back or call.

He then called his father, Nigel and sister Olivia. They lived close by, and one of them could watch the girls while the other helped him look for Allison. Within minutes they were on the streets surrounding their home looking, maybe she was hurt and twisted her ankle or something.

At 7:15 am, Gerard called Police Emergency…..

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BOOKS:

‘The Murder of Allison Baden-Clay’ – by David Murray

AUDIO/VIDEO:

000 Call

“Crimes that shook Australia: Gerard Baden-Clay” – produced by Title Role Productions Limited

“The Wife Killer” – Channel Nine, Australia

ARTICLES:

Large Archive of ‘The Courier Mail’ Newspaper articles following the disappearance, investigation and legal proceedings spanning 2012–2017 – by David Murray, Kate Kyriscou, Brooke Baskin

'It was a single reverse crescendo, tapering off': MP tells murder trial of woman's cry he heard on the night Allison Baden-Clay went missing – Daily Mail

Baden-Clay murder trial: Supreme Court jury told of marriage and debt problems – ABC News

Baden-Clay murder trial: Mistress tells court she would meet Gerard Baden-Clay up to four times a week – ABC News

Allison Baden-Clay's life insurance to go solely to daughters – ABC News

Victim impact statements from Baden-Clay trial released – The Chronicle

‘God bless my daughter for leaving those scratch marks on Gerard’s face,’ Allison Baden-Clay’s mother says – News.com

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“Attention.

I’m sorry this had to happen but I am in bad need of money and couldn’t get it any other way. Don’t tell anyone or go to the police about this because I am watching you closely. I am scared stiff and will kill the baby at your first wrong move.

Just put $2000 in small bills in a brown envelope and place it next to the signpost at the corner of Albemarle Road and Park Avenue at exactly 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. If everything goes smooth I will bring the baby back and leave him on the same corner safe and happy at exactly 12 noon.

No excuses, I can’t wait!

Signed, Your babysitter.”

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RESOURCES

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ARCHIVES:

The Weinberger Kidnapping – Getty Images

The History of the Village of Westbury

Chicago Tribune Newspaper Archives

ARTICLES:

Weinberger Kidnapping – FBI

Detective Leads Probe in Long Island’s Kidnapping of the Century – Newsday

Mark of a Murderer – Esquire

A Lifetime in a Month ­– Mark Gribben

FBI Hunt the Man in Grey – The Argus  

Weinberger Baby Kidnapper, Wife Collapse on Hearing Death Verdict – Desert Sun

Kidnapped Baby Given Quiet Family Funeral – The Canberra Times

Former Detective Edward F. Curran Dies at 91 – Newsday

TRIAL DOCUMENTS:

People v La Marca (1958) – Court of Appeals of the State of New York

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An important update on the case from Victoria police on October 21st, 2017.

MAPS:

Frankston North Killings map

Frankston and Tynong North points of interests map

Cowra is a town in the central west region of New South Wales, located about 300 kilometres west of Sydney and 189 kilometres north of Australia’s capital, Canberra.

With less than ten thousand residents, it was a town where everyone knew everyone and things that happened took no time to be whispered across the bar at the pub or in the yard after church.

Cowra wasn’t a place where the locals thought much about violence or violent crime. It wasn't something that was of great concern within the community. Of course, there was trouble, every community had its fair share of that, but it was very much a normal country town. It wasn’t unusual for many houses in the 80’s to leave their doors unlocked. It was just the way it was – safe; people looked out for one another.

But in the early hours of Wednesday, April 15th, 1987, the simple, peaceful country town of Cowra was faced with a crime so violent and so shocking, it would be forever changed...

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RESOURCES

Warning – Contains spoilers

BOOKS:

One piece of the puzzle – by Justine Ford

ARTICLES:

Canberra Times newspaper archives

Cowra Guardian newspaper archives

The following articles from the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper archives:

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Since the tourism boom of the 1950's, the Hawaiian islands have been enticing tourists into their relaxed, laid-back lifestyle. From the early days, honeymooners and holidaymakers could arrive in droves, welcomed by smiling hula dancers with floral leis.

Hawaii is made up of 132 islands with a total area of six and a half thousand square miles. The Island of Oahu is home to the state’s Capital, Honolulu, and the famous Waikiki Beach. It has a large port, Army and Naval Bases and is home to Pearl Harbour.

In 1985, Oahu saw a huge influx of young adults migrate, often for the Army or Navy – and also due to the huge boom in telecommunications companies that had expanded into Hawaii.
The central years of that decade were an unusual period between the early eighties recession, and the stock market crash of 87' - and the dark years that followed.

Like the mainland and much of the developed world, Hawaii was hit with high unemployment and financial stress in the early 80’s. Many hotels couldn't survive, and some of the largest travel companies were forced to close. But during the mid-eighties, the economy shifted. During this small window, there was a temporary period of new growth. Although there had been a significant decline in tourism since the boom of the 50’s and 60’s, in the years 1985 and 1986, ten and a half million people visited the islands of Hawaii.

This boom period brought in huge Japanese investment and money started rolling in. The grand old hotels of the 50's and 60's were renovated and redeveloped, and the prime land was subdivided for golf resorts. In 1986 alone, Japanese investors spent between one and two billion dollars on property.

The resort development boom of the mid 80's helped slow the unemployment rate which had spiked a few years earlier. But during this period, Hawaii also saw an increase in violent crime, rape and murder in particular. The Aloha state—with its swaying palm trees and mysterious rich volcanic landscape—was about to change. The laid-back paradise was about to experience a time of fear.

Time no one was prepared for...

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Researched and written by Anna Priestland

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MAP:

The map

BOOKS:

Honolulu Homicide: Murder and Mayhem in Paradise – Gary A. Dias and Robbie Dingeman

ARTICLES:

Serial Killer Case Still a Mystery – Hawaii News Now

Murder victim’s brother says revisiting cold case could finally lead to closure – KHON2

The Mystery Of Hawaii’s Honolulu Strangler Still Baffles People Today – Only In Your State

The following articles from the Honolulu Star Newspaper archives;

VIDEOS:

Murder victim’s brother says revisiting cold case could finally lead to closure

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The newsagency was always open on time, especially on Saturdays, the busiest morning on the shopping strip. People were standing out the front of the newsagency, staring at a huge pile of papers still bundled on the footpath, and when they tried the door, it was locked.

Immediately fearing something was wrong, Kathy and Robert went straight over to Min and Lily’s house to find out why they hadn’t opened their newsagency. They assumed they were either sick or maybe one of the boys had hurt themselves.

When they arrived, they found the front door unlocked.

Robert and Kathy entered the house and called out, but no one responded.

They slowly made their way upstairs.

Kathy opened her brother and sister-in-law’s bedroom door. Robert was following close behind.

What did they see?

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ARTICLES:

22nd July 2009 Robert Xie police interview – Daily Mail

The Lin family killings: A timeline – The Sydney Morning Herald

The 'Buddhist monk' detective who nabbed Lin family murderer Robert Xie – The Sydney Morning Herald

The evidence which the Crown said pointed to Robert Xie's guilt – The Sydney Morning Herald

Why did Robert Xie face four trials for Lin family murders? – The Sydney Morning Herald

Robert Xie's defence to the Crown case in his murder trial – The Sydney Morning Herald

The moment Justice Elizabeth Fullerton saw murderer Robert Xie on the street – The Sydney Morning Herald

Robert Xie found guilty of murdering five members of the Lin family – The Sydney Morning Herald

Robert Xie: Inside a killer's grisly trail of carnage – Daily Telegraph

Kathy Lin looking forward to her husband Robert Xie's bail – Daily Mail

Surveillance video shows Brenda Lin subjected to uncomfortable touching from Robert Xie – Daily Telegraph

Reporting Robert Xie’s murder of Brenda Lin’s family – The Saturday Paper

Robert Xie driven by bitterness in murdering Lin family, court hears – The Sydney Morning Herald

Robert Xie given five life sentences for Lin family murders – The Sydney Morning Herald

Robert Xie: Terrifying triple-0 call revealed – Daily Telegraph

Murdered Min Lin saw robbery, strike force told – Daily Telegraph

Australia newspaper features Xie "Stain 91" solved by TrueAllele – Cybergenetics 

DNA tests changing criminal trials – The Saturday Paper

VIDEOS:

Sole survivor: Brenda Lin breaks her silence Part 1 – Channel 7

Sole survivor: Brenda Lin breaks her silence Part 2 – Channel 7

Sole survivor: Brenda Lin breaks her silence Part 3 – Channel 7

Sole survivor: Brenda Lin breaks her silence Part 4 – Channel 7

Sole survivor: Brenda Lin breaks her silence Part 5 – Channel 7

A Current Affair – Channel 9

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[Part 3 of 3]

You may think you know the story, but do you…

This is the chilling conclusion to Jonestown.

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Researched and written by Milly Raso

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BOOKS:

A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown – Julia Scheeres

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple – Jeff Guinn

ARTICLES:

Survivor: ‘They Started with the Babies’ – The Washington Post

The Last To Die – Rebecca Moore

In the Valley of the Shadow of Death: Guyana After the Jonestown Massacre – Rolling Stone Magazine

Murder or Suicide: What I Saw – Tim Carter

Four Years After Surviving Jonestown's Hell, Tim Reiterman Tries to Explain How it Happened – People

REPORTS:

The Assassination of Representative Leo J. Ryan and the Jonestown, Guyana Tragedy – Committee on Foreign Affairs

VIDEOS:

NBC News Archive Footage of Jonestown

The Jonestown Death Tape

Eyewitness Jonestown Massacre Account – Stanley Clayton

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Jonestown Cult Suicides: The True Story

ARCHIVES:

Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple

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[Part 2 of 3]

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Part 3 will be available everywhere next week, or you can listen to part 3 now for free at www.tunein.com/casefile or download the free TuneIn app available on IOS, Android and Windows. 

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Researched and written by Milly Raso

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RESOURCES

BOOKS:

A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown – Julia Scheeres

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple – Jeff Guinn

IMAGES:

Map of Jonestown

Concerned Relatives Jonestown Flyer

Accusation of Human Rights Violations by Reverend James Warren Jones

ARTICLES:

A Place Like No Other: Jonestown’s Early Years – Mike Touchette

Jonestown’s Medicine Man – Houston Press

Rep. Leo Ryan’s Daughter Recalls his 1978 Murder – NPR

VIDEOS:

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Jonestown Cult Suicides: The True Story

NBC News Archive Footage of Jonestown

ARCHIVES:

Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple

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USA:

Distress &  Lifeline: 1800 273 8255

Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741

Domestic Violence Helpline: 1800 799 7233

Victim Connect: support for victims of crime: 855 484 2846

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Mind: mental health support: 0300 123 3393

SANE: mental health support: 0300 304 7000

Samaritans support network: 116 123

National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300

CANADA:

For a list of Canadian crisis centres: https://thelifelinecanada.ca/help/call/

[Part 1 of 3]

You may think you know the story, but do you…

Part 2 is available everywhere now. Part 3 will be available everywhere next week, or you can listen to part 3 now for free at www.tunein.com/casefile or download the free TuneIn app available on IOS, Android and Windows. 

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Researched and written by Milly Raso

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RESOURCES

BOOKS:

A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Jonestown – Julia Scheeres

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones and Peoples Temple – Jeff Guinn

IMAGES:

Transcription of Marceline Jones

The Eight Revolutionaries Letter to Jim Jones

ARTICLES:

Nurture Failure: A Psychobiographical Approach to the Childhood of Jim Jones– James L. Kelley

Indiana University Reflects 30 Years After Jonestown Massacre – Indiana Daily

Jim Jones and Father Divine

Nine Places to Hide – Esquire Magazine

Sex in Peoples Temple – David Parker Wise

‘Caravan of Hope’ Crosses America – Proclaims Brotherhood and Cooperation as Cure for Nation’s Ills

Was Peoples Temple Responsible for the Deaths of Some of its Former Members?

Inside Peoples Temple – New West Magazine

VIDEOS:

The Jonestown Death Tape

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Jonestown Cult Suicides: The True Story

ARCHIVES:

Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple

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Distress &  Lifeline: 1800 273 8255

Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741

Domestic Violence Helpline: 1800 799 7233

Victim Connect: support for victims of crime: 855 484 2846

UK:

Mind: mental health support: 0300 123 3393

SANE: mental health support: 0300 304 7000

Samaritans support network: 116 123

National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300

CANADA:

For a list of Canadian crisis centres: https://thelifelinecanada.ca/help/call/

In the autumn of 1998, 23-year-old Amy Lynn Bradley was told by her parents that they had been gifted a Caribbean cruise. Amy wasn’t excited by the news like they were, she had only just moved into her own apartment after graduating from her degree in Physical Education, and she was about to start a new job.

She was busy. But more than that, the idea of a cruise across the sea gave her the creeps. She didn’t really want to go. She would be just as happy settling into her new place, which was nearby her parents and brother’s home in Chesterfield, Virginia.

Amy was really close with her younger brother Brad who was 21, and he and their parents—Iva and Ron—were eventually able to talk Amy into joining them.

Ron had been given the trip by the insurance agency he worked for, and he believed it was a great chance to spend some quality time together. Seven days of sunshine, cruising the Caribbean, cocktails and endless sunsets, it wasn’t long before Amy thought perhaps a cruise wouldn’t be so bad after all.

It was starting to sound like the trip of a lifetime...

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Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories.

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RESOURCES

BOOKS:

Last Resorts: The Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean – Polly Pattullo

VIDEOS:

Lost at Sea – SBS Dateline

Vanished series:

– Amy Bradley (Part 1)

– Amy Bradley (Part 2)

– Amy Bradley (Part 3)

– Amy Bradley (Part 4)

– Amy Bradley (Part 5)

ARTICLES:

For Missing Woman’s Family, No Answers – The New York Times

Amy Bradley, 23 – People

Missing Amy Lynn Bradley – Amybradley.net

Amy Lynn Bradley – International Cruise Victims

Amy Bradley is missing – Chris Fenwick blog

Update: Amy Lynn Bradley – Reddit

Con Man Dupes Family in Hunt for Daughter – ABC News

Jawbone rekindles cruise ship mystery – CNN

Cruise Industry Overview - 2017 – Florida–Carribean Cruise Association

Turning up the volume –  International Cruise Victim Association

President Obama signs Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 into law – Lexology

Coast Guard Investigative Service

A Qualitative Study of Victimization and Legal Issues Relevant to Cruise Ships – Cruise Research

Crimes at sea: the dark side of cruise ships – The Sydney Morning Herald

Amy Bradley – Unsolved.com

Sex Tourism And Trafficking In The Dutch Caribbean – Curaçao Chronicle

Family Remains Focused – The Disappearance of Robyn Gardner – Missing Media Solutions

It was a school morning, and for once Shannon Matthews had something to look forward to. Her fourth-year class had their first swimming lesson that day, and she had been looking forward to it for ages. Despite the freezing room, she crawled out and sleepily climbed down the ladder to get ready.

It didn’t take Shannon long to remember the argument she’d had with her mother Karen Matthews and her step dad Craig Meehan, the night before. They’d got into it, and Shannon had sworn at Craig.

That morning, Shannon got dressed in her Westmoor Junior School black jumper, white cotton t-shirt and black trousers. She pulled on her favourite rain boots, they were bright pink with grey fur around the edges. She picked up her swimming bag and a blue striped towel and then walked out of her room.

By the time Shannon was ready to leave at 8 am, her mother Karen was up, and the argument started up again. Karen shouted at Shannon as she left for school: “Get out of the house and don’t come back.”

School mornings were busy on the Moorside Council Estate in West Yorkshire, England, with many of the 220 estate homes having kids rushing out the door at 8 am. The temperature was barely over freezing as Shannon started her half mile walk to school. When she saw her cousins further down Moorside Road, she told them about what her mum had said when she was leaving. It was nothing new.

That morning would be the last time Shannon Mathews would ever walk out of her home on the Moorside Estate. It would be the last time she would ever attend Westmoor Junior, and it would be the last time that any of her friends saw her...

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Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories.

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RESOURCES

BOOKS:

Shannon Matthews – betrayed from birth – Rose Martin

VIDEOS:

Shannon Matthews: What Happened Next

Tears, Lies & Videotape

Karen’s Police Interview

AUDIO:

999 Call

ARTICLES:

Dewsbury Moor West Riding – Vision of Britain

Shannon Matthews timeline in pictures: the search, the trial and the evidence – The Telegraph

Missing girl: mother’s 999 call released – The Guardian

Missing Shannon pleaded to uncle the night before she disappeared: ‘Please let me stay’ – Evening Standard

Shannon Matthews disappearance ‘breaking family apart’ – The Telegraph

Man arrested after missing schoolgirl Shannon Matthews is found ALIVE under a bed – Evening Standard

After 24 days, the sound of footsteps then a policeman’s shout: ‘We’ve got her’ – The Guardian

Man charged with kidnap of Shannon – The Guardian

Shannon’s kidnappers: Karen Matthews and Michael Donovan – The Guardian

FOUND: Shannon Matthews – Express

Man held after missing Shannon Matthews found alive – Independent

Shannon’s mother sobs as she denies involvement in kidnap conspiracy – The Guardian

Shannon Matthews trial: Oddball loner Michael Donovan and the ‘Child on Board’ car sticker – The Telegraph

Shannon Matthews trial: The ‘pure evil’ of Mother Karen Matthews – The Telegraph

How Shannon Matthews was ripped from her loving grandparents and given a new identity after her heartless mother used her in an elaborate kidnap sham to get cash – Daily Mail

‘SOMETHING WASN’T RIGHT’ Ex-police officer describes the moment she knew Karen Matthews was behind plot to ‘kidnap’ daughter Shannon – The Sun

Shannon Matthews: The kidnap hoax that shocked the UK – BBC News

MONSTER’S MATE Who is Julie Bushby? Karen Matthews’ best friend who led the search for Shannon when she disappeared – The Sun

BLOG:

Tears, Lies and Videotape – Gerry McCann’s blog

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Victoria Police Constables Steven Tynan and Damian Eyre’s night shift started on October 11, 1988, at 11:00 pm. Call sign ‘Prahran 311', it had been a shift of routine policing for the pair; a domestic dispute, noisy parties, a drunk in Fitzroy Street, a pub assault on Chapel Street, a smashed shop window, and two activated security alarms. At 4:39 am on the morning of October 12, two and a half hours before the end of their shift, a new job was radioed to them from the police communication centre.

“Prahran 311, if you can slip down to Walsh Street in South Yarra. Mr Ellis of 220 Walsh Street states there’s a white Holden Sedan, don’t know what the rego is, got the lights on and smashed windows in the middle of the road.”

Constables Tynan and Eyre found the white Commodore still sitting in the middle of the road out the front of 220 Walsh Street. Tynan and Eyre approached the Commodore with no sense of danger. All signs suggested it was a stolen car abandoned after a joyride. Considered a routine job, it was nothing out of the ordinary at all for a typical police shift...

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Researched and written by Milly Raso.

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Rape & Domestic Violence Services: 1800 737 732

Men’s Line:  1300 78 99 78

Headspace: Youth Mental Health Foundation: see headspace.org.au for your local centre

USA:

Distress &  Lifeline: 1800 273 8255

Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741

Domestic Violence Helpline: 1800 799 7233

Victim Connect: support for victims of crime: 855 484 2846

UK:

Mind: mental health support: 0300 123 3393

SANE: mental health support: 0300 304 7000

Samaritans support network: 116 123

National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300

CANADA:

For a list of Canadian crisis centres: https://thelifelinecanada.ca/help/call/

Blacktown is a suburb located in Western Sydney, 37 kilometres away from Sydney’s Central Business District. In the mid-1980’s, drugs, crime and high levels of unemployment were rife in the streets of Blacktown. But it was one particular night that changed everything.

On Tuesday, February 4th, 1986, a dairy farmer in Prospect, a neighbouring suburb of Blacktown, noticed something strange. All morning his cows had been gathered in the same spot at a place he called “The Boiler Paddock.” He first noticed it at 9.30 am, when he was leaving the house to go to a cattle sale. When he returned home two hours later, the cows were still standing in the same spot. It was something he hadn’t seen before, so he decided to check it out.

What the farmer found, caused him to run to his motorcycle as fast as he could, and speed off to his house to call the police.

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Researched and written by Victoria Dieffenbacher.

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AUSTRALIA:

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Headspace: Youth Mental Health Foundation: see headspace.org.au for your local centre

USA:

Distress &  Lifeline: 1800 273 8255

Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741

Domestic Violence Helpline: 1800 799 7233

Victim Connect: support for victims of crime: 855 484 2846

UK:

Mind: mental health support: 0300 123 3393

SANE: mental health support: 0300 304 7000

Samaritans support network: 116 123

National Stalking Helpline: 0808 802 0300

CANADA:

For a list of Canadian crisis centres: https://thelifelinecanada.ca/help/call/

On December 7th, 2003, thirteen-year-old Daniel Morcombe told his brothers he was going to Sunshine Plaza to get a haircut and look for Christmas presents. Shortly after lunch he left his home on Woombye-Palmwoods Road and walked just over one kilometer to an unofficial bus stop located under the Kiel Mountain overpass. Daniel had caught the bus from here to the shopping plaza many times before. Standing underneath the overpass, he waited for the 1:35 pm scheduled afternoon bus service to Sunshine Plaza.

But the bus Daniel was expecting had broken down 750 meters before the overpass. It was out of his sight. At 2:15 pm a replacement bus approached him. Daniel signaled for it to stop and pick him up, but it continued on through the underpass.

Due to the delay, the replacement bus was now going express to Sunshine Plaza. The driver saw Daniel signal him, but he was under instructions not to stop. There was a smaller shuttle bus only a few minutes behind, which was stopping to pick up stranded passengers along the route.

The shuttle bus reached the underpass at 2:18 pm. Only three minutes after the first bus passed. However, during those three minutes, Daniel vanished without a trace.

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Researched and written by Milly Raso.

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WEBSITES:

The Daniel Morcombe Foundation

ARTICLES:

Daniel Morcombe murder: Ex-wife of accused murderer Brett Peter Cowan testifies in Brisbane Supreme Court – ABC News

Daniel Morcombe murder trial: Brett Peter Cowan’s second confession shown in court – Brisbane Times

Brett Cowan guilty of murder of Daniel Morcombe – Courier Mail

Church denies claims Brett Cowan ‘rape’ attempt ignored – Sunshine Coast Daily

VIDEOS:

Brett Cowan’s covert confession of Daniel Morcombe’s murder

TRIAL DOCUMENTS:

The Queen v Cowan 2013 QSC 337 (12 December 2013)

The Queen v Cowan 2015 QCA 87 (21 May 2015)

TIMELINE:

10 years later, the life and death of Daniel Morcombe

EAR/ONS
BONUS EPISODE #2
Interview with Paul Holes

Contra Costa County DA Cold Case Investigator Paul Holes spoke with us for the series. You heard him discussing the “Homework Papers" found in Danville as well as his role in finding the DNA match between the East Area Rapist and the Original Night Stalker.

We spoke to Paul about his theories and some key questions from our research.

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BONUS EPISODE #1
Interviews with Jane Carson-Sandler & Carol Daly

Jane Carson-Sandler survived the brutal attack and rape of the East Area Rapist in the October of 1976. She is the fifth known survivor. She was in bed with her three-year-old son when they were attacked. Her attack had come off the back of around a month of hang up calls. These calls had escalated, and one time, Jane told the caller to stop, the voice then told her he was going to kill her husband. Police who were not linked to the Rapist investigation assured the family it sounded like a prank.

Just before Jane's attack, she reported a break-in to police. She had found muddy footprints on the carpet under her son's window, and upon further inspection of the house, she realised inexpensive jewellery had been stolen. Detectives who investigated were not the officers working the rape cases, so weren't privy to previous attacks. They reassured her it seemed like the work of kids.

Jane had links to the medical field, the armed forces as well as the education system. Three sections of the community to come up again and again throughout the series.

You heard during the series that Detective Carol Daly began working the East Area Rapist cases from the day of Jane's attack. Jane's crime scene was the first encounter that Carol had with any survivor of the rapist. Carol's life and career were changed that day. Carol went on to be an integral figure in the support and rehabilitation for survivors of rape, both those by the East Area Rapist as well as others.

[Part 5 of 5]

When Part 4 began, it was August 1978. Sergeant Jim Bevins and Lieutenant Ray Root from the Sacramento Task Force held a special meeting with law enforcement agencies in Contra Costa County. They believed The East Area Rapist was heading south, possibly to Southern California, and they felt he would strike in Contra Costa County on the way.

They advised Contra Costa law enforcement agencies to form a task force and work together, but there was pushback – the general feeling in the room was, “Not in our county”.

When Bevins and Root were proven right, a task force was formed headed up by Detective Larry Crompton. Crompton consulted a criminal psychologist, Dr Emily, who warned him that the East Area Rapist wanted to kill, he just needed justification.

During a search after attack 43, the first attack in Danville, investigators found pages torn from a spiral notebook, known as “The Homework”. They were “The General Custer essay”, “The 6th grade rant” and “The punishment map” – a hand-drawn map of a housing development.

On July 5th, 1979, the East Area Rapist attacked a couple in Danville, but they had a plan in place. The husband stood over the rapist and yelled at him, while his wife ran outside and screamed for help. The rapist took a few steps back. He didn’t attack, and he made no move for a weapon. He didn’t say anything. He just stared at the husband through the jagged holes of his mask. The husband made a run for it, and the East Area Rapist escaped. Police were on scene in minutes, and tracking dogs picked up his scent. But he slipped through their fingers again.

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Open and download map #5 of the attacks here

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Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories

MUSIC

1. ‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com

2. All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

– Michelle Cruz

– Debbi Domingo

– Patti

– Orange County District Attorney’s Office Investigator Erika Hutchcraft

– Contra Costa County DA Cold Case Investigator Paul Holes

– Detective Richard Shelby

– Detective Larry Crompton

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[Part 4 of 5]

Part 3 began with an emergency press conference in mid-1977. A composite sketch, as well as a physical and psychological profile of the East Area Rapist, was released. The public were warned to be vigilant.

Police received thousands of tips, and there were countless sightings of the rapist, unfortunately, these sightings weren’t always reported at the time. Many persons of interest made the suspect list, some even looked like prime suspects due to many similarities, but these turned out to be nothing more than strange coincidences, and most were eliminated from the investigation.

The East Area Rapist enjoyed communicating with police, the press and survivors. In August 77, the Sacramento County Sherriff’s Office received a letter, known as the “afraid letter” from someone claiming to know who the East Area Rapist was. The letter writer requested to be contacted by the press if the police wanted further contact. The police did what the letter writer asked, but they never heard from the person again.

The rapist started calling survivors, ranging from hang up calls to obscene calls and threats to kill.

A local TV station received a poem, called ‘excitements crave”, claiming to be from the East Area Rapist.

After a dentist went public and added more to the reward offer for the East Area Rapist’s capture, he attacked close to the dentist’s office in South Sacramento. The furthest south he had attacked up to that point.

Police had another close call when they set up a covert operation in a Rancho Cordova 7-Eleven store. This backfired when the suspicious male they were waiting for, called the store and asked to speak to the officers.

Brian and Katie Maggiore were shot dead in Rancho Cordova in February 1978. With the exception of one further attack in South Sacramento after the shooting, the attacks moved outwards after this, to Stockton, Modesto and Davis.

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Open and download map #4 of the attacks here

Open and download "The Homework" files here

Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories

MUSIC

1. ‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com

2. All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

– Michelle Cruz

– Debbi Domingo

– Patti

– Orange County District Attorney’s Office Investigator Erika Hutchcraft

– Contra Costa County DA Cold Case Investigator Paul Holes

– Detective Richard Shelby

– Detective Larry Crompton

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[Part 3 of 5]

1977 started off with a task force being created by the Sacramento Sherriff’s department to catch the East Area Rapist. The crime lab was able to determine that the rapist’s blood was Type A.

The rapist continued following his earlier MO until the local papers made special mention of the fact he had never attacked a woman with a man present in the house. He adjusted, and from that time on he targeted couples.

As the year went on, and attacks grew more and more frequent, so too did the press coverage. But still, it was a time when not everyone got news the moment it happened. While there were many people terrified of the East Area Rapist, there were those who were still oblivious.

Despite the east area rapist having a very specific MO, it was not released to the public. The police didn’t want a state of panic and they didn’t want a copycat. But that meant when women got hang up phone calls, or heavy breathing calls, or when there was a break-in with nothing of value taken, only strange items moved around or stolen, the community had no idea these were related to the East Area Rapist case.

In mid may 1977 the rapist showed everyone he may have been in attendance at a community meeting that took place towards the end of 1976. At this meeting, a man stood up, paced up and down yelling that no man would stand by and let his wife get raped, he certainly wouldn’t. Just seven months later, the East Area Rapist targeted this man and his wife. During this attack, the rapist said he would kill his next victims. But there was confusion as to what exactly he said.

According to the survivor, he said he would kill two people if he heard about the attack in the media. But according to her husband, he said he would kill two people if he didn’t hear about the attack. When we left part 2, the police were deciding what to do…

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Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories

MUSIC

1. ‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com

2. All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

– Michelle Cruz

– Debbi Domingo

– Patti

– Orange County District Attorney’s Office Investigator Erika Hutchcraft

– Contra Costa County DA Cold Case Investigator Paul Holes

– Detective Richard Shelby

– Detective Larry Crompton

[Part 2 of 4]

On June 18th, 1976, the Sacramento Sherriff’s Department responded to a break in, and rape of a young woman. By the end of the year, there were ten attacks in total, all attributed to the one serial offender, who the media dubbed, “The East Area Rapist”.

Detectives with the Sherriff’s Department noticed the MO of the East Area Rapist fairly early on but kept the information under wraps. They didn’t want a state of panic, they didn’t want a copycat, and they didn’t want to alert the East Area Rapist that they were onto him.

But by November 1976, the community started to become aware that a violent serial predator was walking their streets.

The Sacramento Sherriff’s Department attended a local school meeting. Their intention was general crime prevention, but as people questioned rumours of the rapes, they were forced to confirm that a serial rapist was at large.

The police were shocked at the brazen nature of the attacks and the meticulous planning. The East Area Rapist moved through the community with military precision. He seemed to always know where the police were. Did he have a police radio? Did he have ears in the force? Or was he just lucky?

He had no sense of fear, his level of bravado was rarely seen in criminal investigations. And he had only just gotten started.

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Open and download map of the attacks here

Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories

MUSIC

1. ‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com

2. All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

– Michelle Cruz

– Debbi Domingo

– Patti

– Orange County District Attorney’s Office Investigator Erika Hutchcraft

– Contra Costa County DA Cold Case Investigator Paul Holes

– Detective Richard Shelby

– Detective Larry Crompton

[Part 1 of 4]

In 1976, Rancho Cordova was a fairly new, postwar suburb in East Sacramento. Beginning as a housing development in the 50’s by the 70’s it was predominantly a middle-class single story neighbourhood, surrounded by other similar suburbs.

Rancho Cordova was the place where a wave of violence and terror came crashing down on the state of California. This growing community was completely unprepared for what was coming.

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Open and download map of the attacks here

Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories

MUSIC

1. ‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com

2. All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

SPECIAL THANKS TO:

– Michelle Cruz

– Debbi Domingo

– Patti

– Orange County District Attorney’s Office Investigator Erika Hutchcraft

– Contra Costa County DA Cold Case Investigator Paul Holes

– Detective Richard Shelby

– Detective Larry Crompton

Two witnesses saw the male acting suspicious in the car park, hiding in the ditch. He didn’t seem right. What was he doing?

But Mary didn’t see the male. Not until it was too late…

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Researched and written by Victoria Dieffenbacher

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In the Coral Sea, off the coast of Northern Queensland, lies the Great Barrier Reef.

Seen clearly from space, It is the largest living structure on earth. It is a World Heritage Site and known as one of the seven natural wonders of the world.

Tourists are drawn to the warm, crystal clear waters and bright tropical marine life. A scuba diver’s paradise.

For Gabe and Tina Watson it was the dream honeymoon. But when tragedy struck, was it an accident? Was it due to inexperience and poor decision making? Or was it something more sinister….

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Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories.

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On November 8th, 2010, just after 9.30pm; 25-year-old Jennifer Pan was in her bedroom. She had her TV on and was chatting on the phone while getting ready for bed. She could hear movement downstairs and voices she didn’t recognise.

There were people in the house.

She heard footsteps thudding so loudly up the stairs; she knew they could not be her parents. They could not be her younger brother Felix either; he was living half an hour away at University.

Jennifer hung up the phone and sat frozen in her room. She was too scared to turn the tv down, and she was too scared to open her door. She was too scared to move…

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Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories

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(A recap of part two)

Brady and Hindley continued their killing spree, murdering Keith Bennett on the 16th of June 1964, seven months after the murder of John Kilbride. Two months later Hindley’s sister Maureen married David Smith. Brady and Hindley had virtually nothing to do with David and Maureen before their marriage, and Hindley, in particular, didn’t approve.

But after the marriage, they became close.

Brady and Hindley murdered Lesley Ann Downey on the 26th of December 1964, Brady tape recorded some of what happened and took photographs.

After the death of David and Maureen’s child, Angela Dawn.
Brady became even closer to David. Slowly trying to manipulate him and bring him into his inner sanctum. He gave David the same books to read that he had given Hindley and started talking about murder, and how there was nothing wrong with taking a life.

On the 6th of October 1965, Brady met Edward Evans at Manchester Central Railway Station. He invited him to his and Hindley’s house at 16 Wardle Brook Avenue, Hattersley for drinks. When they got there, he instructed Hindley to go and get David to join them.

When David got to the house, he witnessed Brady murder Edward with an axe. After months of moulding David, this was his attempt to try and get David to join him in murder.

David helped clean up, and told Brady and Hindley what they wanted to hear. But it all blew up in Brady’s face when David called the police, and they found Edward’s body still in the house.
Brady was charged with his murder and Hindley was charged with being an accessory to Edward’s murder.

In his interviews with police, David Smith said Brady had told him about other murders he had committed. Although David didn’t believe him at the time, he said Brady specifically mentioned taking people from Manchester and burying them on the Moors.

Police started searching through missing person files, and the cases of Pauline Reade, Keith Bennet, Lesley Ann Downey and John Kilbride jumped out at them.

Detective Joseph Mounsey noticed some odd looking photographs in the albums of Brady and Hindley. They were photos of mostly dirt he believed were taken on the Moors.

A gut instinct led officer Robert Spiers to search up on a hill after the search had already been called off for the day. He found the body of Lesley Ann Downey.

Police had also found the suitcases Brady kept with the incriminating material. They found photo’s of Lesley and the tape.

They were getting ready to re-interview Brady and Hindley about Lesley Ann Downey…

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