PinnedMember-onlyBritain’s Most Dangerous Prisoner Locked In Glass Cell Like Hannibal LectorUnlike the fictional Lector, Robert Maudsley is a real serial killer and an alleged cannibal nicknamed ‘The Brain Eater’. — Wakefield Prison is an austere, red-brick Victorian prison. Previously it was home to military prisoners who refused to follow orders in the war. Later, Courts ordered the detention of IRA prisoners at the prison. …Crime Fiction8 min readCrime Fiction8 min read
Published in CrimeBeat·PinnedMember-onlyThe Murder Of The Most Well Known Person You’ve Never Heard OfOnly 8 years old, abducted, murdered and dismembered — her name lives on but the crime is all-but forgotten — Have you ever heard the expression ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’? These days, it has come to mean ‘nothing’ or ‘nothing at all’ but it started with a different meaning and it relates to a little 8 year old English girl who was brutally murdered and whose body was dismembered, body parts…Murder6 min readMurder6 min read
PinnedMember-onlyCharming Churchwarden? Court Hears He Was ‘Gaslighter’, Fraudster, Torturer And Murderer36 year sentence for this cruel and contemptuous killer — A younger person getting together with an older (and often, more affluent) person and wanting to get their hands on the older person’s money is nothing new. We have terms for it, like ‘gold-digger’. What makes this story rather more unusual is the sheer, contemptuous and unalloyed greed, coupled to…True Crime13 min readTrue Crime13 min read
Dec 10, 2021Member-onlyThe Couple Who Walked Out With $1m Of WineAudacious theft nets a hugely valuable haul. — The English speaking guests who had booked for dinner in the restaurant and to stay overnight were…different. No one was quite sure what was wrong, but adding two and two kept giving a result other than four. The woman was clearly wearing a wig: Well, that’s OK, no crime there…True Crime5 min readTrue Crime5 min read
Published in The Haven·Aug 18, 2021Member-onlyStart The StealIt’s all about the chickens [RINGING TELEPHONE ANSWERED AFTER TWO RINGS] (Dom) “Dominion Voting Systems, how may I direct your call?” (Caller) «Bonjour. C’est le president de la 5eme République francaise » (Dom) ”I’m sorry, caller, I don’t speak Spanish. Could you please say that again, but in English?” (Caller)…Humor3 min readHumor3 min read
Aug 8, 2021Member-onlyThe Incredible Disappearing PeopleThe changes you see when you revisit — My Dad was a physically strong man, in his youth a boxer, and he worked for years in a dangerous, physical job where he endeavoured to save people and property. …Mwc Reentry6 min readMwc Reentry6 min read
Jul 26, 2021Member-onlyThe Criminals Who Informed On ThemselvesThe Police didn’t need an ‘inside man’ — they just had to read the messages. — Police forces worldwide have scored spectacular success in catching and convicting criminals in the last two years. This achievement is thanks to the Police being able to listen to conversations that the criminals thought were private. Indeed, the miscreants imagined the calls and messages to be fully encrypted. Their mistake…True Crime4 min readTrue Crime4 min read
Jun 22, 2021Member-onlyCOVID Leaves Money Launderers Struggling To Do Their WashingHow can you launder money when all the cash-heavy businesses are closed? — Have you heard of the ‘law of unintended consequences’? When countries, including the UK, locked down to protect hospitals from being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, some consequences were known and allowed for, from some people losing their employment to mass loneliness and isolation. There were predictable consequences (but not, perhaps…True Crime6 min readTrue Crime6 min read
Jun 17, 2021Member-onlyThe Cop Who Committed A (Nearly) Perfect CrimePoliceman Kashif Mahmood stopped criminal money mules and seized drugs money — but he was freelancing. — A definition of the perfect crime might be one where no one but the criminal even realises that someone has even committed any crime. These crimes did not meet that definition, but they came a pretty close second: How about a hold up where the victims will never report the…True Crime5 min readTrue Crime5 min read
Jun 6, 2021Member-onlyThe ‘Call Of Duty’ KillerWas Dale Cregan Killing Just To Make People Afraid Of Him? — Police officers knew he was still out there. They knew who the man was they were looking for, and they knew he was a stone-cold killer. They knew his MO — his modus operandi — was to both shoot his victims and also toss in a fragmentation grenade. Gangster Dale…True Crime9 min readTrue Crime9 min read
