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In July 2023, in a quiet Australian country town, Erin Patterson - stay-at-home mother and true crime devotee - invited her husband's devoutly Christian family to lunch. Within days, three of her guests were dead and the fourth was in a coma. They had all been poisoned by death cap mushrooms...

In October 1997, a clever young law student at the Australian National University made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests—most of them students—had heard rumours of the plan. Nobody warned Joe Cinque. He died one Sunday, in his own bed, of a massive dose of Rohypnol and heroin. His girlfriend and her best friend were charged with murder.

Welcome to the official podcast series featuring Helen Glanville, author of A Second Chance. Here you’ll find Helen’s guest interviews and media appearances as she shares the remarkable true story behind her husband Richard “Geoff” Glanville, a former white-collar criminal extradited from Brazil to Australia, and the journey that shaped her belief in forgiveness, faith and second chances. Each conversation is honest and deeply human. Helen talks about love, loss and resilience, exploring how we can rebuild our lives after crisis and find hope again. Her words inspire listeners to think...

Burying a child is every parent's nightmare. But Marie McCourt has spent over 30 years yearning to do just that. On 9 February 1988, Marie's 22-year-old daughter, Helen, left her office in Liverpool city centre and began her usual commute home. But she was never seen again. . . Within days, local pub landlord Ian Simms was charged with her murder. Despite Helen's body not being found, overwhelming DNA and circumstantial evidence at his trial secured his conviction, and he was sentenced to life.

This House of Grief is a heartbreaking audiobook by one of Australia's most admired authors. Anyone can see the place where the children died. You take the Princes Highway past Geelong, and keep going west in the direction of Colac. Late in August 2006, soon after I had watched a magistrate commit Robert Farquharson to stand trial before a jury on three charges of murder, I headed out that way on a Sunday morning, across the great volcanic plain.

1977, Collingwood. Two young women are brutally murdered. The killer has never been found. What happened in the house on Easey Street? Why has the Easey Street murderer never been found, despite the million-dollar reward for information leading to an arrest? Did the women know their killer, or were their deaths due to a random, frenzied attack? Could the murderer have killed again? This gripping account addresses these questions and more as it sheds new light on one of Australia’s most disturbing and compelling criminal mysteries.

Fear was the unacknowledged specter haunting the streets of London during the Second World War; fear not only of death from the German bombers circling above, but of violence at the hands of fellow Londoners in the streets below. Mass displacement, the anonymity of shelters, and the bomb-scarred landscape offered unprecedented opportunities for violent crime. In this absorbing, sometimes shocking account, Amy Helen Bell uncovers the hidden stories of murder and violence that were rife in wartime London.

Året är 1989, våren har kommit och eleverna i det idylliska Hörby har påsklov. Vitsipporna har precis börjat blomma. Inte kan väl brott och illgärningar begås under en så vacker tid? Men måndagen den 20:e mars blir invånarna i Hörby varse att ondskan aldrig vilar, när en 10-årig flicka plötsligt är spårlöst försvunnen. Klockan är 19:15 och sökandet efter Helén Nilsson påbörjas. Här berättar poliserna själva om sökandet efter Helén, och den följande utredningen. I Nordisk kriminalkrönika berättar poliser själva om sina mest uppmärksammade, omskakande, och svåra fall.

For nearly twenty years, she was Helen Dalton, wife and mother.   Now, she is simply, “Case 22752.”    Where do you go to find someone no one has seen nor heard from in more than half a century? It's North Carolina’s oldest missing persons case. If you think we'll never find out what happened to Helen Dalton, think again. SBI cold case specialist Mike Wilson says "never say never".

Helen and Olga are kindly old ladies who open their hearts and wallets to down-and-out men in Los Angeles. In a city named for angels, the two women seem heaven-sent. After one of the men is killed by a hit-and-run driver -- and then another suffers the same fate -- investigators uncover a horrifying and twisted plot that stuns even the most seasoned detectives. Listen to all episodes of The Thing About Helen & Olga now completely free, or subscriber to Dateline Premium to listen ad-free: DatelinePremium.com

The streets, parking lots and sidewalks on and around the Salisbury University campus are frequently busy with motor vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian traffic. Bicyclists and skateboarders traveling on campus sidewalks, and employees operating golf or utility carts, must be keenly attentive to their surroundings. Pedestrians must recognize that these potential hazards exist at all sidewalk intersections. It is the responsibility of both the pedestrian and the individual operating the special vehicle to give full time and attention to his or her surroundings and to exercise due diligence to avoid...

Groomed. Gaslighted. Ghosted. They thought they'd found their soulmate. They had no idea he was spying on them. These five motivated, independent women each thought they'd met their perfect partner - someone who shared their values, ambitions and goals. But after a while, in some cases years later, the men started to behave strangely. They disappeared for weeks at a time, saying they needed to go away to clear their heads. Small details about their lives didn't quite fit. Then they vanished, leaving a note saying that the relationship was over.

Clue of the Gold Coin immerses you in the thrilling world of Vicki Barr, a beloved character from the popular mystery series for girls, published by Grosset & Dunlap between 1947 and 1964. In this gripping 12th volume of The Vicki Barr Air Stewardess Series, Vicki finds herself in the heart of a dangerous conspiracy when priceless gold doubloons mysteriously vanish from her flight from New York to Tampa. The fearless stewardess must navigate through a web of deceit and danger, facing a ruthless gang of criminals who will stop at nothing to protect their secret. With the stakes high, Vicki ...

Ein Hahn endet auf dem Scheiterhaufen, ein Schwein in Untersuchungshaft und ein Hund in der Todeszelle. Absurd? Ja. Ausgedachter Blödsinn? Nein. Eine Zeit lang gab es tatsächlich keinerlei Unterschiede im Strafgesetz zwischen Tieren und Menschen und so wurde auch Tieren der Prozess gemacht. Was wäre also, wenn Tiere beim Begehen von „menschlichen“ Straftaten verurteilt werden würden? Wie heißt es so schön: Wo kein Kläger, da kein Richter. Doch schaut man sich im Tierreich genauer um, so entdeckt man schnell den ein oder anderen Übeltäter. Denn es gilt trotzdem: Unwissenheit ...

Meet the people who were willing or unwilling participants in the events that made headlines. In cemeteries, gravestones hint at our history – tales of unsolved murders, love lost, mystery, tragedy, health epidemics, scandal and sacrifice. 'Grave Tales' reveals more than the headstone can ever convey by tracing the tumultuous journeys that lead to these final resting places. Thoroughly researched by journalists Helen Goltz and Chris Adams, these stories re-create the lives of those whose graves are featured.

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Zeit für ein bisschen Nostalgie? In diesem Podcast lassen wir, Helen Fares und Lolita, mit euch die Mysterien der Kultserie der 90er »X-Factor - Das Unfassbare« wieder aufleben! Wir erzählen uns hier in jeder Folge eine originale und zwei komplett neue X-Factor-Geschichten und diskutieren - gemeinsam mit euch -, ob sie wahr sind oder einfach nur das Produkt blühender Fantasie. Von unerklärlichen Morden und Intrigen, über Vodoo bis hin zu Dingen, die übernatürlich erscheinen. Jeden zweiten Montag, überall dort, wo es Podcasts gibt. Präsentiert von RTLZWEI in Zusammenarbeit mit ...

When Cathy McLennan first steps into Townsville's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service as a young graduate she isn't expecting a major murder case to land on her desk. The accused are four teenage boys whose family connections stretch across the water to Palm Island. As she battles to prove herself in the courtroom, Cathy realises that the truth is far more complex than she first thought. She starts to question who are the criminals and who are the victims.

Harry Richards, a local solicitor, is found in his car, throat slit. DI Clare Mackay is on the case. She soon learns that Harry was not the upstanding man he seemed to be. Finding the killer should be easy. Then the wife of one of Harry's colleagues is discovered dead in her car, and Clare realises there is something more sinister at play… Can she find out who's behind the murders before they turn their attention to her?

Marguerite Gray is a lifestyle icon known for her garden parties, high-end business ventures, and being the muse behind the famous Serge Kuhnert painting, Marguerite by the Lake. Her presence is overpowering, her taste, legendary. For the last few years, Phoenix has been the gardener on the famed Rosecliff grounds, home of the Gray family: Marguerite and her husband Geoffrey. Phoenix came from humble beginnings, and now she works hard to craft the landscape that underpins Marguerite's brand.